Obit: Seidelmann, Henry (1875-1956)

Contact: Kathleen E. Englebretson

Email: kathy@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Seidelmann, Gardner, Meier, Schultz, Weiting, Keller, Meyer, Greeley

---Source: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram (28 August 1956)

NEILLSVILLE--Funeral services for Henry Seidelmann, 80, Neillsville, will be held today in St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Rev. Alfred Schewe officiating. Burial will be in the cemetery at Loyal.

Friends may call at the Bergeman Funeral Home till the body is taken to the church.

Mr. Seidelmann died in his home Saturday morning. He was born in Brant, Germany, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Seidelmann. The family came to this country, settled at Jefferson and then moved to a farm south of Loyal.

He married Effie Gardner February 27, 1901, She died in 1909. He set up a business here in 1910, and married Caroline Meier April 24, 1912. They lived on a farm in the Town of Levis before moving here 11 years ago.

Besides his wife, Mr. Seidelman is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Susan Schultz, Mrs. Tony Weiting and Mrs. Herman Keller of Neillsvilles, and Mrs., Rose Meyer, Andolusia, Illinois; 16 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren.

He is also survived by three brothers, Michael and William of Chippewa Falls, and John, Tacoma, Washington; and a sister, Mrs. Barbara Greeley, Hoquiam, Washington.