Obit: Schueler, Augusta #2 (1862 - 1959)

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Surnames: Schueler, Gosse, Kleinfeldt, Sprengler, Juneau, Thompson, Archambo, Larson, Leichtnam, Piwont, Heil, Greske, Frome, McMellin, Weidenhoeft, Feit, Olsen, Brehm, Hertz, Bochert, Hermann, Kobs, Marg, Nelson, Franz, Turner, O’Brien, Wohlhaupt, Horn, Werman

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 04/02/1959

Schueler, Augusta (24 Sept. 1862 - 30 Mar. 1959)

Mrs. Augusta Schueler, 96, died at her home Monday morning, after an illness of three years. The body is at the Lulloff Funeral Home at Colby, and funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock, at Christ Lutheran church. Burial will be made in the Colby cemetery.

Three daughters survive Mrs. Schueler. They are Elfrieda, Minna and Mrs. Clarence (Elsa) Gosse, all of Route 1, Abbotsford.

Her husband, only grand son and two sisters preceded her in death.

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 04/09/1959

Augusta Schueler, 96, died Monday, March 30, at 10:20 a.m. at her home, of complications developing from a stroke suffered three years ago. A brief service for the family and relatives was held at the Lulloff Funeral Home, Colby at 7:00 o’clock Wednesday evening, and Thursday afternoon services were held at Christ Lutheran church at 2:00 o’clock with the Rev. F. H. Sprengler officiating. The deceased was a member of Christ Lutheran church.

During the church services, Herbert Juneau sang, "Jesus, Saviour, Pilot Me," and "Softly and Tenderly Jesus is Calling."

For the internment, which was made in the Colby cemetery, pallbearers were Royal Archambo, Martin Larson, Ed Leichtnam, Harry Piwont, George Heil, and M. C. Thompson.

Augusta Schueler was born in Germany, Sept. 24, 1862. Her parents came to this country in the year 1868. The family lived a short time in Lomira, and later moved to a farm west of Colby to make their permanent home. She was a seamstress at the Keil Tailor Shop at Colby.

Augusta Greske was married to August Schueler Jan. 14, 1893, and they made their home on a farm in the town of Colby, where they have since resided.

Mrs. Schueler is survived by three daughters, all at the home address: Mrs. Clarence (Elsa) Gosse, Miss Elfrieda and Miss Minna Schueler. Her husband and an only grand child, Maynard Gosse, preceded her in death.

She was the last member of her family, having been preceded in death by her parents and two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Kleinfeldt and Mrs. Mary Frome.

Out of town relatives and friends attending the funeral included Orvin Frome, Milwaukee; Mrs. George McMellin, Manitowoc; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kleinfeldt, Oshkosh; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wiedenhoeft, Gilbert Wiedenhoeft, Mrs. Edith Feit, and Miss Laura Olson, Unity; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Weidenhoeft, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Frome, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Frome, Wallis Frome, Mr. and Mrs. Gust Brehm, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hertz, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Borchert, Mrs. Hermina Hermann, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kobs, Colby; Mrs. William Marg, Schofield, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Nelson, Mrs. Arthur Nelson, Chippewa Falls; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Franz, Bloomer; Mr. and Mrs. James Archambo, Mr. and Mrs. William Turner, Phillips; Mr. and Mrs. Charles O’Brien; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wohlhaupt, Antigo; Mrs. Caroline Horn, Mrs. Bertha Wolk, Greenwood; Mrs. Albert Werman, Fred Werman, Loyal; and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Thompson, Curtiss.