EARL J. RAETHER

Earl J. Raether, 60, of 1617-18th St., Two Rivers, a foreman at Formrite Tube
Co., Two Rivers, for a number of years, and prominent in Masonic circles in
the county, died shortly after 9 a.m. Monday at Two Rivers Municipal Hospital
after a lingering illness.
Funeral arrangements, which are incomplete, will be in charge of Klein and
Stangel Inc., Funeral Home, Two Rivers.
Earl Raether was born at Watertown, Wis., July 11, 1906, a son of the late
Charles and Mrs. Mamie Lessenden Raether. He came to Two Rivers in January of
1924 and was employed for a number of years at the Mirro Aluminum Co. here and
also at Manitowoc where he resided for several years. He had been an employe
of Formrite Tube Co. at Two Rivers for 11 years and was a foreman for several
years.
Mr. Raether was affiliated with most Masonic organizations including Manitowoc
Lodge No. 65, F. and A.M., Manitowoc Chapter No. 16, Royal Arch Masons; Manitowoc
Council No. 18, Royal and Select Masters; and Manitowoc Commandery, No. 45,
Knights Templar; Tripoli Temple Shrine, and the Two Rivers Shrine club. A 32nd
Degree Mason, he was a member of the Valley of Green Bay, Northeastern Wisconsin
Scottish Rite bodies. On two occasions he was patron of Manitowoc Chapter No. 96,
Order of Eastern Star. He was also a member of the Manitowoc unit of the United
Commercial Travelers.
Surviving are his wife, the former Myrtle Althen, whon he married at Two Rivers
Oct. 25, 1927; his mother, of Manitowoc; a daughter (private) of Two Rivers; two
sisters, Mrs. Walter Christoffel Sr., of Two Rivers, and Mrs. Evelyn McCarthy,
of Milwaukee, and two grandchildren. A brother, Charles Raether, of Casco, died
just a week ago.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, September 26, 1966 P.5
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[Earl James Raether]
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