Obit: Schulz, Theresa (1860 - 1946)

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Surnames: SCHULZ ZELLE LEONHARDT THEILIG SMART RADTKE

----Sources: (Marathon County Register (Unity, Clark Co. Wis.) 03/08/1946

Schulz, Theresa (18 Apr. 1860 - 27 Feb. 1946)

Mrs. August Schulz Laid To Rest Sun.

Funeral services were held on Sunday afternoon, March 4 at Colby for Mrs. August Schulz who passed away at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield on Wednesday evening, February 27th.

Mrs. Schulz had reached the age of 85 years. She had been in ill health for several months and had been hospitalized the past six weeks.

Mrs. Schulz, the former Theresa Zelle, was born April 18, 1860, in Cleveland, Wis., and came to the town of Green Grove in 1876. She was married to August Schulz at Colby in 1881. Mr. Schulz passed away on August 2, 1944.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 1:45 o’clock from the Luloff Funeral home thence to St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church. The Rev. Robert Leonhardt officiating. Burial was made in the Colby cemetery.

Surviving are five children, George Schulz and Mrs. George Theilig of Colby, Gottlieb Schulz of Spencer, and Mrs. Anna Smart and Ernest W. Schulz of Colby. Also surviving are a sister, Mrs. Charles Radtke, Town of Colby, 25 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.