Obit: Haberl, Fred George (1881 - 1961)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Haberl, Boofer, Schultz, Lezotte, Noah, Bertfield, Ehlers, Kapfer, Hanby, Quinn, Greeno, Hopp, Francis, Walters, Garde, Green, Bates, Simonson, Stevens, Field, Woodliff, Fisher, Brown, Prielipp, Tenner, Carl, Haugen, Fitzmaurice, Opelt, Silkey, Smith, Musil, Mauer

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) August 17, 1961

Haberl, Fred George (25 December 1881* - 12 August 1961)

[*date figured per info in the obit]

Funeral services for Fred Haberl, 79, Neillsville, were held Tuesday afternoon from the Bergemann Funeral home. Mr. Haberl died Saturday in Memorial Hospital following a long illness. The Rev. Lloyd Mauer of the Methodist Church, officiated.  Burial was made in the Merrillan (Oakwood) Cemetery.

Fred George Haberl was born December 25, in La Crosse and when a young boy his parents moved to Cataract.  He received his education in La Crosse and Cataract.

He worked for many years in the woods before moving to Merrillan, where he was employed in a coal shed of the railroad.  He had been a resident of Neillsville for 16 years and was an employee of the Nelson Muffler Corporation until his retirement 11 years ago.

On September 4, 1936, he was married to Mrs. Margaret (Boofer) Schultz in Black River Falls.

He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Glenn (Eva) Lezotte, Neillsville; and the following step-children: Mrs. Harold (Thelma) Noah, Nora Springs, Ia.; Mrs. Mildred Bertfield, Rudd, Ia.; Mrs. Louise Ehlers, Marshfield; Mrs. Lee (Elsie) Kapfer, Rockford, Ill.; Mrs. Margaret Hanby, Black River Falls; and Mrs. Gladys Quinn, Milwaukee.  Two grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and several step-grandchildren also survive, as do the following brothers and sisters: Ralph Haberl, Cataract; Mrs. Ray (Ruth) Greeno, Cataract; and Mrs. Ervin (Esther) Hopp, Minneapolis, Minn.

Pallbearers were: Harry Carl, Arthur Haugen, Jake Fitzmaurice, Edward Lezotte, Rudolph Opelt and Ed Silkey.  "In the Garden" and "The Old Rugged Cross" were sung by Mrs. Helen C. smith, accompanied by Mrs. James A. Musil.

People for out of town here for the services were:  Mr. and Mrs. Harry Francis and family, Loyal; Mrs. Lois Ehlers and Miss Judy Ehlers, Marshfield; Mrs. Gladys Quinn, Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. Harley Hanby and family, Black River Falls;  Mr. and Mrs. Ray Greeno, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Haberl and family, Cataract; Mrs. Gene Walters and Mrs. Mary Garde, Beloit; Mrs. Esther Green, Mrs. Vance Bates, and Mrs. Walter Simonson of Merrillan; Mrs. Stella Stevens, Loyal; Mr. and Mrs. Lee Kapfer and family, Mr. and Mrs. William Kapfer and family Rockford, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Bert Field and Dennis, Rudd, Ia.; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Noah, Nora Springs, Ia.; James Field, Black River Falls; Sgt. and Mrs. M. Woodliff of Minnesota; Mr. and Mrs. Archie Fisher and family, Black River Falls; Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Brown, Melrose; Mr. and Mrs. Lester Prielipp, Tomah; and Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Tenner, Black River Falls.