Obit: Bratz, Walter (1894 - 1969)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Bratz, Shiltz, Huhn, Noah, Peters, Flunker, Freimund

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 5/22/1969, Thorp Courier "Old Days", 2008

Bratz, Walter (28 January 1894 - 18 May 1969)

Funeral services for Walter Bratz, 75, of Stanley, who died Sunday evening at Victory Memorial Hospital in Stanley, were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. from Our Savior’s Lutheran Church there, with the Rev. Carl Peters officiating. Burial was made in the Stanley Cemetery.

Mr. Bratz was born January 28, 1894, in Thorp. He farmed in the Town of Worden until a year ago, when he and his wife moved to Stanley. He served as a member of Clark County board of supervisors for more than 20 years, and as Worden town chairman for the same period of time.

Mr. Bratz is survived by his wife, Anna; a son, Donald, of Sheboygan; three daughters, Mrs. Richard (Beatrice) Shiltz of Stanley, Mrs. Robert (Dorothy) Huhn of Milwaukee and Mrs. Frederick (Ruth) Noah of Hawthorn, Calif.; a brother, Frank Bratz of Thorp; and 13 grandchildren.

Biographical Information

Bio: Bratz, Walter W. (1894 - 1969)

75 YEARS AGO (1933)

Walter W. Bratz, who recently sold his cheese factory at Eidsvold to Chas. Flunker of Colby, Wis., is again back in the cheese game, he having purchased the White Way Cheese Factory and Dairy of Otto W. Freimund.  Thorp Courier "Old Days", 2008