BioA: Eisentraut, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin (59^th - 1963)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Eisentraut, Ruege, Allen, Syth, Hemp

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) February 14, 1963

Eisentraut, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin (59^th - 10 February 1963)

Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Eisentraut of Neillsville celebrated their 59^th wedding anniversary Sunday at the home of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Allen.

Other members of the family present were Mr. and Mrs. Carl Eisentraut of Neillsville and Mr. and Mrs. Arleigh Syth and family of Greenwood.  A daughter, Mrs. Paul Hemp of Rochester, Minn., was unable to attend.

Mr. and Mrs. Eisentraut were born in the Town of Grant, in 1880 and 1882, respectively and have lived in this area all their lives.

Mr. Eisentraut and the former Rose Ruege were married February 10, 1904, in the Town of Grant, and for many years farmed south of the fairgrounds. They moved to Neillsville in 1951.  He was a director and president of the Clark County Fair Association for many years and also served on the school board of the Washington School, besides taking an active part in other town activities.

They are the parents of a son and three daughters and have nine grandchildren.

Mr. and Mrs. Arne Eisentraut and children and Jimmy Eisentraut of Rockford, Ill., joined the family for dinner Sunday.