Mrs. Fred Topel Taken By Death
Mrs. Fred Topel 59, Pensaukee died early Tuesday morning at Marinette County hospital. She had been ill for several years.
The former Ida Ziesmer was born in Pensaukee, August 1, 1904. She was married to Mr. Topel. May 2, 1923 in Oconto, and they made their home in Pensaukee. She was a member of the Ladies Aid and Missionary society and of the Ladies Auxiliary to Lester J. Crane Post No. 3671 Veterans of Foreign Wars until her illness.
The body was taken to the Gallagher Funeral home where it remained until Friday morning when it was taken to the First American Lutheran church to lie in state until time of services. Members of Lester J. Crane auxiliary No. 3071, Veterans of Foreign Wars will conduct memorial services this (Thursday) evening at 7 o'clock. The Reverend Leonard Domke will officiate at funeral rites Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be in Brookside cemetery.
Survivors beside her husband are her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Ziesmer, Pensaukee; four daughters, Mrs. Steve Lipp of Pensaukee, Mrs. William Ernst of Menominee, Mich., Mrs. Ronald Hyland of Green Bay, and Mrs. Jack DonLevy of Oak Orchard; one son, Frederick of Pensaukee; four brothers, Carl Ziesmer of Oconto, Raymond of Pensaukee and Arnold and Herbert of Milwaukee; two sisters; Mrs. Gladys Werth of Milwaukee, and Mrs. Emma Hundt of DePere. There are 20 grandchildren.
One son, Byron, preceded her in death in November 1963. Joe served in the Navy during World War I.
Note: Ida was born Pensaukee, Oconto County, WI. August 01, 1904. Baptized on 2 Oct. 1904 Christus Lutheran church, Pensaukee. Sponsors were, Frau Enerstine Lambreckt, Frau Paulina Jahnke, Frederick Ristow. Ida was the daughter of Karl Charles August ZIESMER and Elizabeth Karoline Marie JAHNKE. She married Fred R. Topel in May 1923 at the Lutheran parsonage in Oconto Falls.
Ida died March 17, 1964 Pensaukee, Wisconsin, at 59 years of age. Ida developed Alzheimers at an early age and spent her last years of her life in a home. Before she died, the disease had progressed to the point were she knew no one and did not talk. .