Obit: Dahnert, William Frederick (1884 - 1959)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

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Surnames: Dahnert, Symdon, Heiking, Wilkie, Pedder, Duge, Free, Hubing, Kessler, Meyer, Moen, Frantz, Schwantes, Scherer, Kutsche, Laatch, Urban, Bluck, Wall, Grether, Simon, Falk, Florin, Prindle, Larsen, Harcey

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) October 15, 1959

Dahnert, William Frederick (4 April 1884 - 19 October 1959)

William Frederick Dahnert, 75, Neillsville tavern operator, and longtime fire chief, died here early Monday following a lingering illness.  Funeral services will be conducted this (Thursday) afternoon at 2 o’clock from the United Church of Christ.  The Rev. Frank B. Harcey will officiate, and burial will be made in the Neillsville City Cemetery.  Arrangements are being made by the Bergemann Funeral Home.

Mr. Dahnert son of the late Carl and Alvina (Symdon) Dahnert was born April 4, 1884, in Stoughton.  He attended Dane County schools, and at the age of 17 came to Clark County with his parents, who settled on a farm in the Town of Levis.  He worked for the Lathie Implement Company and later for the International Harvester Company.

During the 1920’s he and his brother, Ben, went into the garage business in Neillsville, which they operated until 1934.  At that time he made the garage into a tavern, the Green Lantern, which he had operated since.

He is survived by the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. William (Lena) Heiking, Lake Mills; Charles, Cambridge; Albert and Herman, Neillsville; Ben, Wisconsin Rapids; Henry, Neillsville; Mrs. Arnold (Dorothy) Wilkie, Covina, Calif.; and Mrs. K. R. (Ethel) Pedder, Los Angeles, Calif.

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----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) October 22, 1959

Funeral services for William F. Dahnert, 75, were conducted last Thursday afternoon from the United Church of Christ. The Rev. Frank B. Harcey officiated.  Burial was made in the Neillsville City Cemetery.

Pallbearers were: William Duge, Robert Free, Anton Hubing, Frank Kessler, Arthur Meyer and Ray Moen.  Honorary pallbearers were members of the Neillsville Volunteer Fire Department: Harry Frantz, Donald Schwantes, Nick Scherer, Ray Kutsche, Francis Laatch, Bob Urban and Oscar Gluck.

"One Sweet Solemn Thought" and "Beyond the Sunset" were sung by Ellis Wall, accompanied by Mrs. Jack Grether.

People from away here for the rites were: Mr. and Mrs. William Heiking, Lake Mills; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dahnert, Cambridge; Mr. and Mrs. Ben Dahnert, Wisconsin Rapids; Miss Eileen Dahnert, Eau Claire; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Simon, Mrs. Otto Falk, Cambridge; Mr. and Mrs. George Florin, Elroy; Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Prindle, Humbird; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Heiking, Loyal; Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Larsen, Marshfield; and William Duge, Fairchild.