Surnames: Abel, Franz, Laube, Elmer, Wendt

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) August 18, 1949

Abel, Louisa (6 December 1875 - 11 August 1949)

Funeral services for Mrs. Frank Abel, 67, were held Monday from the West Side Reformed Church, Greenwood. Burial was made in the parish cemetery. She died Thursday at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Laube, in Colby, Wis.

Mrs. Abel, the former Louisa Franz, was born on December 6, 1875, in Sheboygan. The daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. August Franz, she married Frank Abel September 29, 1897. They observed their golden wedding in 1947. They have resided in Greenwood since their marriage, Mr. Abel survives.

Also surviving are three daughters and two sons: Mrs. Carl (Laura) Laube of Colby; Mrs. Walter (Ella) Elmer of Milwaukee; Mrs. Adolph (Florine) Wendt of Owen; and Otto and Adolph of Greenwood. Seventeen grandchildren also survive.