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Dr William C Schmitz

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Dr William C Schmitz

Birth
Newton, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
10 Jul 1941 (aged 79)
Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
Plot
R-41-5-3
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DR. WILLIAM C. SCHMITZ
(1861 - 1941)

Dr. William C. Schmitz, 79, a practicing physician for 53 years and in Manitowoc county for 37 years, died Thursday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock at this home, 1913 S. 14th street.

Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Wattawa, Urbanek & Schlei funeral home with the Rev. Paul Blaufuss of St. John's Evangelical church officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery. The body may be viewed at the funeral home from 6 o'clock tonight until the hour of the services. Dr. Schmitz retired from the practice of medicine two years ago.

He was born in the town of Newton Dec. 25, 1861 and spent his early years on a farm in that township. He attended grade school in the town of Newton district No. 7 and attended the Oshkosh Normal school for two years after which he taught school in the town of Newton for several years. He was graduated from Rush Medical college in Chicago in 1886 and on Oct. 5, of the same year he married Miss Bertha Dumke.

Dr. Schmitz practiced at St. Nazianz for 17 years and also located at School Hill for some years. He came to Manitowoc in 1919 and opened an office in the Wood block where he practiced until two years ago. He served as health officer for the town of Eaton and the town of Manitowoc while practicing in those townships.

Mrs. Schmitz died in 1927. He is survived by two daughters, Miss Clara Schmitz and Mrs. Rose Horstman, both of this city, and one son, Oscar W. Schmitz of Sheboygan; two brothers, County Judge Edward S. Schmitz of this city and Fred of Fond du Lac; two sisters, Mrs. Hulda Groth and Mrs. Emma Groelle, both of this city; six grand-children and three great grandchildren.

Dr. Schmitz was affiliated with Modern Woodmen lodge.

Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., July 11, 1941 P. 2

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▪ died: July 10, 1941
▪ age: 79 years 6 months 15 days
▪ cause: chronic myocarditis

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DR. WILLIAM C. SCHMITZ
(1861 - 1941)

Dr. William C. Schmitz, 79, a practicing physician for 53 years and in Manitowoc county for 37 years, died Thursday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock at this home, 1913 S. 14th street.

Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Wattawa, Urbanek & Schlei funeral home with the Rev. Paul Blaufuss of St. John's Evangelical church officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery. The body may be viewed at the funeral home from 6 o'clock tonight until the hour of the services. Dr. Schmitz retired from the practice of medicine two years ago.

He was born in the town of Newton Dec. 25, 1861 and spent his early years on a farm in that township. He attended grade school in the town of Newton district No. 7 and attended the Oshkosh Normal school for two years after which he taught school in the town of Newton for several years. He was graduated from Rush Medical college in Chicago in 1886 and on Oct. 5, of the same year he married Miss Bertha Dumke.

Dr. Schmitz practiced at St. Nazianz for 17 years and also located at School Hill for some years. He came to Manitowoc in 1919 and opened an office in the Wood block where he practiced until two years ago. He served as health officer for the town of Eaton and the town of Manitowoc while practicing in those townships.

Mrs. Schmitz died in 1927. He is survived by two daughters, Miss Clara Schmitz and Mrs. Rose Horstman, both of this city, and one son, Oscar W. Schmitz of Sheboygan; two brothers, County Judge Edward S. Schmitz of this city and Fred of Fond du Lac; two sisters, Mrs. Hulda Groth and Mrs. Emma Groelle, both of this city; six grand-children and three great grandchildren.

Dr. Schmitz was affiliated with Modern Woodmen lodge.

Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., July 11, 1941 P. 2

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▪ died: July 10, 1941
▪ age: 79 years 6 months 15 days
▪ cause: chronic myocarditis

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