Obit: Schweiger, Mary #2 (1878 - 1955)

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Surnames: Schweiger, Motchenbacher, Bentzler

----Source: Loyal Tribune (Loyal, Clark Co., Wis.)   04/28/1955

Schweiger, Mary #2 (10 JUN 1878 - 25 APR 1955)

Mrs. Louis Schweiger, 76, died at her home in Loyal (Clark Co., Wis.) at 6 a.m. Monday, April 25, 1955.  She had been in ill health all winter and for the past week had been confined to her bed.

Mary Motchenbacher was born in Trempealeau County June 10, 1878 and came to Clark County with her parents when 10 years of age.  The family lived on a farm southwest of Greenwood and later moved to a farm near Eaton Center, where she lived until her marriage to Louis Schweiger on Oct. 17, 1898.  After their marriage they lived on farms in Clark County until 45 ago when they moved to Loyal where they have since resided.

Funeral services will be held in St. Anthony’s Catholic Church Thursday at 9:30 a.m.  The Rev. Norbert King will officiate and burial will be in the parish cemetery.

She is survived by her husband, one daughter, Mrs. George (Leona) Bentzler, Loyal; one brother, Joseph Motchenbacher, Loyal; 14 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.  One son, one daughter, and one brother preceded her in death.