Surnames: BOETTCHER STRAUT WINTERS LUTHER

----Source: Tribune-Record-Gleaner (Clark County, Wis.) 01/26/1983

Boettcher, Max H. (1888 - 1983)

Funeral services for Max H. Boettcher, 94, of the Marshfield Convalescent Center, formerly of 305 S. Cedar Ave., Marshfield, were at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 25, at the Hansen Funeral Home, Marshfield.

Mr. Boettcher died at 7:10 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 22, 1983, at the center.

Officiating at the service was Rev. T. P. Bradtke of Christ Lutheran Church, Marshfield. Interment was in the West Spencer Cemetery. Military rites were conducted at graveside. Family members served as pallbearers.

Max Boettcher was born in the Town of Beaver, Clark County, on June 9, 1888, to Herman and Henrietta (nee Straut) Boettcher. He received his education in Clark County.

He was married on Jan. 20, 1920, to Anna Winters, in Decatur, Ill. He farmed in the Town of Beaver and the Dorchester area. He then moved to Illinois, where he lived until moving to Marshfield in 1968.

He was a member of the Marshfield Senior Citizens Club. He was a veteran of World War I.

Survivors include one son, Walter of Athens three grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. John (Martha) Luther of Wausau.

Preceding him in death was his wife, Anna, in 1936 one daughter two brothers and four sisters.

Hansen Funeral Home, Marshfield, handled arrangements.