Obit: Ott, Ernest Fred (1894 -1974)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
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Surnames: Ott, Saas, Zigmund, Keller, Parker, Norlin, Lueck, Duge, Seelow, Slemec, Butterbrodt, Hagen, Kipp, Benduhn, Hoebling, Dux, Henning, Durham, Schiesel, Brady

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 3/21/1974

Ott, Ernest Fred (13 November 1894 - 14 March1974)

Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon from the Georgas Funeral home for a lifelong resident of Clark County, Ernest Fred Ott, 79, of Memorial Home, who died March 14. The Rev. Charles D. Brady of St. Mary’s Catholic Church officiated and burial was made in the Neillsville City Cemetery.

Ernest Ott, the son of John and Sophia (Saas) Ott, was born November 13, 1894, in Clark County, was educated in local schools, and farmed in the Town of Grant until his retirement in 1967.

He entered military service July 26, 1918, at Neillsville and served in France with the 342nd Inf. as a private first class. He was discharged at Camp Grant, Il., on April 8, 1919. His marriage to the former Caroline Zigmund took place June 6, 1925, in Neillsville. Mr. Ott was a member of Haugen-Richmond American Legion Post No. 73.

Surviving, in addition to his wife, are a sister-in-law Marie Keller of Neillsville, and several nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers were Manfred Benduhn, Marvin Lueck, Ronald Henning, Keith Durham, Wedell Ott and LaRay Norlin. Mrs. John Schiesel was the organist. Military rites at the cemetery were conducted by American Legion Post No. 73, with DeWayne Dux as bugler.

Those from out of town who attended the services were: Mrs. Charlotte Parker, Downers Grove, Il.; Mr. and Mrs. LaRay Norlin, Tomahawk; Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Lueck and family, Rib lake; Mr and Mrs. Walter Lueck and son, Marshfield; Louis Duge, Fairchild; Mr. and Mrs. Louis Seelow, Chaseburg; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Slemec, Willard; Mrs. Marvelene Butterbrodt and Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Hagen, Loyal; Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Ott and family, Ripon; Mrs. Emma Seelow, Stratford; Mr. and Mrs. Francis Kipp and Mr. and Mrs. Manfred Benduhn, Milwaukee; Mrs. Karl Hoebling, Chicago, Il.