Obit: Witt, Bertha (1866 - 1943)

Contact: Crystal Wendt
Email:  crystal@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Ackerman, Andrus, Bardleber, Beineck, Bloche, Bockhop, Buth, Butler, Carl, Coughlin, Fisher, Foemmel, Goeden, Goldhammer, Hager, Harauch, Haugen, Hoesly, Hubbard, Jackson, Jewell, Karger, Kessler, Knoop, Leinas, Marg, Martens, Marth, May, Mayhak, Moen, Mueller, Pattison, Pflughoft, Pflughoift, Pitts, Reams, Reims, Sallow, Schuelke, Schutte, Seelow, Selow, Tinnmler, Wegner, Witt, Zank

----Sources: The Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark County, Wis.) 3 June 1943

Witt, Bertha (28 May 1866 - 28 May 1943)

Mrs. Bertha Witt passed away at her home in Pine Valley May 28, 1943, after an illness of four weeks duration.

Mrs. Witt was born May 28, 1866, in Germany, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Seelow, her death taking place on her 77th birthday.

She came to America 52 years ago in 1891, her marriage to Fred Witt taking place in her native country.

She is survived by her husband, a daughter, Mrs. Emma Schuelke, three grandchildren, Mrs. Walter May, and Mrs. Merle Reims, Milwaukee, Wis., and Mrs. Arthur Zank, Pine Valley, and five great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Witt was preceded in death by her parents and three brothers.

The departed limited her efforts largely to the interests of her home, doing well the task which she assumed as her responsibilities, yet she maintained a friendly and neighborly spirit toward all with whom she came in the grandson of Capt. Ole Jackson, a veteran of the Spanish-American insurrections, all Neillsville men. He was graduated from Ripon College in 1942 and received his commission as a second lieutenant in the infantry. He took his orientation course at Fort contact.

Funeral services were held Monday, May 31, 1943, at 1:30 p.m. at the Witt home and at two p.m. at the Pine Valley Church, the Rev. J. G. Buth officiating. Interment was made in the Pine Valley Cemetery.

Here for the rites from distant places were: Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Carl; Nekoosa; Mr. and Mrs. Walter May and Mrs. Merle Reams, Milwaukee.

                       North Pine Valley Cemetery Index Pine Valley Twp., Neillsville, WI

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Bio: Witt, Frederick & Bertha

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Surnames: Ackerman, Andrus, Bardleber, Beineck, Bloche, Bockhop, Buth, Butler, Carl, Coughlin, Fisher, Foemmel, Goeden, Goldhammer, Hager, Harauch, Haugen, Hoesly, Hubbard, Jackson, Jewell, Karger, Kessler, Knoop, Leinas, Marg, Martens, Marth, May, Mayhak, Moen, Mueller, Pattison, Pflughoft, Pflughoift, Pitts, Reams, Reims, Sallow, Schuelke, Schutte, Seelow, Selow, Tinnmler, Wegner, Witt, Zank

1905 Wisconsin State Census, Pine Valley, Clark, Wisconsin, Sheet #3, Enumerator: A. F. Brindley

Household
Head: Fred Witt Male 45y b. (20 Nov 1860) Germany, parents b. Germany, white married
Wife: Bertha Witt Female 39y b. (28 May 1866) Germany
Daughter: Emma Witt Female 17y b. Germany

1920 Federal Census, Pine Valley, Clark, Wisconsin, House Number: Farm

Household - Home Owned, Mortgage Free
Head Fred Witt 59 (20-Nov-1860); 59 yrs. old, born in Germany, white married male, immigrated 1890, Parent's birthplace: Germany, Native tongue German, can speak, read and write English, Naturalized Citizen, self employed farmer, General Farm
Wife: ertha Witt (28-May-1866) 54
Daughter: Emma Schuetke 32 (29 Dec 1888)
Granddaughter: D Aloma Schuetke 8
Granddaughter: Laretta Schuetke 6
Granddaughter: Gertrude Schuetke 3

1930 Federal Census Record, Pine Valley, Clark, Wisconsin, United States, Apr. 14, Dwelling Number: 134, Family Number: 134, Sheet Letter: A, Sheet # 7

Household -No Radio Set
Head: Fred Witt Head Male 69 (20 Nov 1860 Germany), white married male, Immigration Year: 1891, born in Germany, Naturalized, Can Speak English, Age at First Marriage: 26, Parent's Birthplace: Germany, Occupation: Self-employed Farmer, Industry: General Farm
Wife: Bertha Witt Wife Female 64 Germany (20 Nov 1860)
Daughter: Emma Schuelke  Female 42 Germany
Granddaughter: Neoma Schuelke  Female 18 Wisconsin
Granddaughter: Loretta Schuelke Female 16 Wisconsin

Granddaughter: Gertrude Schuelke 13 Wisconsin

Witt Farm, Pine Valley Township, Clark Co., Wis., Sec. 4 & 9

"1916" is painted on the peak of the barn.

The above photo was contributed by Steve Roberts from his personal collection

                              1926 Plat Map, Sec.4 & 9.