Obit: Baeschlin, John Jacob (1856-1934)

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Surnames: BAESCHLIN STACK FRICKE CARTERON ZETSCHE HEILMAN

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner 8/ /1934

OBITUARY OF J. J. BAESCHLIN

John Jacob Baeschlin, oldest son of Jacob and Dorothea Weber BAESCHLIN, was born in Wauseon, Fulton County, Ohio, February 9, 1856 and passed away at his home in Greenwood at 11:30 A. M. on Thursday, August 9, 1934, at the age of 79 years and 6 months.

In early manhood his parents moved near Sedalia, Missouri, and in 1884 they came to Wisconsin by team and lived for three years on the farm known as the Vivian CARTERON farm.

He was united in marriage to Miss Matilda FRICKE in 1894 and settled on their farm in the town of Eaton where they resided until two years ago when they moved to Greenwood. Mr. BAESCHLIN has been ill for four and one-half years with Parkinson's disease which followed an attack of influenza.

Tho this union were born three daughters, Dorothy, Mrs. R. N. STACK of Plover, Wis. Josephine of Ashland, Wis Ernestine of Chicago, Ill four sons John of West Port, S. Dak. Neal of Bellmont, Mont Art at home and Martin who preceded his father in death in 1919 in Montana.

Mr. BAESCHLIN is survived by his wife, the above named children, four grandchildren and a sister, Miss Barbara BAESCHILIN of Owen.

Funeral services were held from the ZETSCHE home at 2:00 o'clock and at the Trinity Lutheran Church at 2:30 P.M. Saturday, Rev. George