Obit: Winkel, William H. #2 (1885 – 1966)

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Surnames: Winkel, Thede, Carlson, Dassow

---------Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 03 Feb 1966

Winkel, William H. (2 OCT 1885 – 27 JAN 1966)

Services were conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Rice Lake Funeral Home for William H. Winkel, 80, a former Curtiss (Clark Co., Wis.) area resident, who died of a heart attack Thursday at Rice Lake.

Mr. Winkel was born Oct. 2, 1885, at Stockbridge, and received his education there. He was a farmer in the Curtiss and Green Grove area, and in his early days was a cook in the logging camps. Since 1946 he had made his home in Rice Lake. His first wife preceded him in death in 1957.

Survivors include his second wife, a son, Axel Winkel, Colby; a sister, Mrs. Edmond (Hattie) Thede, Abbotsford; two brother, Carl Winkel, Rice Lake, and Herman Winkel, Chilton; three granddaughters, and two great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two children in infancy, two sisters, and three brothers.

Attending the services were Mr. and Mrs. Alex Winkel and son, Darrel, Colby; Mr. and Mrs. Roger Carlson, Marshfield; Mrs. Janice Dassow, Medford; Miss Mardell Winkel, Menomonie; Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Thedes, Abbotsford; and Leroy Thede, Marshfield.