Obit: Reigel, Martha #3 (1887 - 1960)

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Surnames: Reigel, Bloom, Wendell

----Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 09/22/1960

Reigel, Martha #3 (9 OCT 1887 - 14 SEP 1960)

A resident of Owen (Clark Co., Wis.) for 41 years, Mrs. Henry E. Reigel succumbed to a long lingering illness when she passed quietly away to eternity at 4:45 Wednesday morning, Sept. 14, 1960.  Death came to her at home where she had been confined to her bed for about a year’s time.

Funeral serives were conducted at 2:00 o’clock Saturday afternoon, Sept. 17, from the Gospel Tabernacle, with the Rev. Charles Hofflander officiating at the final rites.  Burial was made in the cemetery in the Town of Levis, Clark County.  Serving as pallbearers were Julius Johnson, Frank Bloom, Magnus Sabee, William Potter, Odin Erickson and Rev. Charles Retzlaff.  In charge of the floral offerings were Mesdames William Potter and Carlton Espeseth.

During the service vocal numbers were sung by Mesdames Fern and Ruth Heldt, with Mrs. Lillian Jensen serving as accompanist.

Mrs. Reigel, nee Martha Bloom, was born Oct. 9, 1887 at Neillsville where she received her education in the public schools.  On Dec 27, 1909 she was united in marriage to Henry E. Reigel in a ceremony performed at Neillsville.  The couple moved to Owen 10 years later with he being associated with the railroad for a few years  prior to his entering the ministry.

For many years he served as pastor of the Gospel Tabernacle in Owen, until his death in February 1956.  During this time his wife was a devout Christian worker, assisting him in his devotional duties and in the supervision of the parish’s Sunday school and youth programs.

The couple had no children of their own, but her passing is mourned by a host of friends in the community and the many parishioners, with whom she worked so untiringly for so many years; two sisters, Miss Johanna Bloom, Owen, and Mrs. J. Wendell, Chicago, Ill., and a brother, John Bloom of Wausau.  She was preceded in death by her husband, two brothers and a sister.