Obit: Viets, Gerald Duane (1948 - 1948)
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Surnames: Viets, Specht, Hedringer, Cardnial, Cardrial, Andersin, Smith

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 04/15/1948

Viets, Gerald Duane (4 Jan. 1948 - 11 Apr. 1948)

Gerald Duane Viets, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Viets, died Sunday night at 11:30, after a brief illness. He was born in Abbotsford Jan. 4, 1948.

Besides his parents he is survived by two brothers, Jay and Dennis, and his grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Viets, Chippewa Falls, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Specht, of Crandon.

The body was taken to Colfax where a brief service was read by the Methodist minister at 3:15, Monday afternoon, followed by internment.

Among the relatives who accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Viets at the burial rites were Mr. and Mrs. Jay Viets and daughter, Mrs. Jean Hedringer, Mr. and Mrs. William Cardnial, Jr., and Mrs. William Cardrial, Sr., of Chippewa Falls; Ralph Viets, Mrs. Vivian Viets and daughter, Mrs. Ole Andersin and daughter, Beatrice, and Mrs. John Smith, all of Colfax.