Obit: Bielke, Albert (1870 - 1958)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 
 

Surnames: Bielke, Mathison, Kilty, Malakaujas, Hutton, Larson, Bartell, Noah, Egbert 
 

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) October 16, 1958 
 

Bielke, Albert (17 March 1870 - 4 October 1958) 
 

Albert Bielke, 88, a lifelong resident of Greenwood, died early October 4, at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield, where he had been a patient since September 27. 
 

Mr. Beilke, son of August and Augusta Bielke, was born March 17, 1870, in the Town of Warner.  He lived on the farm six miles northwest of here with his parents.  After their deaths, he and his brothers operated the farm until 1928, when he went to live with the Alfred Noah family.  In 1953, he went to the Bethel Convalescent home in Arpin and on April 8, 1955, he returned to reside in the Clark County home for the aged in Greenwood.  He was never married. 
 

Mr. Bielke is survived by a brother, Richard, and a sister, Ida. 
 

Funeral services were held October 7 from the Hill Funeral Home in Greenwood.  The Rev. Orval Egbert officiated.  Burial was made in the West Side Cemetery. 
 

Pallbearers were Albert Mathison, William Kilty, Mike Malakaujas, Fred Hutton, Peter Larson and John Bartell, all residents of the home for the aged in Greenwood.