Obituary of Frederick Matzke
- August 24, 1901
Original Brown County Democrat.
1901
Obituary
for Frederick
Matzke, Original
Brown County
Democrat,
August ??, 1901 (date of
death was 8-24-1901)
The
death of Fred
Matzke took place at his home in the town of
DePere last Saturday
morning after several month's illness with
bronchitis, followed by
dropsey.
Mr. Matzke was a well known old
settler of Brown County
who enjoyed the esteem and
friendship of a wide circle of friends.
He was born in Prussia
in 1826
and shortly after his marriage to Mary Hertha in
1855 he came
to the United
State,
locating at Green Bay and afterwards at Bellevue. In 1864 he enlisted in the
44th Wisconsin Volunteers
and after a year's service was honorably
discharged. After
the war he settled on a farm in the town of DePere
where he resided ever since. For
several years he was a supervisor and
treasurer of the school district.
He is survived by a widow and ten
children
who mourn the loss of a husband and father. The children are:
August
of Glenmore
Mathias
of Preble
Anna
(Mrs. W. Fonder) of Rhone, Col.
Mary
(Mrs. A. Radke) of Fond du Lac
Rose
(Mrs. Joseph Kaster) of DePere
Paul
of Glenmore
Theresa
(Mrs. J. Becher) of Preble
Sylvester
of Montana
Lizzie
(Mrs. Emil Daisch) of Green Bay
Philip
at home
All
of these except Mrs.
Fonder attended the funeral which was held from
St. Mary's Church
Monday morning. Solemn
requiem mass was sung by Rev. Father
Verstegen assisted by Rev. Father Smitz and
Gallagher as deacon and
sub-deacon, after which the remains were
followed to their last
resting place by a large concourse of
mourning relatives and
friends, giving proof of the esteem in which the
deceased was
held. The
pallbearers were: John
Dollar, John Doherty, H. Dollar, J.
Dernback, F. Biebel, and C. Kaster.
Mrs. Matzke and children wish to
express
their thanks to all neighbors and friends who
so kindly assisted them during their bereavement.
Submitted by Pat Matzke