Obit: Herian, Sadie E. (1883 - 1970)

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

Surnames: Herian, Pitcher, Meyer, Apleiter, Metcalf, Pike, Sloggy, Wright, Fechlem, Kronberger, Wasserburger, Schiller, Skroch, Hart, Svetlik, Miller, Nelson

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 1/15/1970

Herian, Sadie E. (25 June 1883 - 7 January 1970)

Mrs. Sadie E. Herian, 87, of Fort Atkinson, died January 7 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in West Bend. Rosary services were conducted at the Georgas Funeral Home Friday at 8:30 p.m. Funeral services were held Saturday morning at 10 o’clock from St. Mary’s Catholic Church with the Rev. George M. Nelson officiating. Burial was made in the church cemetery.

Mrs. Herian was born in La Crosse on June 25, 1883, to James and Sarah (Pitcher) Meyer. She received her education in Neillsville, where she was married January 17, 1907, to Henry R. Herian, who preceded her in death. She and her husband farmed for some time. She was employed for several years at the Jefferson County hospital. For the last 10 years she had resided in Fort Atkinson. She entered the hospital after becoming ill while visiting in West Bend during the holidays.

Mrs. Herian was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and the Roy neighbors of America.

Survivors include three sons, Louis of East Troy, Henry, Jr., of West Bend and Robert of Milwaukee; 15 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Dimple Apleiter of Wrenshall, Minn.; and a brother, Eli Metcalf of Menomonie.

Pallbearers were: Henry Wasserburger, Robert Schiller, Everett Skroch, Garald Hart, Frank Svetlik and Otto Miller.

Those from out of town attending included: Mr. and Mrs. Louis Herian of East Troy; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Herian, Jr., of West Bend; Robert Herian and Mrs. Janette Pike of Milwaukee; Mrs. Betty Sloggy and Steve Sloggy of Portage; Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Wright of Chippewa Falls; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fechlem and family of Unity and Mrs. Helen Kronberger of Marshfield.