Christian Roehl Dies At Home Of Son Thursday
Christian Roehl, aged 88, former town of Schleswig farmer, died at 7:55 p.m. Thursday at the home of his son, Edgar, in Sheboygan, following an illness of two weeks.
Mr. Roehl was born in Germany on Dec. 27, 1857, and came to this country with his parents in 1871. The family settled in Schleswig.
On April 20, 1878 he was married to Miss Anna Roehrborn, and the couple located in the town of Newton, where they remained for two years, and then settled in the town of Schleswig on the homestead.
Mrs. Roehl passed away in 1932, and for the past six years Mr. Roehl has been making his home in Sheboygan.
Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. George Rabe of Kiel; two sons, Henry of Plymouth, and Edgar of Sheboygan; a sister, Mrs. Anna Arends of Chicago; seven grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Three sons and a daughter have preceded him in death.
Funeral services were held on Monday afternoon at 1:15 o'clock at the Meiselwitz Funeral Home, and at 2 o'clock at the Bethlehem Evangelical and Reformed church in the town of Schleswig, with the Rev. Charles Reppert officiating. Burial was made in the church cemetery.
Christian Roehl Dies At Home Of Son Thursday
Christian Roehl, aged 88, former town of Schleswig farmer, died at 7:55 p.m. Thursday at the home of his son, Edgar, in Sheboygan, following an illness of two weeks.
Mr. Roehl was born in Germany on Dec. 27, 1857, and came to this country with his parents in 1871. The family settled in Schleswig.
On April 20, 1878 he was married to Miss Anna Roehrborn, and the couple located in the town of Newton, where they remained for two years, and then settled in the town of Schleswig on the homestead.
Mrs. Roehl passed away in 1932, and for the past six years Mr. Roehl has been making his home in Sheboygan.
Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. George Rabe of Kiel; two sons, Henry of Plymouth, and Edgar of Sheboygan; a sister, Mrs. Anna Arends of Chicago; seven grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Three sons and a daughter have preceded him in death.
Funeral services were held on Monday afternoon at 1:15 o'clock at the Meiselwitz Funeral Home, and at 2 o'clock at the Bethlehem Evangelical and Reformed church in the town of Schleswig, with the Rev. Charles Reppert officiating. Burial was made in the church cemetery.
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