Obit: Griepentrog, Herbert F. #2 (1900 - 1963)

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Surnames: Griepentrog, Bast, Stock, Meyers, Seidl

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 10/17/1963

Griepentrog, Herbert F. #2 (3 JUL 1900 - 14 SEP 1963)

Herbert Frank Griepentrog, 63, former resident of Owen and Marshfield, died Thursday at Sunnyvale Infirmary at Wausau. He had been in ill health since July.

Herbert Frank Griepentrog was born July 3, 1900 and his marriage to Leona Bast, who preceded him in death, took place at Colby in 1919. In 1954 he married Helen Stock, who survives him. He owned and operated the West Marshfield Cheese Factory for 30 years and then moved to Owen where he operated a cheese factory for 15 years.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Victor (Greta) Meyers and Mrs. David (Judith) Seidl, Marshfield; five sons, Herbert Jr., Wausau; Neale, Mount prospect, Ill.; Ray, Chippewa Falls; Ted, Marshfield; and Earle, Las Vergas, Nev.; three brothers, Alfred, Spencer; Reinhart and Oscar, Marshfield; 21 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.