CHARLES HOLSEN (d. 1961)
Boys Discover Body Floating in Lake Waters
Charles H. Holsen Apparent Victim of Fishing Miscue
MANITOWOC—Charles H. Holson, 59, of 612 Huron St., drowned in the
waters of Lake Michigan late Thursday afternoon when he apparently
fell off the North Pier while fishing. Manitowoc police recovered
the body shortly after being alerted at 4:41 p.m.
Four Manitowoc boys playing on the pier discovered the body floating
in the water 15 feet off the lake side of the pier and about 100
yards off shore.
Police, using Holsen's fishing gear, hooked the body and pulled it
up on the pier. Manitowoc County Coroner, Dr. Theodore A. Teitgen,
arrived at the scene and pronounced the man dead.
Discover Body
Police identity was not made immediately, police said. A license
check on an automobile parked near the pier revealed the vehicle was
registered to Holsen.
Holsen's wife told police her husband had gone fishing at about 4:15
or 4:30 p.m., shortly after returning home from work at Rahr Malting
Co. where he was a malster.
Police were alerted by a telephone call from Clarence Boeder at the
Manitowoc Yacht Club after Boeder had been informed of the discovery
of the body by the four boys. Names of the boys were not available
according to police.
The police patrol boat was also pressed into service but the body had
been recovered by the time the unit arrived at the scene.
Funeral Services
Mr. Holsen was born Dec. 25, 1901, in the Town of Kossuth, the son of
the late Henry and Mary Koch Holsen. April 27, 1927, he married Emily
Drasner at Francis Creek. They settled on a farm for one year, then
came to Manitowoc where Mr. Holsen was employed as a malster for 30
years at Rahr Malting Co.
He was a member of Malsters Union No. 297 and Holy Name Society of
Sacred Heart Church.
Survivors include his wife, four sons, (private); a daughter, (private);
three brothers, Aloysius J. and Alvin of Manitowoc, and Joseph of
Sheboygan; two sisters, Mrs. James Rea and Mrs. Ray Kornely of Milwaukee;
and nine grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Urbanek–Schlei Funeral
Home and at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Church with the Rev.
Claude LeClair officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home where the rosary will be recited
at 8 o'clock this Friday evening.
Manitowoc Herald Times, September 29, 1961, p. 1
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[d. 09-28-1961/age 59 yrs./cause: drowning/bur. on Emily Holsen lot-his wife]
Boys Discover Body Floating in Lake Waters
Charles H. Holsen Apparent Victim of Fishing Miscue
MANITOWOC—Charles H. Holson, 59, of 612 Huron St., drowned in the
waters of Lake Michigan late Thursday afternoon when he apparently
fell off the North Pier while fishing. Manitowoc police recovered
the body shortly after being alerted at 4:41 p.m.
Four Manitowoc boys playing on the pier discovered the body floating
in the water 15 feet off the lake side of the pier and about 100
yards off shore.
Police, using Holsen's fishing gear, hooked the body and pulled it
up on the pier. Manitowoc County Coroner, Dr. Theodore A. Teitgen,
arrived at the scene and pronounced the man dead.
Discover Body
Police identity was not made immediately, police said. A license
check on an automobile parked near the pier revealed the vehicle was
registered to Holsen.
Holsen's wife told police her husband had gone fishing at about 4:15
or 4:30 p.m., shortly after returning home from work at Rahr Malting
Co. where he was a malster.
Police were alerted by a telephone call from Clarence Boeder at the
Manitowoc Yacht Club after Boeder had been informed of the discovery
of the body by the four boys. Names of the boys were not available
according to police.
The police patrol boat was also pressed into service but the body had
been recovered by the time the unit arrived at the scene.
Funeral Services
Mr. Holsen was born Dec. 25, 1901, in the Town of Kossuth, the son of
the late Henry and Mary Koch Holsen. April 27, 1927, he married Emily
Drasner at Francis Creek. They settled on a farm for one year, then
came to Manitowoc where Mr. Holsen was employed as a malster for 30
years at Rahr Malting Co.
He was a member of Malsters Union No. 297 and Holy Name Society of
Sacred Heart Church.
Survivors include his wife, four sons, (private); a daughter, (private);
three brothers, Aloysius J. and Alvin of Manitowoc, and Joseph of
Sheboygan; two sisters, Mrs. James Rea and Mrs. Ray Kornely of Milwaukee;
and nine grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Urbanek–Schlei Funeral
Home and at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Church with the Rev.
Claude LeClair officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home where the rosary will be recited
at 8 o'clock this Friday evening.
Manitowoc Herald Times, September 29, 1961, p. 1
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[d. 09-28-1961/age 59 yrs./cause: drowning/bur. on Emily Holsen lot-his wife]
CHARLES HOLSEN (d. 1961)
Boys Discover Body Floating in Lake Waters
Charles H. Holsen Apparent Victim of Fishing Miscue
MANITOWOC—Charles H. Holson, 59, of 612 Huron St., drowned in the
waters of Lake Michigan late Thursday afternoon when he apparently
fell off the North Pier while fishing. Manitowoc police recovered
the body shortly after being alerted at 4:41 p.m.
Four Manitowoc boys playing on the pier discovered the body floating
in the water 15 feet off the lake side of the pier and about 100
yards off shore.
Police, using Holsen's fishing gear, hooked the body and pulled it
up on the pier. Manitowoc County Coroner, Dr. Theodore A. Teitgen,
arrived at the scene and pronounced the man dead.
Discover Body
Police identity was not made immediately, police said. A license
check on an automobile parked near the pier revealed the vehicle was
registered to Holsen.
Holsen's wife told police her husband had gone fishing at about 4:15
or 4:30 p.m., shortly after returning home from work at Rahr Malting
Co. where he was a malster.
Police were alerted by a telephone call from Clarence Boeder at the
Manitowoc Yacht Club after Boeder had been informed of the discovery
of the body by the four boys. Names of the boys were not available
according to police.
The police patrol boat was also pressed into service but the body had
been recovered by the time the unit arrived at the scene.
Funeral Services
Mr. Holsen was born Dec. 25, 1901, in the Town of Kossuth, the son of
the late Henry and Mary Koch Holsen. April 27, 1927, he married Emily
Drasner at Francis Creek. They settled on a farm for one year, then
came to Manitowoc where Mr. Holsen was employed as a malster for 30
years at Rahr Malting Co.
He was a member of Malsters Union No. 297 and Holy Name Society of
Sacred Heart Church.
Survivors include his wife, four sons, (private); a daughter, (private);
three brothers, Aloysius J. and Alvin of Manitowoc, and Joseph of
Sheboygan; two sisters, Mrs. James Rea and Mrs. Ray Kornely of Milwaukee;
and nine grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Urbanek–Schlei Funeral
Home and at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Church with the Rev.
Claude LeClair officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home where the rosary will be recited
at 8 o'clock this Friday evening.
Manitowoc Herald Times, September 29, 1961, p. 1
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[d. 09-28-1961/age 59 yrs./cause: drowning/bur. on Emily Holsen lot-his wife]
Boys Discover Body Floating in Lake Waters
Charles H. Holsen Apparent Victim of Fishing Miscue
MANITOWOC—Charles H. Holson, 59, of 612 Huron St., drowned in the
waters of Lake Michigan late Thursday afternoon when he apparently
fell off the North Pier while fishing. Manitowoc police recovered
the body shortly after being alerted at 4:41 p.m.
Four Manitowoc boys playing on the pier discovered the body floating
in the water 15 feet off the lake side of the pier and about 100
yards off shore.
Police, using Holsen's fishing gear, hooked the body and pulled it
up on the pier. Manitowoc County Coroner, Dr. Theodore A. Teitgen,
arrived at the scene and pronounced the man dead.
Discover Body
Police identity was not made immediately, police said. A license
check on an automobile parked near the pier revealed the vehicle was
registered to Holsen.
Holsen's wife told police her husband had gone fishing at about 4:15
or 4:30 p.m., shortly after returning home from work at Rahr Malting
Co. where he was a malster.
Police were alerted by a telephone call from Clarence Boeder at the
Manitowoc Yacht Club after Boeder had been informed of the discovery
of the body by the four boys. Names of the boys were not available
according to police.
The police patrol boat was also pressed into service but the body had
been recovered by the time the unit arrived at the scene.
Funeral Services
Mr. Holsen was born Dec. 25, 1901, in the Town of Kossuth, the son of
the late Henry and Mary Koch Holsen. April 27, 1927, he married Emily
Drasner at Francis Creek. They settled on a farm for one year, then
came to Manitowoc where Mr. Holsen was employed as a malster for 30
years at Rahr Malting Co.
He was a member of Malsters Union No. 297 and Holy Name Society of
Sacred Heart Church.
Survivors include his wife, four sons, (private); a daughter, (private);
three brothers, Aloysius J. and Alvin of Manitowoc, and Joseph of
Sheboygan; two sisters, Mrs. James Rea and Mrs. Ray Kornely of Milwaukee;
and nine grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Urbanek–Schlei Funeral
Home and at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Church with the Rev.
Claude LeClair officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home where the rosary will be recited
at 8 o'clock this Friday evening.
Manitowoc Herald Times, September 29, 1961, p. 1
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[d. 09-28-1961/age 59 yrs./cause: drowning/bur. on Emily Holsen lot-his wife]
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