Obit: Gall, William (1877-1969)

Contact: Kathleen Englebretson

Email: kathy@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Gall, Schuh, Schuld, Hammond. Crocker, Gault

---Source: Marshfield News-Herald (26 March 1969)

Gall, William (16 February 1877-25 March 1969)

DORCHESTER-- William Gall, 92, Dorchester, died Tuesday at St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield shortly after admission following a stroke.

Funeral services will be held Saturday at St. Louis' Catholic Church with the Rev. Gerald Schuh, pastor, officiating. The body will then be taken to Loyal for burial in the Catholic cemetery.

Friends may call at the Maurina Funeral Home beginning Friday. A parish rosary will be held Friday.

Mr. Gall was born February 16, 1877, at Newburg, Wisconsin and received his education at Globe Public Schools. He was married there in 1898 to Rose Schuld, who preceded him in death April 3, 1948. Following their marriage the couple farmed in the town of York until 1903, when they moved to Park Falls where he worked in the paper mills until 1907. The couple then moved to Loyal and he worked for the Soo Line Railroad until his retirement in 1950. In 1958 he moved to Dorchester and made his home with a son, Bernard. He was a member of St. Louis Catholic Church.

Survivors include three sons, Bernard, Dorchester; Edwin, Neillsville; Harold, Oxford, Wisconsin; a daughter, Mrs. George (Adeline) Hammond, Loyal; 38 grandchildren; 64 great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild; two sisters, Mrs. Clara Crocker, Wausau; Mrs. Minnie Gault, Neillsville; and a brother, Alvin, Janesvile. In addition to his wife he was preceded in death by a son and daughter and five brothers and two sisters.