Obit: Benzschawel, Keith #2 (1956 - 1962)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Benzschawel, Mickett, Bolf, Gengler

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 09/20/1962

Benzschawel, Keith (31 JUL 1956 - 10 SEP 1962)

Keith, 6 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Benzschawel of Route 2, Thorp (Clark Co., Wis.), passed away at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield early Monday morning, Sept. 10th, 1962, after being in ill health for the past 6 months.

He was born July 31, 1956 at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Chippewa Falls, Wis.

An Angel Mass was held for him in St. Bernard’s Church at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 12th, with Father Francis Brockman officiating. Burial was in St. Bernard’s Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Daniel and Joseph Jensen, Bruce Seaman and Kenneth Grajkowski.

Besides his parents, he is survived by a brother, Randall 4/1/2, and a sister Karen, 3 years old;also his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mickett of Greenwood; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Benzschawel of Thorp; also a great maternal grandmother, Mrs. Katherine Bolf of Longwood, Wis., and great-paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gengler of Thorp.

Out of town friends and relatives from Marshfield, Greenwood, Willard, Longwood and Stanley attended the funeral.