Surnames: Bahl, Ball, Puhlmann

----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 09/01/1949

Bahl, Wanda (25 Nov. 1885 - 24 Aug. 1949)

Burial services will be held this Thursday afternoon at 3:30 O’clock at the Colby (Colby, Clark Co. Wis.) Cemetery for Miss Wanda Bahl, a former Colbyite, who died in Los Angeles, Calif., at the age of 65 years. Rev. F. P. Puhlmann of the First Evangelical and Reformed church will officiate. The body arrived Thursday and will lie in state at the Lulloff Funeral Home for a time before the services.

Miss Bahl spent most of her life in Colby and had been a teacher by profession. She left this vicinity for the West Coast about 25 years ago. There are no surviving relatives. Her parents were the Charles Bahls and two sisters died recently.

*** Note: Wanda’s last name was miss-spelled as Ball in the article above.

1900 Federal Census, ED 17 Colby town Colby city Ward West, Clark, Wisconsin, United States, pg. 4, family 91

Wanda Bahl, white, single female

Household Members
head Chas Bahl M 58 (Oct 1842)  Germany
wife Augusta Bahl F 47 (Nov 1853) Germany
daughter Lena Bahl F 28 (Jan 1872) Wisconsin
daughter Wanda Bahl F 15 (Nov 1885) Wisconsin

California Death Record

Wanda Bahl
event: Death
event date: 24 Aug 1949
event place: Los Angeles, California, United States
birth date: 25 Nov 1885
birthplace: Wisconsin
gender: Female
father: Bahl
mother: Senger