Obit: Draeger, Anna (1887? - 1965)

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Surnames: Draeger, Ott, Decker, Elsen, Ranthun, Holzum

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 15 Apr 1965

Draeger, Anna (1887? - 13 APR 1965)

Mrs. Fred Draeger, 77, Stanley, died Tuesday morning following a lingering illness. The former Anna Ott, she was born in Marathon County and was married at Wausau in 1905. The couple lived in Washington and Minnesota before settling in the Town of Wilson, Eau Claire County, in 1926. They moved to Stanley in 1943.

Surviving are her husband; two sons, Ervin, Thorp, and Clarence, Augusta; one daughter, Mrs. S.V. Decker, Eugene Ore.; three brothers, William and Paul Ott, Wausau, Julius, Hibbing, Minn.; 12 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Mrs. Marie Elsen, Oakland , Calif., Mrs. Marth Ranthun and Mrs. Alma Holzum, both of Wausau.

Services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Plombon Funeral Home in Stanley, the Rev. D. O. Dirks officiating. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery.