Surnames: Hoeft, Sprengler, Kleiman, Schultz

----Sources: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 10/04/1951

Hoeft, Fred (3 Jan. 1875 - 29 Sept. 1951)

Fred Hoeft of the town of Holton, P.O. Abbotsford, Wisconsin, route 1, died at the Marshfield, Wisconsin Hospital Saturday at 2:00 P.M. at the age of 76 years, a rupture being the cause of his death. Funeral services were held at the Lulloff Funeral Home in Colby Tuesday afternoon, Rev. F. H. Sprengler of Dorchester officiating, and internment was made in the Abbotsford cemetery.

Mr. Hoeft, who never was married, was born in Sheboygan county and made his home with his brother, Louis. Surviving are two brothers and two sisters - Otto, Louis, Mrs. Wm. Kleiman and Mrs. Frank Schultz, all of Abbotsford, Wis.