Obit: Abel, Mary L. #2 (1890 - 1967)

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Surnames: Abel, Wehrman, Wollkaupt, Geisler

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.)   02/02/1967

Abel, Mary L. #2 (17 JAN 1890 - 19 JAN 1967)

Mrs. Abel, 77, a lifelong resident of Greenwood (Clark Co., Wis.), passed away Thursday evening, Jan. 19, 1967, at her home here in Greenwood.  She had been in ill health for the past five years.

The former Mary Lydia Wehrman, daughter of Frederick Wehrman Sr. and Mary (Wollkaupt) Wehrman, was born on the farm home in the Town of Warner on Jan. 17, 1890.  Here she grew to womanhood and received her education in the Decker School.

She was baptized and confirmed in the West Side Immanuel Church.

On June 22, 1911 she was united in marriage with Gustav Abel in this same church, theirs being the first marriage in the then new, present church structure.  They marked their 55^th Anniversary this past June 1966.  To this union was born 3 daughters, Selma, Mrs. Norman Geisler, Owen; Misses Elsie and Marcella Abel, Greenwood.

The couple made their home on a farm 4 and ½ miles northwest of Greenwood, it being her husband’s birthplace.  In 1963 they retired and moved into Greenwood the following year.

Mrs. Abel was of a very quiet nature but a true friend to all who knew her.

Survivors are her husband, the 3 daughters, 3 granddaughters, 1 great-grandson and one son-in-law, also nieces and nephews.

Her parents, 3 sisters and 2 brothers preceded her in death.

Memorial services were held at the Hill Funeral Home at 2:00 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23, 1967.  Rev. Carl Booher, pastor of the Grace Methodist Church, officiated.  Mrs. Carl Booher was organist,  Soloist Steven Booher sang, "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" and "Near To the Heart of God."

Burial was made in the Greenwood Cemetery.  Pallbearers were Alvin Alber, Arthur Schwarze, George Humke, Hubert Kuehn, Henry Vollrath and Edgar Opdycke.

Those from away who attended were Mr. and Mrs. Norman Geisler, Owen; Mr. and Mrs. Brian Bushnell and son, Barron; Miss Evelyn Geisler, Eau Claire; Mr. and Mrs. James Hannan, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wehrman, Mr. and Mrs. William Wehrman, all of Loyal; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Gehrt, Rib Lake; Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Wendt, Mrs. Karl Laube, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Laube and Mrs. Virgil Bublitz, all of Owen.