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Obit: Schaefer, Nicholas (1871 - 1958)

Transcriber: Dolores Mohr Kenyon
 

Surnames: Schaefer, Barth, Beiler, La Grander, Meissner, Montag 
 

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) January 23, 1958

Schaefer, Nick (1871 - 21 January 1958) 
 

Nick Schaefer, 89, 109 W. 15^th Street, Neillsville, died Tuesday evening.  Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. from the Bergemann Funeral Home. 
 

Pallbearers were: Edward Barth, Edwin Barth, Oscar Beiler, George La Grander, Harland Meissner and Harold Montag.

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Obit: Schaefer, Mrs. Nick, "Ida" (1874 - 1957)

Transcriber: Dolores Mohr Kenyon
 

Surnames: Schaefer, Mills, Cornell, Cottrill, Greeler, Lavene, Shaw, Tesmer, Potter, Prock, Snyder, Schendel, Medicke, Schewe 
 

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) July 11, 1957 
 

Schaefer, Mrs. Nick (? - 1957) 
 

Funeral services were held July 2, for Mrs. Nick Schaefer, 83, from the St. John’s Lutheran Church at Neillsville.  The Rev. Alfred Schewe officiated. Burial was made in the Neillsville City Cemetery. 
 

Pallbearers were: Herman Tesmer, Wayne Potter, Harold Prock, Ernest Snyder, Emil Schendel and Warren Medicke.  Flowers were cared for by the Misses Bonnie Lavene, Luann Shaw and Karen Cottrill. 
 

Out of town relatives attending included: Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Mills and Mattie Schaefer, Owen; Mr. and Mrs. Orin Mills, High Point, N.C.; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cornell, Oshkosh; Louis N. Schaefer and Mrs. J. O. Cottrill, La Crosse; George Greeler and son, Allen, Marshfield.

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Bio: Schaefer, Ida--Mrs. Nick  (1874 - 1957)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Silkey, Ulhmann, Schaefer

----Source: Family Records

The parents of Ida Schaefer were Wilhelm Silkey (24 May 1798-20 Dec 1875) and Johanna Maria Ullmann (17 Feb 1849 in Prussia Germany-21 Dec 1891Lebanon, WI).  Ida took her first breath of life the eighth of June, 1874 and her last on at the age of eighty-three in 1957.  Her maiden name varied between Zuehlke and Silkey which was likely the Americanized version.  Her father was married twice and Ida was born to his second wife, Johanna Ulhman.  They married in Dodge County, WI and had 7 children before his death 20 Dec 1875 and Ida was their youngest.

Children of Wilhem and Johanna Maria Ulhmann Louisa Susan Silkey, Zuehlke / Silkey:

1862–1939, Johanna Silkey,  1864–1945, Albertina Elizabeth Silkey,  1865–1931, Emma Sophia Silkey,  1868–1930, Wilhelm Friedrich Silkey,  1870–1938, Frank Henry Silkey,  1871–1961,  Ida Silkey,  1874–1957

Ida married Nicholas Schaefer (1871-1958) on 2 Apr 1893 in Dodge County, WI.  He was3 years older than her, but passed away a year later.  They are both buried in the Neillsville City Cemetery, Neillsville, WI.

The son of Nicholas and Ida Silkey Schaefer, Mathew, was born 23 Sep 1894 and died 30 May 1983 in Dodge Co., Wisconsin, at the age of eighty-eight.

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Responses

Re: Bio: Schafer, Mrs Nick (1900)

Transcriber: Stan

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BioM: Silkey / Zuehlke, Ida (2 Apr 1893)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Marx, Silkey, Zuehlke, Schaefer, Ullmann

----Source: Family Records

                       Wedding Photo of Ida & Nickulaus Schaefer

                  *Provided by Steve Roberts, Neillsville Historian

Groom: Nickulaus Schaefer, born in Tn. Lebanon, WI
White American Male
Father: Mathias Schaefer
Mother: Susanna Marx
Bride: Ida Zuelka, born in Tn. Lebanon, Do. Co., Wis.
White American Female
Father:  William. Zuelka
Mother: Johannen Ullmann
Marriage Date 2 Apr 1893 in Hustisford Dodge, WI