Bio: Strathman, Herman Ferdinand 

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Surnames: Strathman, Hengle 
 

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood County, Wis.) 10 Sept. 1928 
 

Herman Ferdinand Strathman was born in the town of Hull, Marathon County, March 28, 1898. He attended the public schools in Colby, which is within a few miles of the community of his birth. His first place of employment after finishing school was the Colby Cheese Box Factory. Several months after taking this job he changed to a job with a Colby bakery, where he remained about three years working as a deliveryman during the first half of that period, and as an apprentice baker during the latter half. In May, 1919, after following his trade for six months in Milwaukee, he entered the employ of the Wright Bakery in this city. He continued with it four years, except six months spent in a bakery in Neillsville. During the past five years he has been a baker in the Vienna Bakery in the city. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Strathman of Colby. 
 

Mr. Strathman was married to Miss Agnes Hengle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hengle, of Rolling Stone, Minnesota, in a Lutheran church, in Colby, September 20, 1921. 
 

In 1918 he was a member of the Colby Home Guard. Politically, he is Independent. His hobbies are hunting and fishing.