Obit: Pecher, Viola #2 (1901 - 1956)  

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Surnames: Pecher, Pinion, Schulz, Brickl, Radke, Zettler, Boris, Calmes, Kulas, Hrobsky, Jautz, Lutzke, Kautza, Komarck, Switlick, Mews, Gust, Apfelbeck, Hien, Rundt, Soczka, Endries, Heindl 
 

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 07/19/1956 
 

Pecher, Viola (13 Feb. 1901 - 9 July 1956)  
 

Funeral services were held last Thursday morning for Mrs. Frank Pecher at 9:30 in St. Mary’s Catholic church, Colby, with the Rev. John Pinion, the Rev. Raymond Schultz, and the Rev. Frank Brickl officiating. Burial was made in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Colby.  
 

Pallbearers were nephews of the deceased, Dennis Radke, Gerald Zettler, James Boris, Donald Pecher, Theodore Calmes, and Duane Zettler.  
 

Mrs. Pecher, who died Monday afternoon at her home in Colby, was born Viola Zettler on Feb. 13, 1901, at St. Nazianz. She was married June 11 at St. John’s Catholic church, Wurtzberg. She and her husband lived on a farm in the Athens area until July, 1946, when they moved to Milwaukee, where they lived for a year, before moving to Colby. 
 

Besides her husband, she leaves two children, Mrs. Sylvester (Geraldine) Kulas, Abbotsford, and Carlton, at home; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zettler, Sr., of Athens; three grand children; six brothers, Martin, Frank, Jr., and Alton, of Athens; Arnold, of Point Arena, Calif.; William, Milwaukee; and Melvin, of Loyal. Also surviving are four sisters, Mrs. John (Irene) Hrobsky, San Jose, Calif.; Mrs. Harold (Marcella) Radke, Stratford; Mrs. Peter (Delores) Boris, Edgar; and Mrs. Norbert (Bernice) Calmes, Athens. 
 

Out-of-town relatives attending were Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Kulas and family, Mr. and Mrs. John Pecher and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Pecher, Abbotsford; Mr. and Mrs. William Zettler, Mr. and Mrs. William Jautz and daughter, Milwaukee; Mrs. Martha Lutzke, Sheboygan; Henry Kautza, Oniwa; Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Zettler and family, Loyal; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Radke and family, Stratford; Mr. and Mrs. Peter Boris and family, Edgar; Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Calmes and family, Mr. and Mrs. Anton Zettler and family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zettler, Sr., and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zettler, Jr., and family, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Zettler, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Zettler, Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord Zettler, Mr. and Mrs. John Komarck, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. James Switlick, Mrs. Robert Mews, Wisconsin Rapids; Frank Gust, Stratford;  
 

Mr. and Mrs. George Pecher, Athens; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Pecher, Milan; Mr. and Mrs. William Pecher, Dorchester; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Apfelbeck and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Apfelbeck and family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Apfelbeck, Colby; Mrs. Walter Hien, Shawano; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rundt, Stetsonville; Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Soczka, Edgar; Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Endries, Spencer; George Heindl, Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Heindl, of Athens, and friends from Medford, Athens, Abbotsford, Stratford, Colby, Dorchester and Menasha.