Surnames: Wenzel, Brandt, Zupanic

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wisconsin) 04/11/1940

Wenzel, Fred (24 Apr. 1855 - 10 Apr. 1940)

Funeral services for Fred Wenzel who died early Wednesday morning will be held Saturday afternoon at 1:45 at the Emil Wenzel home and at 2:00 o’clock at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church. The Rev. J. Brandt will officiate. Internment will follow in the Chelsea cemetery.

The remains will be at the Zink Funeral Home until Friday afternoon when they will be taken to the Wenzel home in Abbotsford, Wis.

Fred Wenzel was born April 24, 1855 in Germany. On April 15, 1886 he and his wife and one child came to America and settled on their farm in Chelsea, Taylor County. They were among the earliest pioneers in that section.

On March 31, 1934 his wife preceded him in death and six months ago he came to Abbotsford to make his home with his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Wenzel.

Mr. Wenzel had been in good health until Saturday when he became ill. A heart ailment and complications of age caused his death early Wednesday morning at the age of 84 years.

He is survived by four sons, Emil, of Abbotsford, Alex of Stockton, Cal., Gust of Park Falls and Ernest of New Lennox, Ill.; one daughter, Mrs. Jeanette Zupanic of West Allis.