Mrs. Charles Fokett, 529 Riverview Drive, died last night at the Holy Family
hospital after an illness of five weeks.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. from the Wattawa, Urbanek
and Schlei funeral home and at two o’clock at the First German Ev. Lutheran
church, the Rev. L. H. Koeninger officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen.
The body will lie in state at the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home
from Sunday noon until the hour of the funeral on Tuesday.
Mrs. Fokett, who was 62 years old, was born Bertha Mull in the town of Kossuth
on December 1, 1877. She lived there until her marriage in 1901 to Charles
Fokett, and the couple moved to Reedsville where Mr. Fokett was operating a
cheese factory. They lived there until Mr. Fokett retired from his business
ten years ago, when they moved to Manitowoc and have resided here since.
Survivors are the widower, one son, Allen; two brothers, Herman Mull of Maribel
and William Mull of the town of Kossuth; and four sisters, Mrs. Emma Sturm of
this city, Mrs. John Spatcheck of Brillion, Mrs. Herman Zimmerman of Reedsville
and Mrs. Herbert Keuther of Two Rivers.
Mrs. Fokett was a member of the Ladies Aid society of the Lutheran church at
Reedsville while the family lived there.
Manitowoc Herald Times, June 29, 1940 P. 4
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[cause: uremia died in coma]
Mrs. Charles Fokett, 529 Riverview Drive, died last night at the Holy Family
hospital after an illness of five weeks.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. from the Wattawa, Urbanek
and Schlei funeral home and at two o’clock at the First German Ev. Lutheran
church, the Rev. L. H. Koeninger officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen.
The body will lie in state at the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home
from Sunday noon until the hour of the funeral on Tuesday.
Mrs. Fokett, who was 62 years old, was born Bertha Mull in the town of Kossuth
on December 1, 1877. She lived there until her marriage in 1901 to Charles
Fokett, and the couple moved to Reedsville where Mr. Fokett was operating a
cheese factory. They lived there until Mr. Fokett retired from his business
ten years ago, when they moved to Manitowoc and have resided here since.
Survivors are the widower, one son, Allen; two brothers, Herman Mull of Maribel
and William Mull of the town of Kossuth; and four sisters, Mrs. Emma Sturm of
this city, Mrs. John Spatcheck of Brillion, Mrs. Herman Zimmerman of Reedsville
and Mrs. Herbert Keuther of Two Rivers.
Mrs. Fokett was a member of the Ladies Aid society of the Lutheran church at
Reedsville while the family lived there.
Manitowoc Herald Times, June 29, 1940 P. 4
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[cause: uremia died in coma]
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