Resident of Town of Schleswig Dies
Funeral services were held Monday at the Meiselwitz funeral home for Frank Kretsch, 76, of Route 2, Kiel, who died Friday afternoon at Memorial hospital, Sheboygan. He had been a patient at the hospital for five days. The Rev. Vernon E. Jaberg officiated and burial was in the Union Cemetery.
He was born Oct. 18, 1885, in the Town of Meeme, a son of the late Mathias and Cathrina Kretsch. He attended school at Kiel and for many years made his home at Cedar Lake. For the last few years he lived with his sister, Mrs. Katie Maurer, of rural Kiel. He was a mason by trade.
Surviving are two brothers, Hubert of Manitowoc, and Daniel of rural Manitowoc: and six sisters, Mrs. Andrew (Ela) Diels of Plymouth, Mrs. Henry (Helen) Busman, Manitowoc, Mrs. Maurer, Mrs Joseph (Margaret) Lenz, Mrs. Arthur (Leona) Melhorn of Albany, Ore., and Mrs. Robert (Aroma) Kieckhaefer, Bremerton, Wash. Three brothers and a sister also preceded him in death.
8-21-1962
Resident of Town of Schleswig Dies
Funeral services were held Monday at the Meiselwitz funeral home for Frank Kretsch, 76, of Route 2, Kiel, who died Friday afternoon at Memorial hospital, Sheboygan. He had been a patient at the hospital for five days. The Rev. Vernon E. Jaberg officiated and burial was in the Union Cemetery.
He was born Oct. 18, 1885, in the Town of Meeme, a son of the late Mathias and Cathrina Kretsch. He attended school at Kiel and for many years made his home at Cedar Lake. For the last few years he lived with his sister, Mrs. Katie Maurer, of rural Kiel. He was a mason by trade.
Surviving are two brothers, Hubert of Manitowoc, and Daniel of rural Manitowoc: and six sisters, Mrs. Andrew (Ela) Diels of Plymouth, Mrs. Henry (Helen) Busman, Manitowoc, Mrs. Maurer, Mrs Joseph (Margaret) Lenz, Mrs. Arthur (Leona) Melhorn of Albany, Ore., and Mrs. Robert (Aroma) Kieckhaefer, Bremerton, Wash. Three brothers and a sister also preceded him in death.
8-21-1962
Family Members
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Anna Agnes Kretsch Leimbach
1884–1942
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Eleanor Kretsch Diels
1891–1980
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Hubert V. Kretsch
1893–1983
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Helen Kretsch Bushman
1895–1983
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Katherine Louise Kretsch Maurer
1897–1984
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Aloysius John Kretsch
1899–1919
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Margaret Kretsch Lenz
1899–1966
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Daniel Kretsch
1902–1984
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Leona Kretsch Melhorn
1905–1982
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Albert Kretsch
1908–1946
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Aroma Kretsch Kieckhaefer
1908–1993
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