Obit: Mannigel, William (1847 – 1925)

Transcriber: Ken Wood

Surnames: Mannigel, Poetter, Kuehlbeck, Hintz, Paetz

----Source: Marshfield News (Wood Co., Wis.) 20 May 1925    

----Mannigel, William (20 May 1847 – 19 May 1925)

PIONEER McMILLAN MAN CLAIMED BY DEATH YESTERDAY

William Mannigel died May 19, 1925, at 8 a.m., the cause of the death being pneumonia. Deceased would have been 78 years old tomorrow.

Mr. Mannigel was born in Germany and came to this country the 20th of May, 1870, at the age of 23 years. He located in Beaver Dam, Dodge county, and was married to Miss Louise Poetter, March 9th, 1875. Mr. and Mrs. Mannigel moved to McMillan in 1882 and have lived in this community ever since, deceased having been living with his son, Albert, in the town of Lincoln at the time of his death. Four children were born to them. Mrs. Mannigel died April 7, 1908. Mr. Mannigel remarried, July 6, 1915, to Mrs. Minnie Kuehlbeck, who died Dec. 1, 1921. Those surviving are two sons and two daughters, Albert, Town of Lincoln; Helmuth, McMillan, Mrs. Emil Hintz, Bakerville, and Miss Emma Mannigel, Reedsburg.

The funeral service will be held on Friday at Albert’s home, town of Lincoln, at one o’clock Friday and burial will be made at McMillan, Rev. Paetz of the Lutheran church officiating.