Bio: Witte Richard H. & Bernice G.Roohr Family

Contact: janet@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Witte, Roohr, Bloom, Bores

----Sources: Federal Census Records

1930 Federal Census, Colby, Clark, Wisconsin, United States, District: 0005, Family 154, Line 90

Name: Bernice Witte, white married female
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Father's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin

Household Members
Head Richard Witte M 44 Wisconsin
Wife Bernice Witte F 23 (1907) Wisconsin
Daughter Beuhla Witte F 3 Wisconsin
Son Richard Witte M 2 Wisconsin
Son Herbert Witte M 0 Wisconsin

1940 Federal Census, Colby Town, Clark, Wisconsin, United States, District: 10-5, Family 27, Line 23

Richard Witte, white married male
Last Place of Residence: Kossuth, Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Household Members
Head Richard Witte M 53 (1887) Wisconsin
Wife Bernice Witte F 34 (1907) Wisconsin
Daughter Beulah Witte F 14 (1926) Wisconsin (m. George E. Foelsch)
Son Richard Witte M 12 (1928) Wisconsin
Son Hubert Witte M 9 (1931) Wisconsin
Son Wilbert Witte M 7 (1933) Wisconsin
Hired hand Melvin Bores M 23 (1917) Wisconsin

Obit: Witte, Bernice G. (1907 - 1972)

Wisconsin Death Record

Bernice G Witte
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 28 Mar 1972
Event Place: Mars, , Wisconsin
Residence Place: , Wisconsin
Gender: Female
Age: 65
Certificate Number: 011027

United States Public Records Index

Buelah Foelsch
Titles and Terms (Original):
Also Known As: Beulah V Foelsch
Residence Date: 01 Sep 1992-01 May 2000
Residence Place: Grandview, Missouri, United States
Birth Date: 12 Apr 1926
Phone Number: (303) 369-7082
Phone Number Recorded Date: 25 Mar 2008
Address: 6125 E 127th St
Address Continued: Grandview, Missouri 64030
Address Date: 01 Sep 1992-01 May 2000
2nd Address: 3208 S Xanadu St
2nd Address Continued: Aurora, Colorado 80014
2nd Address Date: 25 Sep 1989-25 Mar 2008
3rd Address: 6125 Mo E 127
3rd Address Continued: Grandview, Missouri 64030
3rd Address Date: 01 Dec 1986
Possible Relatives: Beulah V Foelsch, Michael George Foelsch, Pat Foelsch, Patricia Ann E Foelsch, Ronald L. Bloom
Record Number: 88353623

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Obit: Witte, Bernice G. (1906 – 1972)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Witte, Rasch, Roohr, Foelsch, Hein, Neuman

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 30 Mar 1972

(Note: Birth date taken from Green Grove St. Paul Cemetery listing)

Witte, Bernice G. (3 Sep 1906 – 28 Mar 1972)

Mrs. Bernice Gertrude Witte, 65, of Colby, died early Tuesday morning at the Marshfield Convalescent Center, after being in ill health for about a year.

Services will be held at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church at Green Grove on Friday at 1:30 p.m., with the Rev. Arthur Rasch officiating. Burial will be in the Green Grove Cemetery. Visitation will start at 1 p.m. on Thursday at the Lulloff Funeral Home.

The former Bernice Roohr was born in the Town of Beaver in Clark County in 1906. She married Richard Witte in 1922, and the couple farmed in the Town of Colby.

Mrs. Witte was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. Her husband preceded her in death in 1962.

She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. George (Beulah) Foelsch of Moberly, Missouri; three sons, Richard of Riplinger, Hubert of Colby and Wilbur of Manitowoc; 14 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Paul (Beverly) Hein, Owen, and Mrs. Lawrence (Gertrude) Neuman, Unity.; a brother, Adam Roohr of Unity.

She was preceded in death by four grandchildren and a sister and two brothers.