Obit: Reyer, Della (1889 - 1963)

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Surnames: Reyer, Brehm, Schmidt

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 11/28/1963

Reyer, Della (30 AUG 1889 - 23 NOV 1963)

Funeral services for Mrs. Della Reyer, 74, of Colby, were held at the Methodist Church at Colby, with the Rev. James Hagen officiating. Burial was made in the Colby Memorial Cemetery.

Mrs. Reyer died Monday morning at 12:15 a.m. at St. Joseph's Hospital at Marshfield where she had been a patient for about a month.

The body lay in state at the Lulloff Funeral Home at Colby, beginning Tuesday.

The former Della Brehm was born Aug. 30, 1889 in the town of Hull in Marathon County. She was married to Carl Reyer Sept. 19, 1914, at Wausau. The couple lived in the vicinity of Cherokee in Marathon County until 1952, when they moved to Colby. Her husband died Dec. 30, 1953.

Mrs. Reyer was a member of the Methodist Church of Colby.

There are no children. A brother, E.A. Brehm of Colby, and two sisters, mrs. Julius (Alma) Schmidt of Chicago and Miss Sylvia Brehm of Evanston, Ill., survive her.

Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by three brothers.