Obit: Beilke, Agatha (1891 - 1959)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Beilke, Prust, Cole, Schlinsog, Schmidtke, Rand, Schmitz, Dankemyer, Thiede, Braatz, Otto, Busch, Gohr, Gerhart, Beer, Mueller

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) July 9, 1959

Beilke, Agatha (29 November 1891 - 5 July 1959)

Funeral services were held Wednesday from the Zion American Lutheran Church, Town of Grant, for Miss Agatha Beilke, 67, who died Sunday in Chippewa Falls. The Rev. Phillip K. Mueller, pastor of the Nasonville Church, officiated.  Burial was made in the church cemetery.

Miss Beilke was born November 29, 1891, in the Town of Grant and received her early education in Grant and Town of Fremont schools.

She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. John (Louise) Prust, Chili, and Mrs. Ernestine Cole of Granton.

Her parents, a brother and a sister preceded her in death.

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----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) July 16, 1959

Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the American Lutheran Church in the Town of Grant for Miss Agatha Beilke, 67, of Chippewa Falls, whose death occurred Sunday.  Rev. Phillip K. Mueller of Nasonville officiated, and burial was made in the church cemetery.

Pallbearers were: Harold Schlinsog, Otto Schmidtke, William Schmidtke, Peter Rand, William Schmitz, and martin Dankemyer.

Flowers were in charge of Mrs. Harold Schlinsog and Mrs. Peter Rand.  Mrs. Eugene Thiede, accompanied by Miss Joanne Braatz, sang, "Asleep in Jesus," and "Heaven is my Home."

Out of town people attending were: Mr. and Mrs. Ray Otto, Billy and Steve, Kaukauna; Mr. and Mrs. Julius Busch, Mrs. Emil Gohr, Mrs. Karel Gerhart, Roy Busch, Algoma; John Beer, Marshfield; and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rand of Neillsville.