----Source: MARSHFIELD NEWS HERALD 10/ /1942

HENRY WOEPSE
 

Greenwood--Funeral services for Henry Woepse, 78, of route 4, Greenwood, Clark County, who died Tuesday evening, Oct. 27, 1942, at his home following a lingering illness, were held Friday afternoon, Oct. 30, at 2 o'clock at West Side Reformed Church. Interment was made in West Side Cemetery.

The Rev. P.H. Franzmeier officiated at the services, during which the senior choir sang "Sweet Hour of Prayer" and "Christi Blut und Gerechtigkeit."

Pallbearers were Jake Speich, Ed Geisler, Ed Braun, John Scheuermann, Calvin Franz, and William Schlinsog. Flower girls were Bernice Vollrath, Bonnie Nourse, Shirley Braun, and Violet Horn.

Henry Woepse was born Jan. 8, 1864, to John and Phillipina Woepse of the Town of Mosel, Sheboygan County, and attended schools in that vicinity. He was married June 28, 1896, to Johanna Schmidt of the Town of Meeme. Mr. and Mrs. Woepse resided on a farm in the Town of Meeme until 1910, when they moved to Greenwood. In 1916 they move to the present Woepse farm home in Braun Settlement.

Surviving are his widow, five children, Mrs. Gust (Anna) Horn, Town of Warner John at home Mrs. Henry (Mary) Horn, Town of Longwood Oscar of Spring Lake Heights, N.J. and Mrs. George (Eveline) Kuester, Town of Longwood two brothers, Herman of Cleveland, and Frederick, Sheboygan and 10 grandchildren.

A sister, Mrs. Fred Hasche, Sheboygan, preceded him in death two years ago.

Relatives from out of town who attended the funeral were Fred Woepse and Mrs. William Gutknecht, Sheboygan Mr. and Mrs. Herman Woepse, Mr. and Mrs. August Schmidt, Mrs. Henry Schmidt and son, Ervin, Art Hasche, and Herman Gutenberger, Cleveland Walter Woepse, Manitowoc Mr. and Mrs. Art Frane, Athens Mr. and Mrs. Elroy Gutenberger and daughter, Mrs. Frieda Gutenberger, Art Schmidt, and Mr. and Mrs. William Schmidt, Colby.