LOUIS FALGE

COUNTY CORONER LOUIS FALGE PASSES
AWAY AFTER ILLNESS OF THREE MONTHS
AT AGE 57 YRS.
WELL KNOWN PHYSICIAN AND EDUCATOR HAD BEEN PROMINENT IN COUNTY FOR MANY
YEARS--THREE OF FOUR SONS NOW SERVING WITH THE COLORS, ONE OVER SEAS
Dr. Louis Falge, coroner of Manitowoc county and one of the best known
physicians of the county, died late Sunday afternoon, death coming as a
welcome messenger of relief from an illness of four months, which gave no
hope of his recovery. Dr Falge suffered a breakdown three months ago and at
that time his life was despaired of, but he rallied, although physicians
held no hope that he would be restored to health. For a week past he had
failed rapidly.
News of the death of Dr. Falge will be received with keen sorrow
throughout Manitowoc county, he having been widely known, having been a
resident of the county since he was boy of nine years. For years Dr. Falge
was located at Reedsville in the practice of his profession and later
removed to this city where he has been a resident for twelve years.
Dr. Falge was prominent in educational affairs of Manitowoc county,
being a member of the school board of this city at the time of his death.
For fifteen years he was a member of the board of education at Reedsville
and his efforts aided materially in giving Reedsville its excellent schools.
Dr. Falge was one of the original members of the school board here and has
served for eight years.
Born in Bohemia, on Sept. 9, 1861, Dr. Falge was 57 years of age at his
death. He came to American in 1869, locating in this county where he has
been a resident ever since. He attended the schools of the county and later
engaged in teaching at Newton and Cleveland and later at the Division street
school in this city. He attended the University of Wisconsin and in 1884
received the degree of bachelor of science. He graduated from Rush Medical
college at Chicago in 1887 and practiced at Cato and Reedsville, coming to
this city in 1907.
Dr. Falge has taken a prominent interest in Historical research and was
an authority on Indian history of Manitowoc county and the state, having
secured a considerable collection of Indian relics, which he prized highly.
He was president of the Manitowoc County Historical society and a member of
the state society, and when the state organized the county war history
board, to collect material anent------was, Dr Falge was named as a member
of the board.
In 1889 Dr. Falge was married to Marion E. Burton, of Unity, Wis., who
preceded him in death on May 27, 1912. He is survived by four sons, three
of whom are serving with the colors. Lieut. John Falge being an officer of
a United States destroyer operating from Boston; Robert Falge, a student at
the United States aviation school in Maine; Raymond Falge, who is with the
United States forces in France, and Francis, who is at home in this city.
His aged father, Judge Hubert Falge, four sisters, Mrs. Max Rahr, of this
city; Mrs. Wm. Bernard, Manisteo; Mrs. Arthur Copps, Los Angeles, and Mrs.
Wm. Morris, of San Diego, and on brother, Ottmar Falge of Ladysmith,
survive.
Dr. Falge was held in universal esteem by all who knew him. A man of
high ideals, conscientious and a student, he gave his best to his profession
and to humanity and his death will be deeply mourned by many who knew him
best.
The funeral will be held from the home of Judge Falge, So. 7th Street,
Wednesday afternoon, and will be in charge of the Masonic order, of which
deceased was a member.
---------------that any of the sons of Dr Falge will be able to reach
here for the funeral Wednesday. Lieut. John Falge visited here two months
ago shortly after his father was taken ill but the two others in the service
have been unable to return to see him.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Monday, August 5, 1918, front page
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[bur. 08-07-1918/cause: arterio sclerosis nephritis]
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Death Certificate #3, vol. #15, page #572
Dr. Louis Falge, born Germany
white/male/widowed
Doctor of medicine
Born: 9 Sept. 1861
Died: 4 Aug. 1918 at 4 p.m./age 67 yrs. 10 mo. 25 days/
cause: arterio sclerosis/at Holy Family Hosp., Manitowoc
Father: Herbert Falge, born Germany
Mother: don't know, born Germany
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LOUIS FALGE, M. D.

This is a bio. sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin"
by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.12.

Dr. Louis Falge, whose labors as a physician and also along educational
lines have won him well merited recognition in Manitowoc county, has been
numbered among the able and successful medical practitioners of the city of
Manitowoc for the past five years. His birth occurred in Nachod, Bohemia,
on the 9th of September, 1861. In 1869, when a lad of eight years, he
accompanied his mother and oldest sister on their emigration to the new
world, the father having crossed the ocean and settled at Manitowoc,
Wisconsin, in the previous year. Louis Falge attended the common schools
of Manitowoc in the acquirement of an education and subsequently took up
the profession of teaching, acting as instructor in the country schools at
Newtonburg in 1877 and at Cleveland in 1878. During the years 1879 and 1880
he taught in the Division street school of Manitowoc. Desiring to augment
his knowledge, he then entered the University of Wisconsin and in 1884
received the degree of Bachelor of Science from that institution. He next
spent a year as teacher in the high school at Unity and then prepared for
the practice of medicine as a student in Rush Medical College, being
graduated therefrom in 1887. His initial experience as a physician was
gained in partnership with Dr. R. S. O'Connell, with whom he practiced in
Cato for two years. On the expiration of that period he opened an office
at Reedsville and there remained until 1907, when he came to Manitowoc,
which city has since remained the scene of his professional labors. His
practice has steadily grown in volume and importance as he has demonstrated
his skill and ability in coping with the intricate problems which
continually confront the physician in his efforts to restore health and
prolong life. With the progress of the profession he keeps in close touch
through his membership in the Manitowoc County Medical Society, the
Wisconsin State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. Dr.
Falge acts as physician to the County Insane Asylum and also holds the
office of county coroner, having been first elected to that position in
1908 and again in 1910.
In 1889 Dr. Falge was joined in wedlock to Miss Marion E. Burton, of Unity,
Wisconsin, by whom he has five children, as follows: John, who is a member
of the class of 1912 in the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis;
Robert; Raymond; Helen; and Francis. Mrs.Falge passed away on May 27, 1912.
Always active in educational affairs, Dr. Falge has been a member of the
Reedsville school board for fifteen years. To him is due credit for the
healthy educational sentiment and for the excellent school system of that
village. After the consolidation of the four old school districts of
Manitowoc, in 1910, he was elected as one of the seven members of the first
board of education of Manitowoc. His acquaintance is wide, and he has a
host of friends whose high regard he has gained through his professional
ability, his deference for the opinions of others, his genial manner and
unfailing courtesy.