Obit: Witte, Herman (1851 - 1926)
Transcriber: Stan
Surnames: WITTE
HARDRATH CAMMERS HORNER DANSING ----Source: Colby
Phonograph (Colby, Wis.) 02/18/1926 Witte, Herman (11
MAY 1851 - Feb 1926) Herman Witte,
whose departure to the undiscovered country was chronicled in this
paper last week, was born May 11, 1851, in Schnerling, Pro. Saxon,
Germany, and, when a young man, came to the U. S., settling in
Manitowoc Co., Wis., where, in 1880, he was married to Laura
Hardrath, to which six children were born. In 1901 he came to Green
Grove, Clark County, Wis., where he settled on a farm. In his
younger days, he was a carpenter. Fuenral services
were held at the Lutheran Church at Green Grove, Rev. Goetsch
officiating, and interment made in the Green Grove Cemetery. His demise is
mourned by three children, Richard Witte, Unity, Wis., Mrs. Laura
Cammers, Greenwood, Wis., Mrs. Martha Horner, Owen, Wis., one
brother and one sister, Fed Witte, Mischicott, Wis., and Mrs. Laura
Dansing, Manitowoc, Wis., and five grandchildren. Mr. Witte departed
from this life full of years, ripened with age and experience; he
was worthy and well qualified, and fully prepared for adulation
into the eternal house, where …(couldn't read the last few
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