Obit: Sternitzky, Edwin E. (1910 - 1991)

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Surnames: STERNITZKY HILLERT KALSOW SCHLINSOG
 

----Source: Tribune-Record-Gleaner (Clark County, Wis.) 01/09/1991
 

Sternitzky, Edwin E. (1910 - 1991)

Funeral services were at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, 1991, at Zion Lutheran Church, Granton, for Edwin E. Sternitzky, 80, of Marshfield, formerly of Granton.

Mr. Sternitzky died at 8:21 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 1, 1991, in the emergency room of St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield, from injuries suffered in an automobile accident.

Officiating at the service was Rev. Herbert L. Biermann, Granton, and Rev. Arthur A. Oswald of Grafton. Mrs. Jill Martin was the soloist, accompanied by Mrs. Sharon Nemitz on the organ. Interment was in the church cemetery with grandsons, Jeffrey, Jay and Jim Schlinsog, and Mark and Matthew Sternitzky, and a nephew, Ernst Sternitzky serving as pallbearers. Rembs/Kundinger Chapel, Marshfield, handled arrangements.

Edwin Sternitzky was born on Sept. 25, 1910, in the town of Lynn, Clark County, to Edward and Elizabeth (nee Hillert) Sternitzky. He attended Sunbeam School in the town of Lynn.

He and Leona A. Kalsow were married on Oct. 11, 1936, at St. John's Lutheran Church, Neillsville. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1986.

He farmed in the town of Lynn his entire life. While farming, he was also employed by Roddis Plywood Corp., now Weyerhaeuser Co., for 18 years. He and his wife moved to Marshfield in May 1990.

He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Granton.

Surviving him are his wife two sons, Allen E. of Marshfield and Gary of Granton one daughter, Mrs. Marvin (Ann) Schlinsog of Marshfield a twin brother, Erwin of Granton and 11 grandchildren.

Preceding him in death were his parents, two brothers and one granddaughter, Maria Sternitzky on June 12, 1990.