Obit: Kuhlmann, Mable (1889 - 1971)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Kuhlmann, Benedict, Brown, King, Schultz, Bultman, Guchenberger, Harrington, Miller, Francis, Shaefer, Vine, Scholtz, Smith, Dunlap, Bonskold, Elmhorst, Novak, Sprague

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 3/04/1971

Kuhlmann, Mable (16 May 1889 - 2 March 1971)

Funeral services for Mrs. Mable Brown Kuhlmann, 81, of Neillsville, who died March 2, are to be held Saturday, March 6, at 1:30 p.m. from the Georgas Funeral Home. The Rev. D. Eugene Sprague of the Neillsville Assembly of God Church is to officiate, with burial to be in the Hillside Cemetery at Marshfield. The body of Mrs. Kuhlmann will be in state beginning Friday morning.

Mrs. Mable Kuhlmann was born May 16, 1889, in the Town of Grant, to Joe and Rhoda (Benedict) Brown. She was educated in the Town of Grant and attended the Reed School. She did housework as a young girl. Her marriage to Reuben King took place in Neillsville on March 29, 1911. The Kings farmed in the Town of Grant. After Mr. King’s death in 1947 she went to California to live for 15 years.

Her marriage to Frank Kuhlmann took place in Long Beach, Ca. in 1948. They returned to Neillsville in 1962. Mr. Kuhlmann died in 1965. Mrs. Kuhlmann was a member of the Assembly of God Church in Neillsville.

Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Robert (Velma) Schultz of Marshfield, two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Edward (Edna) Bultman of Faribault, Mn. and Mrs. Alleda Kuhlmann of Sacramento, Ca.

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 3/11/1971

Funeral services for Mrs. Mabel Kuhlmann, 81, of Neillsville, who died March 2, were held Saturday, March 6, at 1:30 p.m. from the Georgas Funeral Home. The Rev. D. Eugene Sprague of the Neillsville Assembly of God Church officiated and burial was made in the Hillside Cemetery in Marshfield.

Pallbearers for Mrs. Kuhlmann were Louis Scholtz, Albert Smith, James Dunlap, Sven Bonskold, Chris Smith and Ed Guchenberger. Soloist Mrs. Fritz Elmhorst sang “The Old Rugged Cross” and “I Need Thee Every Hour,” accompanied by Mrs. Dolores Novak.

Those from out of town who attended the services included: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schultz, Margie Schultz, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Guchenberger, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Harrington, and Mrs. James Miller and son, Mark, all of Marshfield; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Francis and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Shaefer of Loyal, Mrs. Ed Bultman of Faribault, Mn., Mr. and Mrs. Theamore Vine of Pleasant Ridge, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schultz and family of Milwaukee.