Obit: Rahm, Martha (1885 - 1963)

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Surnames: RAHM ALTENBERGER WIEGMAN EDBLOM STECKER TAUSCHAK LAUX

----Sources: Marshfield News Hearld, (Marshfield, Wood Co. Wis.) 20 Aug 1963

Rahm, Martha (14 Apr. 1885 - 19 Aug. 1963)

Mrs. Otto Rahm, 78, Unity, died at 9:40 p.m. Monday in St. Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield, where she had been a patient for six days. Death was attributed to a ruptured appendix.

Funeral services have tentatively been arranged for 2 p.m. Thursday in Zion Lutheran Church in Colby. Burial will be in Green Grove cemetery. Friends may pay their respects at the Lulloff Funeral Home starting tonight.

Mrs. Rahm, nee Martha Altenberger, was born April 14, 1885, in Colby. Her marriage to Fred Wiegman, who preceded her in death in 1923, took place in 1908. In 1929 she married Otto Rahm, who also preceded her in death. From the time of her marriage to Fred Wiegman until 1946, Mrs. Rahm resided on a farm near Unity. From 1946 to 1958 she lived in Colby, and since that time had been making her home with a daughter, Mrs. Arnold (Eleanor) Edblom of Unity. Mrs. Rahm was a member of the Colby Zion Lutheran Church.

In addition to Mrs. Edblom, she is survived by another daughter, Mrs. Walter (Bernita) Stecker of Marshfield; a son, Merlin Wiegman, Oshkosh; six grandchildren; and three sisters, Mrs. John (Frances) Tauschak, Luxemburg; Mrs. Edgar (Lydia) Laux, Colby; and Miss Pauline Alternberger, Sheboygan.