Archie Webster of Two Rivers Is Dead at 72
TWO RIVERS—Archibald M. Webster, 72, of 1714-27th st., chairman of the board
of Directors and ___ of the Crescent Woolen Mills Co. here, and a member of a
family identified with the woolen industry for more than a century Holy (sic)
Family Hospital, after a long illness.
Funeral services will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Klein & Stangel Inc.
Funeral Home and at 12 noon at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church here, the Rev.
John K. Mueller officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.
Mr. Webster was born Sept. 13, 1885, at La Crescent, Minn., a son of the late
William Webster and Suzanne Gittene Webster. At nearby La Crescent, Mr.
Webster’s father operated a woolen mill which had..(line underinked)..When he
was a child the family brought him to Rushford, Minn., where his father
established operations in ..(line underinked)was graduated from the high school.
Later he took a business course at the La Crosse, Wis., Business College, after
which he became associated with his father in operating the woolen mills at
Rushford?
In 19__ Mr. Webster came to Two Rivers and founded the Crescent Woolen Mills Co.,
acquiring the property of the ____ _______ of Sheboygan ________ the old Ahus?
Knitting Mills on East River Street, near 22nd St. For a number of years he
headed (line underinked). Company, but the facilities were consolidated in late
19__ with the completion of the building of the ___ new plant on School__ ___
Mr. Webster was long affiliated with the Two Rivers Lodge of Elks No. ____ and
last year was honored by the Two Rivers Council No..(line underinked).. an
honorary life membership in the organization in which he had been a long-time
member. He was also a member of the Holy Name Society and the Modern Woodmen
of America.
Besides his wife, the former Irma M. Keller, whom he married at Prairie du Chien,
Wis., June 18?, 1913, he leaves a daughter, Mrs. William Groessl of Algoma; four
sons, Robert, Leland and Charles M. Webster, associated with the Crescent Woolen
Mills Co., and William Webster of Milwaukee, who heads the Webster Food Brokerage
Co.; a sister, Mrs. G. A. Rau of Manitowoc; three brothers, Donald of St. Paul,
Minn., Walter of Archbold, Ohio, and L. E. (Ted) Webster, president of the
Crescent Woolen Mills Co., and 16 grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Friday where the Rosary will
be recited at 8 p.m.
The Elks will meet at the Elks Club at 7 p.m. Friday and will then go to the
funeral service to pay their respects.
Manitowoc Herald Times, November 7, 1957 P. 19
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Funeral services for Archibald M. Webster, 72, of 1714-27th St., founder and
chairman of the board of the Crescent Woolen Mills Co., Two Rivers, who died
early Thursday morning at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc, were held at 11:30
a.m. Saturday at the Klein & Stangel, Inc. Funeral Home, Two Rivers, and at
12 noon at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, Two Rivers, the Rev. John K. Mueller
officiating. Burial was in Calvary Cemetery, Two Rivers.
Pallbearers were H. I. Larkin, Ben F. Wolf, Walter Suettinger, Dr. C. ?, Klein,
Harry M. Weiss and August Cochenet.
Manitowoc Herald Times, November 9, 1957 P.11.