Obit: Kutchera, Otto Henry (1891 - 1967)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
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Surnames: Kutchera, Chase, Marg, Tesmer, Wessenberg, Brandt, Linster, Beyer, Short, Kostohyz, Johnson, Schmidt, Nelson

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 2/16/1967

Kutchera, Otto Henry (31 August 1891 - 10 February 1967)

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon from the Georgas Funeral Home for Otto Henry Kutchera, 75, of Neillsville, who died Friday in the Veterans Hospital in Madison. The Rev. George M. Nelson of St. Mary’s Catholic Church officiated. Burial was made in the Neillsville City Cemetery.

Mr. Kutchera was born August 31, 1891, in Muscoda, where he received his elementary education. As a young man he did various jobs and in his later years followed the painting trade and radiator repair work. He was a veteran of World War I. He was married July 15, 1924, in Minneapolis, Minn., to the former Muriel Chase.

He is survived by his wife; a son, Lawrence, at home; and two brothers, John of Black River Falls and Alfred of Tennessee.

Pallbearers were: Melvin Marg, Herman Tesmer, Emil Wessenberg, John C. Brandt, Alphonse Linster and Walter Beyer. Organ music was played by Mrs. Glenn Short.

People from out of town here for the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Kutchera of Humbird; Mr. and Mrs. Dan Chase of Wautoma; Mrs. Philip Chase of Wild Rose; Mr. and Mrs. John Kutchera, Jr., Mrs. John Kutchera, Sr., Mrs. Adolph Kostohyz and George D. Johnson, all of Black River Falls; and Henry Schmidt of Loyal.