Obit: Thede, Adella (1886 - 1959)

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Surnames: Thede, Grosshuesch, Schmidt, Gray, Stacke, Schnabel, Schreiber, Harding, Geisler, Hable, Gumeinny, Wachowaki, Utschig, Martens, Wolf, Bookmeir

----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark Co., Wis.) 11/12/1959

Thede, Adella (12 Apr. 1886 - 6 Nov. 1959)

Mrs. Alex Thede died Friday at 1:30 P.M. at the Wolff Nursing Home following a stroke. Funeral services were held Monday in the First Evangelical and Reformed church in Colby, Wis., Rev. V. O. Grosshuesch officiating, and burial was made in the Colby (Colby, Clark Co. Wis.) Cemetery. Pall bearers were Leroy Thede, Vilas Thede, George Schmidt, Harold Schmidt, Justin Gray and Adolph Stacke. Marvin Schnabel sang "Near to the Heart of God" and "I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say," accompanied by Joan Schreiber on the piano.

Out of town people here for the services were Mr. and Mrs. Hal Harding and daughter, Janice, and Leroy Thede of Marshfield, Mr. and Mrs. George Geisler, Mrs. Leon Hable and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gumeinny of Milwaukee, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Schmidt of Denmark, Mrs. Frank Wachowaki of Two Rivers, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Utschig of Appleton, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Martens and Mrs. Elroy Wolf of Brillion, Clifford H. Bookmeir of New Holstein and Mr. and Mrs. Vern Harding of Bangor.

The former Adelia Schmidt was born on April 12, 1886, at Hayton, Wis. On September 12, 1911, she married Alex Thede at New Holstein. They moved onto a farm in the town of Colby in 1912. They moved to Abbotsford in 1946. Mr. Thede died on August 13, 1956.

Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Hal (Adeline) Harding of Marshfield; one grand daughter, Janice Harding of Marshfield; two sisters, Mrs. George (Lillian) Geisler and Mrs. Laone Hagle of Milwaukee; three brothers, Edward Schmidt of Denmark, Alvin Schmidt of Colby and Herman Schmidt of Marshfield.