----Source: COLBY PHONOGRAPH (Colby, Wis.) 06/27/1918

Bandow, Willie (16 FEB 1891 - 25 JUN 1918)

One of the saddest occurrences that the Phonograph has been called upon to note for some time was the sudden death of Willie Bandow, which took place in this city (Colby, Wis.) Tuesday. The young man, who was in his seventeenth year, had been brought to the physician's office here for treatment and it was expected that a minor operation would be necessary, but death came before the operation had been commenced and was due to heart failure.

Deceased was the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Bandow of the town of Frankfort, Marathon, Co., Wis. He was born in the town of Colby, Clark County Feb. 16, 1891, the family later moving to the town of Frankfort, where they now reside. Besides the sorrowing parents, there are two brothers and three sisters to mourn his loss.

The funeral will be held from the family home in Frankfort and from Zion Lutheran Church in this city at 2 p.m., Saturday, June 29th. The funeral sermon will be preached by Rev. Jensen of Milan, and interment made in the Colby Cemetery.