Bio: Gitzel, Robben Wayne (Birth – 10 Mar 1970)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Gitzel, Mantik, Niblett

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 09 Apr 1970

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gitzel of Fond du Lac are the parents of a son, their first child, born March 10, 1970. He weighed nine pounds and one ounce.

The dedication of Robben Wayne took place at Fond du Lac on Easter morning.

To celebrate the occasion, dinner was served at the home of the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gitzel, at Picket. Guests included great-grandfather Gitzel of Rosendale, maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Rueben Mantik of Abbotsford (Clark Co., Wis.), Mr. and Mrs. James (Bethel Mantik) Niblett and son, Jim, of Chippewa Falls, and Miss Pat Mantik of Oshkosh.

Robben Wayne's maternal great-grandparents, the Rev. and Mrs. Thure Johnson of Bisbee, Arizona, were unable to attend.