Obit: Blau, Noli Peter (1881 - 1955)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 
 

Surnames: Blau, Evans, Linster, Kuester, Leketas 
 

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) December 8, 1955 
 

Blau, Noli Peter (15 May 1881 - 3 December 1955) 
 

Noli Blau, age 74, of 202 West 12^th Street, Neillsville, died Saturday afternoon at his home.  Death was attributed to a heart condition.  He had been ill the past year.   
 
Noli Peter Blau, son of the late Nicholas and Louisa (Evans) Blau, was born May 15, 1881, in the Town of Weston.  He received his education in the Fairview school.  When a young man he ran a sawmill and also did threshing in the Town of Weston. 
 

He was married April 5, 1910, to Margaret Linster at Chicago.  Following their marriage they came to Neillsville, where Mr. Blau managed the Neillsville Water Works for several years.  Upon his retirement he worked on his tract of land in the Town of Weston, cutting wood.  In later years he was employed at Kuester’s meat market.  Ill health forced him to retire two years ago.  He was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church. 
 

He is survived by his wife and one daughter, Leona, and one brother, Robert Blau of Milwaukee.  His parents and one son preceded him in death. 
 

A requiem Mass was read Tuesday morning at St. Mary’s Catholic Church.  The Rev. Fr. Peter J. Leketas officiated.  Burial was made in the parish cemetery. 
 

A general rosary was said Monday evening at the Bergemann Funeral home, where the body reposed until time of services. 
 

Pallbearers were: Charles Barr, Ernest Begley, William Neville, Harold O’Brien, Paul Skroch and Joseph Zilk, Sr. 
 

Out of town relatives attending were: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Blau, Milwaukee, Nick Linster, Hustisford, John Weihand, Milwaukee.