Obit: Hohenstein, Fred Sr. (1850 - 1929)
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HOHENSTEIN WITTOF WITHOFT PATTERSON FRANTZ FRANKLIN WALLACE ----Source:
NEILLSVILLE PRESS (Neillsville, Clark County, Wis.) 01/24/1929 Hohenstein, Fred
Sr. (7 JUN 1850 - 16 Jan 1929) Fred Hohenstein
Sr., one of Neillsville, Clark County, Wisconsin's oldest and most
respected citizens, passed away on to the higher life at the home
of his son Fred Hohenstein Jr., on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 16,
1929. He had reached the age of 78 years, 7 months and 9 days. Fred Hohenstein
was born in Barleben, Germany on June 7, 1850. He attended the home
schools and grew to manhood in the land of his birth. At the age of
21 years, in the year 1871, he was married to Miss Elizabeth
Withoft at Madborg, Germany. Ten years later, in 1881, Mr. and Mrs.
Hohenstein came to America and settled at Utica, Ill., where they
made their home until the summer of 1894, when they came to Clark
County, Wis., and settled on a farm in the town of Washburn. After
farming for 14 years, the Hohenstein family moved to Neillsville in
the year of 1908, where they continued to make their home since.
After living for a time on East Sixth St., they purchased a home on
South Oak St., where they lived until a year ago. Mr. Hohenstein was
a market gardener, and for many year furnished the grocery stores
and housewives of Neillsville with fruit and vegetables during the
entire summer season. Finding that he was becoming too old to
continue with the regular work, he moved with his wife to the home
of his son, Fred Jr., on Grand Ave., about a year ago. Mrs.
Hohenstein died April 27, 1928. Mr. Hohenstein is
survived by eight children, 30 grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren. His sons and daughters are: Etta, Mrs. A.
Patterson of Stockton, Calif.; Rudolph of Myrtle Creek, Oregon;
Fred Jr. of Neillsville; Elizabeth, Mrs. R. Frantz of Neillsville;
William of Sultan, Wash.; Annie, Mrs. Charles Franklin of Rockford,
Ill.; Peter of Washburn township, Clark Co.; and Irene, Mrs. Henry
Wallace of Neillsville. The funeral was
held Monday afternoon at the Fred Hohenstein Jr. home, P. S. Temby
reading the Christian Science service. Mrs. C. M.
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