Obit: Kleinstick, Louis George #2 (1905 - 1949)
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Surnames: Kleinstick, Neuendorf, Schmitt, Schjoneman, Brocker, Stewart, Van Slett, Edes, Pals, Naef, Kaatz, Kirsten, Sossaman, Wilson, Lindberg, Peterson, Kieser, Palo, Accola, Koester, Draeger, Boyer

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 06/02/1949

Kleinstick, Louis George (10 Dec. 1905 - 30 May 1949)

Funeral services for Louis Kleinstick, 43, Abbotsford, who died Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield, of injuries suffered earlier in the day in an automobile accident east of here, will be held at 2:00 o’clock Saturday afternoon at the Zink Funeral Home.

John Neuendorf, Medford, will officiate and burial will be made in the Abbotsford cemetery. The body will lie in state at the funeral home until the time of the services.

Mr. Kleinstick was driving to Edgar to do some papering for his brother, Tuesday morning, when his car collided with a milk truck on Highway 29, about a mile east, at 8:20.

Marathon County traffic authorities said that the one and one-half ton milk truck, driven by Emery Schmitt, 20, Colby, Route 1, and owned by Merlin Schjoneman, Colby, was proceeding from the south out of a private driveway and turning west on the highway when Mr. Kleinstick, heading east, down a slight grade, struck the left side of the truck immediately behind the cab.

Mr. Kleinstick’s car, a 1929 Ford, was demolished as it was rammed half way under the truck. Damage to the truck, placed at $75, was confined to the undercarriage and van portion of the vehicle.

Mr. Kleinstick was taken, by ambulance, to St. Joseph’s hospital, Marshfield. He had suffered a severe skull fracture and a crushed chest.

Schmitt, driver of the truck, was not injured.

Louis George Kleinstick was born Dec. 10, 1905, in Colby, Wis. He grew up in that area and received his education in Colby schools. On May 21, 1927, he married Vivian Stewart and moved to Abbotsford, where he had been a painter and paperhanger for several years.

Besides his wife, those who survive him are three daughters, Mrs. Norman (Shirley) Brocker, Milwaukee; Mrs. Orville (Betty) Van Slett, Abbotsford; and Claryce Kleinstick, at home.

Four brothers and three sisters surviving are Miss Edna Kleinstick, Minneapolis, Minn.; Mrs. Augusta Pals, Waukesha; Mrs. Selma Edes, Wenatchee, Wash.; Richard Kleinstick, Edgar; Otto Kleinstick, Spencer; Adolph Kleinstick, Gary, Indiana; and Herbert Kleinstick, address unknown. One brother and one sister preceded him in death.

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 06/09/1949

A large number of relatives and friends attended the funeral services for Louis Kleinstick, who died May 31, held Saturday afternoon, at 2:00 o’clock at the Zink Funeral Home. John Neuendorf, Medford, officiated at the services after which internment was made in the Abbotsford cemetery.

During the services a group of songs which included, "He’s the One," "No Tears in the Sky," "Teach Our Days to Number at the Grave," and "A Little While," were sung by Leonard and Sylvia Naef. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kaatz and Wallace Kirsten. Mrs. Kirsten was pianist.

The pallbearers were Raymond and Arvid Kleinstick, of Edgar; Darrell Sossaman, of Milwaukee; Orville Stewart, Cokato, Minn.; Russell Van Slett, Unity; and David Lindberg.

The flowers were carried by the Misses Phyllis Lindberg, Barbara Peterson, Doris and Marilyn Kieser, Lois Wilson, of Whitefish, Montana, and June Stewart, Cakato, Minn.

Among the relatives who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Norman Brocker and daughter, Milwaukee; Miss Elda Kleinstick, Minneapolis; Mr. and Mrs. Lambett Palo, daughter, Eunice, Waukesha; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kleinstick and son, Arvid, and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Kleinstick and family, Edgar; Miss Mildred Kleinstick, Hubbard Woods, Ill.; Mrs. Donald Accola, Pittsville; Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Kleinstick and son, Gary, Indiana; Otto Kleinstick, Spencer; Mr. and Mrs. James Stewart and daughter, June, Cokato, Minn.; Mrs. Alice Koester and Mrs. Murell Wilson, Whitefish, Mont.; Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Sossaman, Milwaukee; Mrs. Anna Draeger, Colby; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Boyer and Mr. and Mrs. John Lindberg, Abbotsford, Wis.