Surnames: Orth, Schulz, Steinwand, Baumgart, Marten, Neumann, Tesmer, Domer, Bramucher, Kugel, Singstock, McKennen, Eichlepp

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 04/13/1950

Orth, George (7 Jan. 1886 - 8 Apr. 1950)

Funeral services for George Orth, 64, who died Saturday at St. Joseph’s hospital, Marshfield, were held in Wednesday morning at 9:30 at St. Bernard’s Catholic church, Abbotsford, with the Rev. Raymond Schulz officiating. Internment was made in the Colby (Colby, Clark Co. Wis.) Cemetery.

Pall bearers were six nephews of the deceased, Leon Steinwand, Owen; Harold Baumgart and John Marten, Unity; Donald Neumann, Riplinger; Norman Orth and Sylvester Tesmer, of Colby, Wis.

George Orth was born Jan. 7, 1886, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Orth, on a farm southwest of Colby, Wis. He lived there until his marriage to Miss Anna Domer, which took place at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Colby, April 16, 1912. For three years, Mr. and Mrs. Orth lived on a farm south of Colby and then moved to a farm two miles east and one-half mile north of Abbotsford where they have resided since.

Mr. Orth underwent surgery at St. Joseph’s hospital, Marshfield, on Monday of last week and seemed to be making good progress. On Saturday afternoon his condition took a turn and death came at 7:50 p.m.

He is survived by his widow and five children: Myron, Owen; Mrs. Albert (Marie) Bramucher, Medford; Mrs. Ernest (Marjorie) Kugel, Milwaukee; Raymond, Abbotsford; and Mrs. Roy (Ermine) Singstock, of Colby, Wis. There are 11 grand children.

He is also survived by two brothers, Charles, Seattle, Wash., and Conrad, Colby; and five sisters, Mrs. Kath McKennen, St. Paul, Minn.; Mrs. Charles Eichlepp, Phillips; Mrs. Paul Tesmer and Mrs. Peter Steinwand, Colby; and Mrs. Otto Baumgart, Unity, Wis.

Many relatives and friends from this vicinity attended the funeral. Among those from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Orth, of Kaukauna.