Obit: Stelzel, Edward E. (1891 - 1952)

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Surnames: Stelzel, Roth, Reynolds, Schimacher, Engel, Walther, Marks, Otielia, Wanke 
 

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 08/14/1952  
 

Stelzel, Edward E. (6 Oct. 1891 - 3 Aug. 1952) 
 

Funeral services for Edward E. Stelzel were held Wednesday, Aug. 6 at 2:00 p.m. from Holy Trinity Lutheran church, Minneapolis, with Dr. Paul H. Roth officiating. Mr. Stelzel’s death occurred at 9:00 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 3. He suffered a skull fracture and brain concussion after he fell about eight feet, at work, on Friday noon, Aug. 1. A ladder on which he was standing, broke. 
 

Internment was made in Lakewood cemetery, Minneapolis, with Alvin and Frederick Reynolds, Wausau; George and Harold Schimacher, Waukesha; Leo Engel, Milwaukee; and Ray Walther, Minneapolis, acting as pallbearers. 
 

Mr. Stelzel was born on Oct. 6, 1891, at Dorchester, Wisconsin. For a time the Stelzel family lived at Abbotsford.  
 

He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth; two sons, Gerald E., and Leonard L., of Minneapolis; one daughter, Mrs. (Verna) Marks, Chippewa Falls; four grand children, Barbara and Bonnie Stelzel, Eldred and Wayne Marks; four brothers, John, Rib Lake; Alvin, Louis and Martin, Dorchester; three sisters, Miss Otielia, Colby; Mrs. Fred (Mary) Reynolds, Dorchester; and Mrs. Frank (Hattie) Wanke, Stevens Point. All children, grand children, and brothers and sisters attended the funeral.  
 

Friends and relatives from Abbotsford, Colby, Dorchester, Athens, Wausau, Stevens Point, Manitowoc, Waukesha, Milwaukee, Baraboo, Loyal, Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls, and Minneapolis, attended the service.