Obit: Woempner, Fred H. #2 (1886 - 1956) 

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Surnames: Woempner, Sprengler, Kieser, Habeck, Fenske, Nixdorf, Baehr, Broeske, Beisner, Younker, Uhlig, Bumann, Benzmann, Brechlin, Skoog, Paul, Daellenbach 
 

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 08/23/1956 
 

Woempner, Fred H. (29 Dec. 1886 - 18 Aug. 1956)  

(Note: Linda Mertens has information that says his birth date was 1884)
 

Funeral services for Fred H. Woempner, 71, who died at his home Saturday morning were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Christ Lutheran church. The Rev. F. H. Sprengler officiated at the services during which the Misses Dorothy and Marilyn Kieser sang "Nearer My God to Thee" and "Rock of Ages."  
 

Pallbearers for the internment made in the Memorial cemetery, Dorchester, were John Habeck, Albert Fenske, Walter Nixdorf, Arthur Baehr, Elroy Broeske and Henry Beisner. 
 

The flowers were carried by Mrs. Rudy Younker, Mrs. Alvin Uhlig and Mrs. Leo Bumann. 
 

Relatives and friends from away who attended the funeral were from Dorchester, Colby, Milan, Unity, Tomahawk, Spencer, Summit Lake, Bowler, Deerbrook, Athens, Neillsville, Prentice, Curtiss and Chicago. 
 

Fred H. Woempner was born in the town of Mayville Dec. 29, 1886. He was educated in the township schools and lived with his parents until his marriage to Miss Helena Benzmann, Sept. 26, 1911, at St. Peter’s Lutheran church, Dorchester. He retained his membership in that church until the time of his death.  
 

Mr. Woempner, who combined farming and carpentering, built their first home on a farm in the Town of Mayville, now owned by Ed Brechlin. In 1917, they moved to another farm in the same township and lived there until they sold it in Nov. 1946. They built a new home in Abbotsford and moved to the village in December of 1946.  
 

Mr. Woempner, who had been in failing health with palsey for some time, fell and broke his hip last Dec. 18, and after 12 days of hospitalization, he was cared for at his home. Bedridden the last 18 months, death came Saturday morning. 
 

Besides his widow, he leaves two daughters, Mrs. Joel (Alma) Skoog, Prentice, and Mrs. Wilmer (Alice) Paul, Curtiss, and three grand children. He was preceded in death by three infant children, Alfred, Rosalie and Clarence. His parents, a brother, Charles, and a sister, Mrs. John (Bertha) Daellenbach, also preceded him in death.