Obit: Haas, George #2 (1884 - 1962)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Haas, Schultz, Budzinski, Danielewicz, Kocherer, Kass, Smidtke, Boie

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 03/15/1962

Haas, George (15 MAY 1884 - 2 MAR 1962)

Funeral services were held Monday morning, March 5th, from St. Bernard’s Catholic Church, Thorp, Wis. for George Haas, 77, who passed away Friday, March 2, 1962 at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Chippewa Falls, after a lingering illness.

The Rev. Father Brockman officiated at the 10 o’clock Requiem Mass. Burial was in St. Bernard’s Cemetery. Pallbearers were his grandsons, Vernon and Davis Haas of Cadott, Duane and Marvin Schultz, Chicago, John Budzinski Jr. and Dennis Danielewicz of Thorp. Honorary pallbearers were Brother Foresters, Anton Baldeschwiler, Ray Ketterhagen, John Maier, Wilfred Vanderhyden, George Maier, and Gilbert Voelker.

Mr. Haas, a retired farmer, was born at Chilton, Wis. on May 15, 1884. He came to Thorp (Clark Co., Wis.) at about the age of 6 years and lived on a farm in the town of Worden.

He was married to Mary Kocherer on Sept. 28, 1909 at Thorp, Wis., who preceded him in death on April 5th, 1949. Two infant children and two sisters also preceded him in death.

Those who survive are three sons and 4 daughters, Conrad of Cadott, Mrs. John (Margaret) Budzinski of Thorp, Bernard of Cadott, Mrs. Frank (Annabelle) Budzinski of Wheaton, Ill., Mrs. Lawrence (Marcella) Schultz of Chicago, Ill., Mrs. Zigmund (Marietta) Danielewicz, and Leonard of Thorp, thirty-three grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, three brothers, Robert, Joseph and Casper, and three sisters, Mrs. Alfred (Margaret) Kass, Mrs. Frank (Anna) Smidtke of Thorp, and Mrs. Oscar (Elizabeth) Boie of Menasha, Wis.