Herald Times Reporter, Mon. Sept. 23, 1968
William F. Blum, 83 of Rt. 1, Mishicot, retired sexton of Mishicot Public Cemetery, died Sunday night at Two Rivers Municipal Hospital where he had been a patient for three weeks.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Two Rivers, the Rev. Edward Stelter officiating. Burial will be in Pioneers' Rest Cemetery, Two Rivers.
Mr. Blum was born August 22, 1885, in the town of Mishicot,a son of the late William and Doris Wolf Blum.
He attended the Mishicot school district.
He married the former Meta Wenholz Jan. 1, 1907, at Mishicot. She preceded him in death in December of 1961. The couple celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1957.
Mr. Blum was a rural mail carrier from 1904 to 1911, after which he moved his family to Two Rivers and was employed at Mirro Aluminum Co., Boehringer Oil and Fuel Co. and later at Kahlenberg Bros. Co. In 1929 the family moved to a farm
in the Tisch Mills area wich he operated until 1944. He became Mishicot's first garbage collector in the middle 1940s and also was the sexton of the Mishicot Public Cemetery until his retirement four years ago when he moved to his present address in the Town of Mishicot.
Surviving are his six daughters, Mrs. Alvin Messman, Mrs. Emmath Jonas, Mrs. Alfred Jurgens, and Mrs. Ray Steger of Two Rivers, Mrs. Harvey Baker of Bayfield and Mrs. Fred Jonas of Rt.1, Mishicot; a son, Herbert of Neillsville; two sisters, Mrs. Lena Schmidt of Rt. 1 Mishicot, and Mrs. Alvina Thielbar of Rt. 1, Two Rivers; 19 grandchildren, 33 great grandchildren. Two children and five sisters preceded
him in death.
Friends may call at Deja and Martin Funeral Chapels, Two Rivers after 3 p.m. Tuesdayuntil 10:30 a.m. Wednesday when the casket will be taken to the church where the body will lie in state until the time of services.
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Herald Times Reporter, Mon. Sept. 23, 1968
William F. Blum, 83 of Rt. 1, Mishicot, retired sexton of Mishicot Public Cemetery, died Sunday night at Two Rivers Municipal Hospital where he had been a patient for three weeks.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Two Rivers, the Rev. Edward Stelter officiating. Burial will be in Pioneers' Rest Cemetery, Two Rivers.
Mr. Blum was born August 22, 1885, in the town of Mishicot,a son of the late William and Doris Wolf Blum.
He attended the Mishicot school district.
He married the former Meta Wenholz Jan. 1, 1907, at Mishicot. She preceded him in death in December of 1961. The couple celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1957.
Mr. Blum was a rural mail carrier from 1904 to 1911, after which he moved his family to Two Rivers and was employed at Mirro Aluminum Co., Boehringer Oil and Fuel Co. and later at Kahlenberg Bros. Co. In 1929 the family moved to a farm
in the Tisch Mills area wich he operated until 1944. He became Mishicot's first garbage collector in the middle 1940s and also was the sexton of the Mishicot Public Cemetery until his retirement four years ago when he moved to his present address in the Town of Mishicot.
Surviving are his six daughters, Mrs. Alvin Messman, Mrs. Emmath Jonas, Mrs. Alfred Jurgens, and Mrs. Ray Steger of Two Rivers, Mrs. Harvey Baker of Bayfield and Mrs. Fred Jonas of Rt.1, Mishicot; a son, Herbert of Neillsville; two sisters, Mrs. Lena Schmidt of Rt. 1 Mishicot, and Mrs. Alvina Thielbar of Rt. 1, Two Rivers; 19 grandchildren, 33 great grandchildren. Two children and five sisters preceded
him in death.
Friends may call at Deja and Martin Funeral Chapels, Two Rivers after 3 p.m. Tuesdayuntil 10:30 a.m. Wednesday when the casket will be taken to the church where the body will lie in state until the time of services.
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