Obit: Wolf, Selma Bertha (Vetterline) (1861 - 1950)

Contact: Linda Mertens
Email: mertens@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Wolf, Vetterline, Kollath, Boxrucker, Ruprich, Schwartz, Bruesewitz, Tauchen, Wilke


----Source - Anna Johnson's Scrapbook


Selma Wolf (18 Jul 1861 - 1950)

The Rev. Fred W. Kollath, pastor, officiated at funeral services for Mrs. Selma Wolf, 69, at
Peace Evangelical and Reformed Church here (Dorchester, Clark Co., WI) at 1:30 p. m. Monday.

Albert Boxrucker, Arnold Ruprich, Edward Schwartz, Arthur Bruesewitz, Rudolph Tauchen, and Donald Wolf, all grandsons of the deceased, served as pallbearers, and burial was in the Peace Cemetery at the north edge of the village.

Mrs. Wolf, who had made her home with a daughter, Mrs. Emma Tauchen, for the past thirteen months, had been in failing health for about that length of time, and succumbed to a stroke at 1:30 a. m. Friday at her daughter's home.

Selma Bertha Vetterline was born July 18, 1861, in Ruhsdorf-Sachsen, Germany, and on Jan. 9, 1882, married Bernard Wolf. The young couple immigrated to the United States the same year, and settled first at Beaver Dam, then moving to a farm in the Town of Mayville in 1883, where she resided until moving to Dorchester in 1927, living here until her final illness. Mr. Wolf preceded her in death.

Mrs. Wolf was a member of the Peace Evangelical and Reformed Church and of its Women's Guild, in both of which she was active until the advancing years curtailed her activities.

Surviving are three sons, Carl Wolf, Rockglen, Canada; Ed Wolf and William Wolf, Dorchester; five daughters, Mrs. John (Ida) Schwartz, Colby; Mrs. Anton (Ella) Boxrucker, Medford; Mrs. Herman (Anna) Wilke, Mrs. Emma Tauchen, Dorchester, and Mrs. A. C. (Elsa) Bruesewitz, Auburndale. Thirty-two grandchildren and forty-two great-grandchildren also survive.

Three children died in infancy, and a daughter, Mrs. Joe (Hulda) Ruprich died in 1936. A brother and sister also preceded her in death.

Postcard sent from Bennie Wigstad to Elsa Wolf