Obit: Kaddatz, Gustave Carl (1881 - 1967)

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Surnames: Kaddatz, Albrecht, Meier, Beil, Winslow, Riehl, Wehrman, Happe, Meissner, Montag, Bealer, Puschek, Sanger, Eide, Dahl, Sternitzky, Barth, Wesenberg, West, Nemitz, Mayer, Lehmann, Lindloff

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 7/13/1967

Kaddatz, Gustave Carl (30 January 1881 - 11 July 1967)

Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. from St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church for Gustave C. Kaddatz, 86, of Neillsville, who died here Tuesday. The Rev. Norman W. Lindloff will officiate and burial will be made in the Nasonville Cemetery.

Gustave Carl Kaddatz was born January 30, 1881, in Germany and came to the United States at age of 14. The family located in Chili. On March 27, 1914, he was married to the former Erma Albrecht, who died June 7 of this year. They farmed in the Chili area before moving to the Town of Levis, where they farmed until 1945, when thy moved into Neillsville.

Mr. Kaddatz had been a supervisor for the Town of Levis for several years. After moving to Neillsville, he was employed at the former American Stores Plant and was custodian of the city hall and St. John’s Church and school.

Mr. Kaddatz is survived by a daughter, Mrs. William (Lillian) Meier of Merrill; and a son, Raymond of Wisconsin Rapids. Other survivors are two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Beil of Chili and Mrs. Earl (Elsie) Winslow of Delaware; and by a brother, Albert Kaddatz of Hortonville. Seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren also survive.

He was a member of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church. The body will be taken to the church one hour prior to scheduled service.

Funeral arrangements are being made by the Georgas Funeral Home.

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 7/20/1967

Funeral services were held Friday afternoon from St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Neillsville for Gustave Carl Kaddatz, 86, of Neillsville, who died here July 11. The Rev. Norman W. Lindloff officiated. Burial was made in the Nasonville Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Elmer and Lyle Kaddatz, Emil Wesenberg, James West, Harland Meissner and August Nemitz. Mrs. Harold Mayer, accompanied by Victor Lehmann, sang, “Just as I Am” and “The Lord’s Prayer”.

People from away here for the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. William Meier of Merrill; Mr. and Mrs. William L. Meier of Tomahawk; Mr. and Mrs. Allen Meier of Oregon; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Kaddatz of Wisconsin Rapids; Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Kaddatz, Mr. and Mrs. Roland Kaddatz, Mrs. Lyle Riehl and Kenneth W. Wehrman, all of Hortonville.

From Chili were Mr. and Mrs. William Happe, Mrs. Minnie Beil, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Beil, Mr. and Mrs. Harland Meissner, Mrs. August Montag, Mrs. Bertha Meissner, Mrs. Lena Bealer, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Puschek, Edward Puschek, Mrs. Amanda Sanger, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Sanger, Mrs. Harold Montag, Mrs. Laura Beil, Mrs. Emma Eide and Mrs. Frieda Dahl; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Sternitzky of Granton; and Edwin Barth of Marshfield