Manitowoc Herald Times
Monday, January 20, 1969 P.7
FRED OLLENDORF
Fred Ollendorf, Barber, Dies
TWO RIVERS-A barber for more than 60 years in downtown Two Rivers, once trimming the hirsute adornment of Col. William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) and serving most of the early community industrialists and business leaders, is dead.
Fred B. Ollendorf, 78, of 1813 Adams St., who learned the barber trade at 16 and had operated his own establishments for more than a half century, died at Two Rivers Municipal Hospital Sunday morning where he had been a patient the past three months. Ollendorf, familiarly known as "Fritz" by his patrons, was born here Nov. 30, 1890, a son of the late William and Louise Goetsch Ollendorf, and was a member
of one of the city's earliest German families ... His father, one of the biggest men in the city in his time, was a teamster in the operations of Mann Brothers, producers of tubs and pails in the 19th century. Fred learned the barber trade from the late Perry J. Diehl who operated a barber shop and bowling alley on 16th Street between Washington and Jefferson streets. For more than 53 years Ollendorf operated shops in virtually the same location as his present establishment. He began his barbering operation in the former Lake House at 16th and Washington streets, the site becoming a business block which housed the former Kirst Drug Store. Ollendorf's shop served many personalities in the business world and also
theatrical personalities, including Charles, Frank and Adolph Winninger.
Ollendorf frequently recalled the visits of Col. Cody, who brought his Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill Wild West Show in 1911 to Two Rivers on a site which is now Washington High School. Col. Cody had his beard trimmed by Ollendorf.
Ollendorf was a charter member of the St. John Lutheran Men's Club and one of the earliest members of the Barbers Union, Local 694.
He married the former Sadie Werth in Two Rivers Nov. 23, 1915. She survives along with a son, William of Manitowoc, and a sister, Mrs. Esther Button of Sturgis, Mich. A sister preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Deja and Martin Funeral Chapels here, the Rev. Edward Stelter officiating. Burial will be in the Pioneers' Rest Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral chapel after 6 o'clock this Monday evening.
The family has requested that memorials be sent to St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church.
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Manitowoc Daily Herald
November 24, 1914 P. 3
Fred Ollendorf and Miss Sadie Werth, two popular young people of Two Rivers, were married by Rev. Doehler, of the German Lutheran church, yesterday and took the train south last evening, not escaping their young friend tormentors, however, caught them at the depot here, the train being late. The interurban car on which the wedding party came to the city looked as though a cyclone had struck it upon arrival here, the floor of the car being covered with a deep layer of confetti, rice and with which the bridal couple had been deluged.
*Marriage notice courtesy of Larry Krueger (#47801461)
Monday, January 20, 1969 P.7
FRED OLLENDORF
Fred Ollendorf, Barber, Dies
TWO RIVERS-A barber for more than 60 years in downtown Two Rivers, once trimming the hirsute adornment of Col. William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) and serving most of the early community industrialists and business leaders, is dead.
Fred B. Ollendorf, 78, of 1813 Adams St., who learned the barber trade at 16 and had operated his own establishments for more than a half century, died at Two Rivers Municipal Hospital Sunday morning where he had been a patient the past three months. Ollendorf, familiarly known as "Fritz" by his patrons, was born here Nov. 30, 1890, a son of the late William and Louise Goetsch Ollendorf, and was a member
of one of the city's earliest German families ... His father, one of the biggest men in the city in his time, was a teamster in the operations of Mann Brothers, producers of tubs and pails in the 19th century. Fred learned the barber trade from the late Perry J. Diehl who operated a barber shop and bowling alley on 16th Street between Washington and Jefferson streets. For more than 53 years Ollendorf operated shops in virtually the same location as his present establishment. He began his barbering operation in the former Lake House at 16th and Washington streets, the site becoming a business block which housed the former Kirst Drug Store. Ollendorf's shop served many personalities in the business world and also
theatrical personalities, including Charles, Frank and Adolph Winninger.
Ollendorf frequently recalled the visits of Col. Cody, who brought his Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill Wild West Show in 1911 to Two Rivers on a site which is now Washington High School. Col. Cody had his beard trimmed by Ollendorf.
Ollendorf was a charter member of the St. John Lutheran Men's Club and one of the earliest members of the Barbers Union, Local 694.
He married the former Sadie Werth in Two Rivers Nov. 23, 1915. She survives along with a son, William of Manitowoc, and a sister, Mrs. Esther Button of Sturgis, Mich. A sister preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Deja and Martin Funeral Chapels here, the Rev. Edward Stelter officiating. Burial will be in the Pioneers' Rest Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral chapel after 6 o'clock this Monday evening.
The family has requested that memorials be sent to St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church.
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Manitowoc Daily Herald
November 24, 1914 P. 3
Fred Ollendorf and Miss Sadie Werth, two popular young people of Two Rivers, were married by Rev. Doehler, of the German Lutheran church, yesterday and took the train south last evening, not escaping their young friend tormentors, however, caught them at the depot here, the train being late. The interurban car on which the wedding party came to the city looked as though a cyclone had struck it upon arrival here, the floor of the car being covered with a deep layer of confetti, rice and with which the bridal couple had been deluged.
*Marriage notice courtesy of Larry Krueger (#47801461)
Manitowoc Herald Times
Monday, January 20, 1969 P.7
FRED OLLENDORF
Fred Ollendorf, Barber, Dies
TWO RIVERS-A barber for more than 60 years in downtown Two Rivers, once trimming the hirsute adornment of Col. William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) and serving most of the early community industrialists and business leaders, is dead.
Fred B. Ollendorf, 78, of 1813 Adams St., who learned the barber trade at 16 and had operated his own establishments for more than a half century, died at Two Rivers Municipal Hospital Sunday morning where he had been a patient the past three months. Ollendorf, familiarly known as "Fritz" by his patrons, was born here Nov. 30, 1890, a son of the late William and Louise Goetsch Ollendorf, and was a member
of one of the city's earliest German families ... His father, one of the biggest men in the city in his time, was a teamster in the operations of Mann Brothers, producers of tubs and pails in the 19th century. Fred learned the barber trade from the late Perry J. Diehl who operated a barber shop and bowling alley on 16th Street between Washington and Jefferson streets. For more than 53 years Ollendorf operated shops in virtually the same location as his present establishment. He began his barbering operation in the former Lake House at 16th and Washington streets, the site becoming a business block which housed the former Kirst Drug Store. Ollendorf's shop served many personalities in the business world and also
theatrical personalities, including Charles, Frank and Adolph Winninger.
Ollendorf frequently recalled the visits of Col. Cody, who brought his Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill Wild West Show in 1911 to Two Rivers on a site which is now Washington High School. Col. Cody had his beard trimmed by Ollendorf.
Ollendorf was a charter member of the St. John Lutheran Men's Club and one of the earliest members of the Barbers Union, Local 694.
He married the former Sadie Werth in Two Rivers Nov. 23, 1915. She survives along with a son, William of Manitowoc, and a sister, Mrs. Esther Button of Sturgis, Mich. A sister preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Deja and Martin Funeral Chapels here, the Rev. Edward Stelter officiating. Burial will be in the Pioneers' Rest Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral chapel after 6 o'clock this Monday evening.
The family has requested that memorials be sent to St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church.
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Manitowoc Daily Herald
November 24, 1914 P. 3
Fred Ollendorf and Miss Sadie Werth, two popular young people of Two Rivers, were married by Rev. Doehler, of the German Lutheran church, yesterday and took the train south last evening, not escaping their young friend tormentors, however, caught them at the depot here, the train being late. The interurban car on which the wedding party came to the city looked as though a cyclone had struck it upon arrival here, the floor of the car being covered with a deep layer of confetti, rice and with which the bridal couple had been deluged.
*Marriage notice courtesy of Larry Krueger (#47801461)
Monday, January 20, 1969 P.7
FRED OLLENDORF
Fred Ollendorf, Barber, Dies
TWO RIVERS-A barber for more than 60 years in downtown Two Rivers, once trimming the hirsute adornment of Col. William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) and serving most of the early community industrialists and business leaders, is dead.
Fred B. Ollendorf, 78, of 1813 Adams St., who learned the barber trade at 16 and had operated his own establishments for more than a half century, died at Two Rivers Municipal Hospital Sunday morning where he had been a patient the past three months. Ollendorf, familiarly known as "Fritz" by his patrons, was born here Nov. 30, 1890, a son of the late William and Louise Goetsch Ollendorf, and was a member
of one of the city's earliest German families ... His father, one of the biggest men in the city in his time, was a teamster in the operations of Mann Brothers, producers of tubs and pails in the 19th century. Fred learned the barber trade from the late Perry J. Diehl who operated a barber shop and bowling alley on 16th Street between Washington and Jefferson streets. For more than 53 years Ollendorf operated shops in virtually the same location as his present establishment. He began his barbering operation in the former Lake House at 16th and Washington streets, the site becoming a business block which housed the former Kirst Drug Store. Ollendorf's shop served many personalities in the business world and also
theatrical personalities, including Charles, Frank and Adolph Winninger.
Ollendorf frequently recalled the visits of Col. Cody, who brought his Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill Wild West Show in 1911 to Two Rivers on a site which is now Washington High School. Col. Cody had his beard trimmed by Ollendorf.
Ollendorf was a charter member of the St. John Lutheran Men's Club and one of the earliest members of the Barbers Union, Local 694.
He married the former Sadie Werth in Two Rivers Nov. 23, 1915. She survives along with a son, William of Manitowoc, and a sister, Mrs. Esther Button of Sturgis, Mich. A sister preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Deja and Martin Funeral Chapels here, the Rev. Edward Stelter officiating. Burial will be in the Pioneers' Rest Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral chapel after 6 o'clock this Monday evening.
The family has requested that memorials be sent to St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church.
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Manitowoc Daily Herald
November 24, 1914 P. 3
Fred Ollendorf and Miss Sadie Werth, two popular young people of Two Rivers, were married by Rev. Doehler, of the German Lutheran church, yesterday and took the train south last evening, not escaping their young friend tormentors, however, caught them at the depot here, the train being late. The interurban car on which the wedding party came to the city looked as though a cyclone had struck it upon arrival here, the floor of the car being covered with a deep layer of confetti, rice and with which the bridal couple had been deluged.
*Marriage notice courtesy of Larry Krueger (#47801461)
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