Obit: Bargenquast, Hugo Alfred (1891 – 1967)

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Surnames: Bargenquast, Laack, Hoeft, Weller, Ortmeier, Thiede Kallien, Haensgen, Hoffmann, Bahrs

------ Source: Tribune-Phonograph (Abbotsford and Colby, Clark Co., Wis.) 01/26/1967

------ Bargenquast, Hugo Alfred (12 FEB 1891 – 19 JAN 1967)

Hugo Alfred Bargenquast, 75, of Abbotsford died at memorial Nursing Home at Neillsville at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, January 19. He had been in poor health for the past two and one-half years before being taken to the nursing home on August 18.

Funeral services were held Monday at St. Barnard’s Catholic church at Abbotsford, of which he was a member. The Rev. Emil Hodnik officiated. Burial was in Abbotsford cemetery.

Pallbearers were Arnold Laack, Ted Hoeft, Clarence Weller, Henry Ortmeier, Edward Thiede and Arnold Kallien.

Mr. Bargenquast was born at New Holstein on February 12, 1891. He was married to Ida Haensgen on November 25, 1913, at St. Peter and Paul Catholic church in New Holstein. They farmed for five years after their marriage at New Holstein, moving to Milan in 1918. While there, Mr. Bargenquast was supervisor for the town of Johnson for many years.

In 1944 they moved to Abbotsford, where he was employed by the village of Abbotsford and later worked for the Streckert Manufacturing Company after which he retired. Mr. Bargenquast was an avid sportsman and gardener.

Survivors are his wife; two sons, Ralph and Elmer of Abbotsford; one daughter, Mrs. Edmund (Sadie) Hoffmann of Colby; one brother, Clarence, Fond du Lac; one sister, Mrs. Ed Bahrs, New Holstein; six grand children and nine great grand children. Three brothers and one sister preceded him in death.