Obit: Holtzhausen, Carl #2 (1878 - 1957)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 
 

Surnames: Holtzhausen, Wallace, Muehlenberg 
 

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 03/07/1957 
 

Holtzhausen, Carl (1878 - 28 Feb. 1957) 
 

Carl Holtzhausen, 78, died at Havenet Nursing Home, Owen, Wisconsin, Thursday afternoon at 1:30. He had been in ill health about six months and was a patient there the past six weeks.  
 

Masonic rites were conducted at the Lulloff Funeral Home at Colby, Monday afternoon and burial was made in the Colby cemetery. Members of the Masonic Lodge were pallbearers and the Colby city council acted as honorary pallbearers. Mr. Holtzhausen served the city of Colby as clerk for 33 years, was justice of peace and a member of the library board.  
 

Mr. Holtzhausen was born Sheboygan county’s town of Wilson and came to Colby when he was about two years of age. He continued to live here the remainder of his life. He operated a blacksmith shop until ill health forced his retirement.  
 

He was preceded in death by his wife. Survivors include a son, Alvin Holtzhausen, Abbotsford; two daughters, Miss Erma Holtzhausen, Nashville, Tenn.; Mrs. S. E. (Ethel) Wallace, Madison; two grand children, Shirley and David Holtzhausen, of Abbotsford and one sister, Mrs. Winnie Muehlenberg, of Sheboygan.