Obit: Schwarze, Clifford (1906 - 1973)

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

Surnames: Schwarze, Dux, Williamson, Bjorkman, Overstreet, Hendrickson, Kardell, Anding, Dimeo, Miller, Meinholdt, Schultz, Logue

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 8/16/1973

Schwarze, Clifford (30 March 1906 - 6 August 1973)

Clifford Schwarze, 67, of Wakefield, Mi., died August 6, in a convalescent home in Wakefield. Mr. Schwarze was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schwarze. He was born March 30, 1906, in Greenwood. He attended the West Eaton School. He served in the Army overseas, received the Purple Heart, and received his discharge in 1945.

Then he was engaged in taking timber contracts in Northern Wisconsin and Michigan, until he retired in 1962. He had been in poor health for the last three and one-half years and had been hospitalized at Wood several times. He was admitted to the Wakefield Convalescent home in January. Mr. Schwarze was never married.

Surviving are five sisters, Mrs. Alfred (Ellen) Dux of Neillsville, Mrs. Lawrence (Susa n) Williamson, Mrs. Hilda Bjorkman and mrs. James (Lorraine) Overstreet, all of Racine and Mrs. Jennie Hendrickson of Spencer; a brother, Calvin, of Wakefield, Mi.; and two step-sisters, Forella and Agnes Kardell of Wakefield.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, August 9, at 1;30 p.m. at the Hill Funeral Home in Greenwood. The Rev. David Logue, pastor of the Zion United Church of Christ will officiate, with burial in the Greenwood Cemetery.

Pallbearers were Duane Anding, Mark Anding, Albert Dimeo, John Hendrickson, Arno Miller and Edward Meinholdt. Gary Schultz sang, ‘Rock of Ages’ and ‘Beyond the Sunset,’ accompanied on the organ by Mrs. Schultz.

Among relatives from a distance attending were his brother and sisters, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Williamson, Mrs. Hilda Bjorkman, and Mrs. James Overstreet of Racine; and Calvin Schwarze and Forella Kardell of Wakefield, Mi.