Manitowoc Herald Times, Friday, November 15, 1940 P.2
Frederick Bruhn, 83, lifelong resident of the county, died yesterday at the homestead farm, now operated by his son, John, in the townof Mishicot. He is the second of three pioneer farmers who settled at Saxonburg, east of the village of Mishicot, to die.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m., from the Specht funeral home in Mishicot and at 2 o'clock from the Zion Evangelical church in Mishicot. Burial will be in Pioneers' Rest cemetery, Two Rivers.
Mr. Bruhn was born in the town of Two Rivers in 1857. When a young man he moved into Mishicot and with Charles Mueller and the late Fred Witte, organized the Saxonburg community. He was one of the charter members of the Zion church and helped found the Saxonburg cooperative cheese factory.
In 1883 he married Miss Matilda Koenig. In 1918 they retired and moved to Two Rivers. Mrs. Bruhn died in 1926. For the past year and a half Mr. Bruhn has been living at the old homestead with his son.
Survivors are three sons, John of Mishicot, Fred of Waukesha, Henry of route 1, DeForest, Wis.; three daughters, Mrs. Herman Raatz, city, Mrs. Wilbert Mueller of Mishicot, Mrs. Joseph Gloe of Two Rivers; 26 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The body may be viewed at the funeral home.
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Manitowoc Herald Times, Friday, November 15, 1940 P.2
Frederick Bruhn, 83, lifelong resident of the county, died yesterday at the homestead farm, now operated by his son, John, in the townof Mishicot. He is the second of three pioneer farmers who settled at Saxonburg, east of the village of Mishicot, to die.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m., from the Specht funeral home in Mishicot and at 2 o'clock from the Zion Evangelical church in Mishicot. Burial will be in Pioneers' Rest cemetery, Two Rivers.
Mr. Bruhn was born in the town of Two Rivers in 1857. When a young man he moved into Mishicot and with Charles Mueller and the late Fred Witte, organized the Saxonburg community. He was one of the charter members of the Zion church and helped found the Saxonburg cooperative cheese factory.
In 1883 he married Miss Matilda Koenig. In 1918 they retired and moved to Two Rivers. Mrs. Bruhn died in 1926. For the past year and a half Mr. Bruhn has been living at the old homestead with his son.
Survivors are three sons, John of Mishicot, Fred of Waukesha, Henry of route 1, DeForest, Wis.; three daughters, Mrs. Herman Raatz, city, Mrs. Wilbert Mueller of Mishicot, Mrs. Joseph Gloe of Two Rivers; 26 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The body may be viewed at the funeral home.
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