Obit: Geiger, Anna (1881 – 1968)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Geiger, Schuh, Wolf, Metz, Pupp, Pacourek, Petri, Wittman, Gebhard, Gundlach, Carpenter

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 29 Feb 1968

Geiger, Anna (27 MAR 1881 – 23 FEB 1968)

Mrs. Anna Geiger, 86, Dorchester, died at St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield, Friday, Feb. 23, 1968.

Funeral services were conducted Tuesday morning at 10:30 at St. Louis' Catholic Church, Dorchester, with Father Gerald Schuh, and a grandson, Father James Wolf of Marquette, Mich., officiating. Burial was made in the Dorchester Memorial Hospital.

The former Anna Metz was born March 27, 1881 in Calumet County (Wis.). Her marriage to Frank Geiger took place in Dorchester. The couple farmed in the town of Mayville (Clark Co., Wis.) until their retirement in 1944, when they moved to Dorchester. Mr. Geiger died Sept. 15, 1946.

She is survived by 15 children, 95 grandchildren and 164 great-grandchildren. A son, Benjamin, and a daughter, Mrs. William Pupp, preceded her in death.

Seven sons are Joseph and Al of Wausau, Mike of Dorchester, Frank of Abbotsford, Leo of Loyal, Henry of Milwaukee, and Anthony, Haines City, Fla.

Her eight daughters are Mrs. Edward (Ethel) Pupp, Wausau; Mrs. Richard (Helen) Pacourek, Mrs. Henry (Mae) Petri, Mrs. Anton (Ann) Wittman, Mrs. Herman (Frances) Gebhard and Mrs. Charles (Henrietta) Gundlach, all of Marshfield; Mrs. George (Agnes) Pupp, Stratford; and Mrs. Victor (Lucy) Carpenter, Spencer.