Obit: Schwantes, Arthur G. (1906 - 1985)

Contact: ken@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Schwantes, Ruhbusch, Bruss, Winkler, Krause, Nemec, Mellenthin, Miller, Douglas, Klein

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Wood Co., Wis.) Monday, 30 Dec. 1985, p. 24, col 2.

Schwantes, Arthur G. (30 Apr. 1906 - 27 Dec. 1985)

Spencer - Services for Arthur G. Schwantes, 79, of B3771 River Ave., Spencer, who died Friday at St. Joseph's Hospital, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran Church, Spencer. The Rev. William Ruhbusch will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Pallbearers will be grandsons, Gregory and Bradford Bruss, and Tad Winkler; and Jerome Krause, Donald Schwantes and George Nemec. Visitation will be after 3 p.m. today at Rux Funeral Home, Spencer.

Mr. Schwantes was born April 30, 1906 in the Town of Brighton, a son of Ferdinand and Martha Schwantes. He attended school there.

He married Elsie Miller May 18, 1929 at Trinity Lutheran Church. She survives.

He farmed in the Town of Brighton. Their farm had been recognized as a century farm in Marathon County.

He served on the Brighton School Board for a number of years and held various offices at the Trinity Lutheran Church, of which he was a member. He was an honorary member of the FFA Alumni and had been a Brighton Recneps 4-H club leader for 15 years.

Surviving, besides his wife, are two daughters, Mrs. Elmer Bruss, Spencer and Mrs. Edward Winkler, Tomahawk; one son, Archie, Marshfield; nine grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Arden Douglas, Milwaukee, and Mrs. Leo Klein, Marshfield; and one brother, Herbert Schwantes, Spencer.

He was predeceased by his parents, one daughter, and three sisters.

Biographical Information

First Name: Arthur
Middle Name:
Last Name: Schwantes
Name Suffix:
Birth Date: 30 April 1906
Social Security Number: 394-26-4605
Place of Issuance: Wisconsin
Last Residence: Marathon, Wisconsin
Zip Code of Last Residence: 54479
Death Date: December 1985
Estimated Age at Death: 79
 

1930 Federal Census, Brighton, Marathon, Wisconsin

Name: Arthur Schwantes
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Birthplace: Wisconsin
Enumeration District Number: 7
Family Number: 47
Sheet Number and Letter: 3A
Line Number: 21
Household Members
Parent Ferdinand Schwantes M 60
Parent May Ura Schwantes F 47
Arthur Schwantes M 23
Elsie Schwantes F 19
Viola Schwantes F 21
Erna Schwantes F 19
Evelyn Schwantes F 16
Herbert Schwantes M 14
Cylinda Schwantes F 0