----Source: MARSHFIELD NEWS HERALD 6/ /1940

WALTER WESSEL RITES ARE HELD ON JUNE 21
 

Greenwood - Funeral services were conducted June 21 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Schwarze for the latter's brother, Walter Wessel, 39, who died June 18 at Neenah.

The Rev. E.G. Pfeiffer officiated at the service at Salem Reformed Church, Braun Settlement. Interment was made in the Braun Settlement cemetery. Pall bearers were Henry Horn, John Seibold, Paul Damerow, Albert Franz, George Stark, and William Miller.

Mr. Wessel, son of the late Adolph and Anna (Auebach) Wessel was born in the Town of Mead, Clark County, Jan. 12, 1901, and was married in the Town of Worden July 18, 1927, to Margaret Frimak, who survives with one son, Elroy, three brothers, and two sisters.

Mr. Wessel was confirmed by the Rev. O. Saewert April 21, 1916. For a number of years he operated a cheese factory near Stanley, and the last nine years were spent farming near Neenah.

His mother died June 8, 1917, and his father, Oct. 12, 1939. Two children also preceded him in death.