Obit: Spiegel, Charles Carl (1873 - 1953)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 
 

Surnames: Spiegel, Schoengarth, Struwe, Schafer, Lepke, Kosmosky, Nulton  
 

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) April 16, 1953 
 

Spiegel, Charles Carl (8 June 1873 - 7 April 1953) 
 

Charles Carl Spiegel, 79, Town of Pine Valley, died Tuesday, April 7, 1953, at the Neillsville Hospital. 
 

Funeral services were conducted from the Georgas Funeral Home April 10, with the Rev. Virgil Nulton officiating.  Burial took place in the Neillsville City Cemetery. 
 

Mr. Spiegel was born June 8, 1873, in the Town of Grant to Henry and Johanna (Schoengarth) Spiegel and had been a lifelong resident of Clark County.  He received his education in the rural schools and farmed his entire life. 
 

He was married to Minnie Struwe in 1897 in Neillsville.  One son, Albert, was born to them.  His wife preceded him in death September 17, 1947. 
 

He leaves, besides his son, two brothers, Alfred of Neillsville and August of Port Angeles, Wash., and one sister, Mrs. Clara Schafer of Milwaukee. 
 

Two brothers, Edward and Henry, and two sisters, Ida and Mrs. Frank (Martha) Lepke of Neillsville, are dead. 
 

Miss Betty Kosmosky sang, accompanied by Mrs. Virgil Nulton. 
 

Out of town folks attending the services were Mr. and Mrs. Albert Spiegel, Antigo; Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Spiegel, Marshfield; Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Spiegel and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Spiegel of Granton.