Obit: Bladl, Charles (1869 - 1952)

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Surnames: Bladl Schultz, Bray, Zahradka, Guenther 
 

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) October 30, 1952 
 

Bladl, Charles (9 November 1869 - 25 October 1952) 
 

Charles Bladl, 82, formerly of Granton, and more recently of Marshfield, died at his home Saturday, October 25, of complications following an illness of several weeks. 
 

The body lay in state at the Bergemann Funeral Home, where a general rosary was said at eight o’clock on Monday evening. 
 

Funeral services were conducted on Tuesday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church and interment was made in the parish cemetery.  The Rev. Father Peter Zic officiated. 
 

Mr. Bladl was born November 9, 1869, in Bavaria, Germany.  He came to this country in 1872 and lived in Pennsylvania and Minnesota.  On February 20, 1900, he was married to Frances Schultz at Hokah, Minn., and following their marriage they moved to the Town of Lynn.  In 1917 they moved to Granton, where they operated a tavern until 1950, when he retired and moved to Marshfield. 
 

He is survived by his wife and the following children: Carl Bladl of Granton; Mrs. Katherine Bray of Pasadena, Cal.; Mrs. Michael (Ann) Zahradka of Granton; Paul Bladl of Owen; 15 grandchildren and one great-grandchild; one brother, John Bladl of Plain, Wis.; and one sister, Mrs. Josephine Guenther of Hokah, Minn.