Obit: Abegglen, Albert (1891 – 1967)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Abegglen, Ploeckelmann, Schoenike, Schrader

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 23 Nov 1967

Abegglen, Albert (6 APR 1891 – 16 NOV 1967)

Albert Abegglen, 76, Abbotsford, died Thursday, Nov. 16, 1967, at St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield, where he had been a patient for the past five weeks.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at Zion Lutheran Church, Stetsonville, with the Rev. Wilbert Frank officiating.

The pallbearers for the interment, which was made in the Stetsonville Lutheran Cemetery, were Clarence, Kenneth and Marvin Ploeckelmann, Arthur Schrader, Delmer Smith Sr., and Clarence Viegut Jr.

Mr. Abegglen was born at Stetsonville April 6, 1891, and lived in the area most of his life. He was married to Lydia Ploeckelmann May 25, 1922, at Dorchester. They farmed in the town of Dear Creek until his retirement in July 1957. They moved to Abbotsford in 1961.

He is survived by his wife; three sons, Gordon of rural Abbotsford, and Donald and Alvin of Stetsonville; two daughters, Mrs. Lester (Adeline) Schoenike of New Berlin, and Mrs. Marvin (Janet) Schrader of Manitowoc. There are 15 grandchildren.

Also surviving are one brother, Ernest Abegglen of Medford, and one sister, Miss Ida Abegglen of Milwaukee.

One sister and five brothers preceded him in death.

Relatives and friends came for the funeral from New Berlin, Milwaukee, Manitowoc, Sheboygan, Medford, Tomahawk, Stetsonville, Dorchester, Colby, Abbotsford, Rockford, Ill., and Faribault, Minn.