Obit: Meinhardt, Oscar F. (1879 – 1958)

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Surnames: Meinhardt, Dressler, Adams, Olson, Austreng

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.) 06 Mar 1958

Meinhardt, Oscar F. (22 OCT 1879 – 24 FEB 1958)

Oscar F. Meinhardt, 78, of 2403 N. 20th Street, passed away at 8:00 p.m. on Monday, February 24, 1958, at Sheboygan Memorial Hospital, following a short illness.

He was born in the town of Meeme, Manitowoc County, Wis. on October 22, 1879, the son of the late August and Ernestine Meinhardt. He attended a rural grade school and was confirmed in the Lutheran faith. On November 17, 1900 he was married to Miss Minnie Dressler by the late Rev. Frederick Vollbrecht in Sheboygan.

The couple made their home on a farm at Greenwood (Clark County), Wis. for 18 years, before moving to a farm near Colfax. In 1945 he retired and returned to Sheboygan. He was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church.

Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon at the Ballhorn Funeral Chapels. The Vicar Ralph Dipple was in charge of the service. Burial was made in the family lot at the Lutheran Cemetery.

Survivors include his wife, four sons, Milton of Rice Lake; Reuben, Kurt and Theodore, all of Sheboygan; three daughters, Mrs. Raymond (Lorraine) Adams, Mrs. Juel (Julia) Olson and Mrs. Stanley (Shirley) Austreng, all of Sheboygan; 21 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren and one brother, Otto Meinhardt, of Greenwood.

One son, two brothers and one sister preceded him in death.