GEORGE E. BRIXIUS SR. (d. 1959)
George E. Brixius Sr. (photo) 69, of 810 S. 28th St., Manitowoc, died Sunday
afternoon at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc, after a short illness.
Funeral services will be at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral
Home, Manitowoc, and at 9 a.m. at St. Paul Catholic Church. The Rev. Clement D.
Kern will officiate at the solemn reqquiem (sic) high Mass and burial will be
in Evergreen Cemetery.
He was born May 23, 1889, at Independence, Wis., son of the late John and Anna
Schneider Brixius. On Oct. 21, 1911, he married the former Clara Chvala of
Milwaukee at St. John Cathedral, Milwaukee. After the marriage they located at
Sioux City, Iowa. He was employed there by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Railroad as an electrician and later was transferred to Yankton, S.D. He
returned to Manitowoc in 1922 and was employed at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Inc.,
as a welding foreman, and retired in 1948. In 1946, he and his son, Harold,
founded the Manitowoc Designers of Steel. He was a member of the Holy Name
Society of the church, the Izaak Walton League and Boilermakers Local No. 443.
Surviving are his wife; two sons, Harold and George Jr., of Manitowoc; two
daughters, Miss Dorothy Brixius and Mrs. Francis Powalisz of Manitowoc; brother,
Ben of Los Angeles, Calif.; four sisters, Mrs. Val Lybek, Mrs. Al Buss, Mrs. Ben
Winkelmann and Mrs. Arno Lodde of Milwaukee; and six grandchildren. A daughter,
Kathryn, preceded him in death in 1951.
Friends may call after 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home where the Rosary
will be recited at 7 p.m.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, April 13, 1959 P.15
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[d. 04-12-1959/age 69 yrs.]
George E. Brixius Sr. (photo) 69, of 810 S. 28th St., Manitowoc, died Sunday
afternoon at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc, after a short illness.
Funeral services will be at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral
Home, Manitowoc, and at 9 a.m. at St. Paul Catholic Church. The Rev. Clement D.
Kern will officiate at the solemn reqquiem (sic) high Mass and burial will be
in Evergreen Cemetery.
He was born May 23, 1889, at Independence, Wis., son of the late John and Anna
Schneider Brixius. On Oct. 21, 1911, he married the former Clara Chvala of
Milwaukee at St. John Cathedral, Milwaukee. After the marriage they located at
Sioux City, Iowa. He was employed there by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Railroad as an electrician and later was transferred to Yankton, S.D. He
returned to Manitowoc in 1922 and was employed at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Inc.,
as a welding foreman, and retired in 1948. In 1946, he and his son, Harold,
founded the Manitowoc Designers of Steel. He was a member of the Holy Name
Society of the church, the Izaak Walton League and Boilermakers Local No. 443.
Surviving are his wife; two sons, Harold and George Jr., of Manitowoc; two
daughters, Miss Dorothy Brixius and Mrs. Francis Powalisz of Manitowoc; brother,
Ben of Los Angeles, Calif.; four sisters, Mrs. Val Lybek, Mrs. Al Buss, Mrs. Ben
Winkelmann and Mrs. Arno Lodde of Milwaukee; and six grandchildren. A daughter,
Kathryn, preceded him in death in 1951.
Friends may call after 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home where the Rosary
will be recited at 7 p.m.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, April 13, 1959 P.15
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[d. 04-12-1959/age 69 yrs.]
GEORGE E. BRIXIUS SR. (d. 1959)
George E. Brixius Sr. (photo) 69, of 810 S. 28th St., Manitowoc, died Sunday
afternoon at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc, after a short illness.
Funeral services will be at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral
Home, Manitowoc, and at 9 a.m. at St. Paul Catholic Church. The Rev. Clement D.
Kern will officiate at the solemn reqquiem (sic) high Mass and burial will be
in Evergreen Cemetery.
He was born May 23, 1889, at Independence, Wis., son of the late John and Anna
Schneider Brixius. On Oct. 21, 1911, he married the former Clara Chvala of
Milwaukee at St. John Cathedral, Milwaukee. After the marriage they located at
Sioux City, Iowa. He was employed there by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Railroad as an electrician and later was transferred to Yankton, S.D. He
returned to Manitowoc in 1922 and was employed at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Inc.,
as a welding foreman, and retired in 1948. In 1946, he and his son, Harold,
founded the Manitowoc Designers of Steel. He was a member of the Holy Name
Society of the church, the Izaak Walton League and Boilermakers Local No. 443.
Surviving are his wife; two sons, Harold and George Jr., of Manitowoc; two
daughters, Miss Dorothy Brixius and Mrs. Francis Powalisz of Manitowoc; brother,
Ben of Los Angeles, Calif.; four sisters, Mrs. Val Lybek, Mrs. Al Buss, Mrs. Ben
Winkelmann and Mrs. Arno Lodde of Milwaukee; and six grandchildren. A daughter,
Kathryn, preceded him in death in 1951.
Friends may call after 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home where the Rosary
will be recited at 7 p.m.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, April 13, 1959 P.15
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[d. 04-12-1959/age 69 yrs.]
George E. Brixius Sr. (photo) 69, of 810 S. 28th St., Manitowoc, died Sunday
afternoon at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc, after a short illness.
Funeral services will be at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral
Home, Manitowoc, and at 9 a.m. at St. Paul Catholic Church. The Rev. Clement D.
Kern will officiate at the solemn reqquiem (sic) high Mass and burial will be
in Evergreen Cemetery.
He was born May 23, 1889, at Independence, Wis., son of the late John and Anna
Schneider Brixius. On Oct. 21, 1911, he married the former Clara Chvala of
Milwaukee at St. John Cathedral, Milwaukee. After the marriage they located at
Sioux City, Iowa. He was employed there by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
Railroad as an electrician and later was transferred to Yankton, S.D. He
returned to Manitowoc in 1922 and was employed at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Inc.,
as a welding foreman, and retired in 1948. In 1946, he and his son, Harold,
founded the Manitowoc Designers of Steel. He was a member of the Holy Name
Society of the church, the Izaak Walton League and Boilermakers Local No. 443.
Surviving are his wife; two sons, Harold and George Jr., of Manitowoc; two
daughters, Miss Dorothy Brixius and Mrs. Francis Powalisz of Manitowoc; brother,
Ben of Los Angeles, Calif.; four sisters, Mrs. Val Lybek, Mrs. Al Buss, Mrs. Ben
Winkelmann and Mrs. Arno Lodde of Milwaukee; and six grandchildren. A daughter,
Kathryn, preceded him in death in 1951.
Friends may call after 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home where the Rosary
will be recited at 7 p.m.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, April 13, 1959 P.15
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[d. 04-12-1959/age 69 yrs.]
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