Obit: Redig, Rueben (1944-1946)

Contact: Kathleen E. Englebretson

Email: kathy@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Redig, Scheel

---Source: Marshfield News-Herald

Redig, Rueben Richard ( August 1944-25 Mar 1946)

Rueben Richard Redig, 19-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Redig, 1208 E. Doege Street, died yesterday at the Redig Home. The child, who had been in poor health since he was six weeks old, contracted measles Sunday.

The Rev. Erling Calkins, Wausau, will have charge of the Seventh Day Adventists rites Wednesday afternoon at the Rembs Funeral Home. The body will not lay in state.

Rueben was born in Marshfield August 9, 1944, and besides his parents he is survived by a brother, Walter Jr., 12; three sisters, Evelyn, 11, Helen, 9, and Audrey, 4;and by his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Redig, Marshfield, and Robert Scheel, Granton.