Obit: Strebing, August Carl (1875 - 1952)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon

Surnames: Strebing, Hewett, Spaete, Fleming, Struensee

----Sources: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark County, WI) October 1952

Strebing, August Carl (8 May 1875 - 27 Oct. 1952)

August Carl Strebing, age 77, died at his home at 17 Court Street on Monday, October 27, 1952, following a stroke.

Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday at 2 o’clock at the Bergemann Funeral Home, with the Rev. William Koehler officiating. Interment will be made in the Neillsville City Cemetery.

Mr. Strebing was born May 8, 1875, at Lyons, IL. On May 10, 1897, he was married to Esther Hewett at Riverside, IL. In 1919 they moved to a farm in the town of Washburn, and in 1945 came to Neillsville to make their home.

Surviving is his wife and the following children: Mrs. Carl (Florence) Spaete, and Ray Strebing both of Neillsville; Howard Strebing of Marshfield; Kenneth Strebing of Chicago; Clarence Strebing of Owen; and Evelyn Strebing of Evanston, IL; also one sister, Mrs. Clara Fleming of La Grange, IL. One daughter, Mildred Struensee preceded him in death in 1945.