News: Curtiss (01 Aug 1968)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Norleen, Virch, Schiszik, Schultz, Mattila, Marr, Erickson, Laabs, Golding, Schumacher, Johnson, Borgemoen, Olson, Kraut, Jakel, Amacher, Michlig, Neumann, Schmidt, Staples, Tonn, Buss, Marquardt, Kramas, Meyer, Matthias

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 01 Aug 1968

News has been received here of the death of Dave Norleen, 83, of Hilmar, Calif., on July 21, 1968 at a nursing home at Maryland. He was flown back to California for burial. He married Mae Virch of Curtiss in 1914 in st. Paul. He operated a cheese factory near Curtiss and Abbotsford at one time, and they lived in Green Bay for many years. One daughter and five sons survive him.

Mr. and Mrs. Allen Schiszik and son, Berwyn, Ill., visited the past week at the home of his mother, Mrs. Ida Schiszik, and other relatives.

Miss Diane Schultz, Valparaiso, Ind., spent the weekend at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Schultz. Other guests visiting there during the weekend were Mrs. Schultz's sister, Mrs. Sylvia Marr of Cincinnati, Ohio, and her mother, Mrs. Selmar Mattila of Owen. They all returned home Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. John Erickson and daughters, St. Cloud, Minn., were guests the past week at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.M. Erickson.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Laabs left Monday for Cleveland, Ohio, to attended the wedding of their nephew, Harold Laabs.

Mr. and Mrs. Dick Golding of West Allis were Sunday visitors at the Cornel Erickson home. Other guests there were Mr. and Mrs. Donald Schumacher and family, Eau Claire.

Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Borgemoen, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Olson, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Schiszik, Donald Kraut, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Jakel and Lionel Schiszik attended the Michlig-Amacher wedding at Dorchester and Abbotsford on Saturday.

Fred Neumann and his sister, Klara, left this weekend on a trip to New York via truck. They expect to be back in a week.

Gary Schmidt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Schmidt, left Sunday for the Great Lakes, where he will enter the Navy.

Mrs. Ray Staples of Medford, and Mrs. Anna Tonn were guests Friday at the home of Miss Martha Buss and Mrs. Frank Marquardt, Colby.

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Schumacher and family, Eau Claire, were weekend guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cornel Erickson.

James Karmas, nine year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kramas, left Monday for St. Mary's Hospital in Wausau, where he will have surgery on his hand. Mrs. James Meyer and his mother, Mrs. Paul Kramas, accompanied him there.

Major and Mrs. Norman Matthias and four children of California arrived ehre Saturday to visit his grandmother, Mrs. F.H. Matthias. They were enroute to Fort Belvoir, Va., where he will be stationed.