Obit: Witt, Josephine M. (1893 - 1986)

Surnames: Witt, Domres, Hahn, Zieberthm Frescholz, McGovernm Beane

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Wood Co., Wis.) Tuesday, 21 Oct. 1986

Witt, Josephine M. (19 Feb. 1893 - 20 Oct. 1986)

Jehovah’s Witnesses Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Rembs/Kundinger Chapel, Marshfield, for Mrs. Josephine M. Witt, 93, Minneapolis. She died Monday at the Nile Health Center, Minneapolis, where she had been a resident for the past three years.

Mr. Lloyd E. Domres will preside at the services. Relatives and friends will serve as pallbearers. Burial will be in Hillside Cemetery, Marshfield.

Visitation will be on Wednesday from 10 a.m. until the service time at the chapel.

The former Josephine M. Hahn was born Feb. 19, 1893, in the Town of McMillan, Marathon County, to Edward and Bertha (Zieberth) Hahn. She attended Town of McMillan schools and later was employed in Minneapolis and Detroit for a number of years.

She was married to Herman C. Witt, in Marshfield, and lived here after her marriage. They later moved to the Lynn area, Clark County, where they farmed. After her husband died on Dec. 9, 1960, she moved to Minneapolis.

She was a member of Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Surviving are a brother, Reuben Hahn, Marshfield; three sisters, Mrs. Marie Frescholz and Mrs. Bertha McGovern, both of Minneapolis and Mrs. Flora Beane, Richmond, Calif.

She was predeceased by two brothers and seven sisters.