Obit: Kuester, Gustave Carl (1891 - 1971)
Contact:
Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail:
dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Kuester, Bakerberg,
Schefus, May, Schmidt, Welsh, Rossow, Dankemyer, Dux, Olson, Humlie
----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 1/21/1971
Kuester, Gustave Carl (30 March 1891 - 17 January 1971)
Funeral services
for Gustave Carl Kuester, 79, of Rt. 1 Loyal, who died in Neillsville January
17, are to be held today (Thursday) at 2 p.m. from Trinity Lutheran Church in
Loyal. The Rev. William Humlie will officiate and burial will be made in the
Lutheran Cemetery. The Roycraft Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Gustave Kuester was born March 30, 1891, in Holly, Germany. He came to the
United States at the age of two with his parents, who settled at Fairfax, Minn.
His marriage to Emma Bakerberg Schefus took place October 28, 1913, in Fairfax.
They lived there for two years, moved to Riplinger for a short time, and then
farmed in the Township of Loyal until 1946, when they moved to Pewaukee.
Mrs. Kuester died October 23, 1952. Following his retirement in 1957, Mr.
Kuester resided with a son in Waukesha until last August, when he move to Loyal
to live with his daughter, Lillian. He had served on the Town of Loyal School
board, and was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.
Survivors include the
following children: Alfred Kuester, Hillsboro; Edwin Kuester, Rhinelander; Harry
Kuester and Henry Kuester, both of Waukesha; Mrs. James (Leona) May, Lisbon,
Ohio; Mrs. Henry (Minnie) Schmidt, Towner, N. D.; Mrs. Florence Welsh, Tomahawk;
Mrs. Edward (Lillian) Rossow, Loyal; Herman Schefus, a step-son of Marshfield.
He is further survived by a sister, Mrs. Hattie Dankemyer, Webster; and by two
brothers, Fred and Otto, Hutchinson, Minn.
----Source: Clark County Press
(Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 1/28/1971
Funeral services for Gustave Carl
Kuester, 79, of Rt. 1 Loyal, who died January 17, were conducted Thursday,
January 21, at 2 p.m. from Trinity Lutheran Church in Loyal. The Rev. Wm. Humlie
officiated and burial was made in the Lutheran Cemetery.
Pallbearers
were: Tim Kuester, Ronald May, Terry Kuester, Robbe Welsh, Howard Kuester, and
Chuck Schmidt. Mrs. Erwin Dux and Mrs. Verland Dux sang, “Asleep in Jesus” and
Softly and Tenderly.” They were accompanied by Mrs. John Olson.
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