Obit: Mengel, Ella M.  (1910 - 1963)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Mengel, Schroeder, Jorgesnon, Theilig, Theime, Winkel

----Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 01/31/1963

Mengel, Ella M.  (30 APR 1910 - 19 JAN 1963)

Funeral services for Mrs. John Mengel, 52, of Ogema were held at 2:00 p.m. Jan. 23 from First Lutheran Church, Ogema.  Rev. Fred DuPau officiated, with burial being made in the family lot at Riverside Cemetery, Withee.

The deceased, the former Ella M. Theilig, passed away January 19, 1963 at University Hospital, Madison.

She was born April 30, 1910 at Colby, Wis., where she was educated.  She was united in marriage to the late John Mengel on May 21, 1930, in a service performed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in the town of Green Gove (Clark Co., Wis.).  After their marriage the couple farmed southwest of Withee until 1951, when they moved to Ogema after purchasing the Senate Café and Hotel.

She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Kendrick (Jeanette) Schroeder, Milwaukee, and Mrs. Richard (Dorothy) Jorgenson, also of Milwaukee; two brothers, William and Walter Theilig, Colby; two sister, Mrs. Arthur (Alvera) Theime, Owen, and Mrs. Alex (Clara) Winkel, Colby, and five grandchildren.

Her husband preceded her in death, passing away Feb. 4, 1961.  A brother, Arnold, and a sister, Mayda, also preceded her in death.