Obit: Reinertson, Earl (1903 – 1965)

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Surnames: Reinertson, Rohde, Johnson, Ronzoni, Larson

---------Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 04/15/1965

Reinertson, Earl (7 APR 1903 – 9 APR 1965)

Earl Reinertson, 62, a resident of Owen (Clark Co., Wis.) and an employee here as a cheesemaker since 1961, died at his home in the Fourth Ward at two o’clock Friday afternoon, April 9, 1965, succumbing to a lingering illness which necessitated several operations and long periods of hospitalization the past several months.

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon, April 12, at the Nazareth Lutheran Church at Withee with the parish pastor, Rev. Beryl Knudsen, officiating. Burial was made in the parish cemetery. Serving as pallbearers were Harold Wendt, Roy Segerstrom, Vic Jessen, H.M. Wollum, S.E. Grimes and W.R. Haire.

Mr. Reinertson was born April 7, 1903 at Chicago. His marriage to Gertrude Rohde, who preceded him in death in 1958, took place Aug. 17, 1931. In 1963 he married Mary Vetterkind, who survives him. Mr. Reinertson was a cheesemaker and a salesman at Valder, Loyal and Owen.

He was a member of the Nazareth Lutheran Church at Withee, and the Owen-Withee Masonic Lodge.

Other survivors are a son, Ralph, at home; two step-daughters, Mrs. Harold Johnson and Mrs. Delores Ronzoni, Highland Park, Ill.; three brothers, Richard, Chicago; Chauncey, Kiel; and Walter, Valder; a sister, Mrs. Alvin Larson, state of Iowa; and four step-grandchildren.

Relatives from out of town that attended the funeral of Earl Reinertson were Mrs. Alvera Larson, Des Moines; Richard Reinertson, Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Reinertson, Valder, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Reinertson, Kiel, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. Mathias Reinertson, Reedsville; Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick Leverenz, New Holstein; Mrs. Everett Schwalbe, Brillion, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. Lee Rohde, Manitowoc; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Johnson and Mrs. Richard Ronzoni, Highland Park, Ill.; and others attending from Loyal and Thorp.