Obit: Matthes, Theodore (1888? - 1952)

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Surnames: Matthes, Harrison, Mantik, Wellman, Schneider, Schauer, Hoeft, Held, Kramer, Hildensperger 
 

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 06/05/1952 
 

Matthes, Theodore (1888? - 31 May 1952) 
 

Funeral services for Theodore Matthes, 64, who died Saturday, were held Tuesday afternoon at the Zink Funeral Home at 2:00 o’clock. The Rev. Richard Harrison officiated at the rites and burial was made in the Abbotsford cemetery.  
 

The pallbearers were Reuben and Fred Mantik, Irvin Wellman, Ray Schneider, Oscar Schauer, and Albert Hoeft.  
 

Mr. Matthes, who was a bachelor, operated a farm northesast of Abbotsford. He was found unconscious on the floor of his barn shortly after noon, on Saturday. He apparently had fallen from the haymow, according to John Hildensperger, Marathon county coroner, who termed his death accidental. Mr. Matthes was found by the young son of Mrs. Johanna Held, his niece, who, with her two children, who are displaced persons, had come to make their home with him. He was admitted to St. Joseph’s hospital, Marshfield, where he died at 1:35 p.m. 
 

Mrs. Held and children are now staying with the Orin Kramer family.