Obit: Schwarze, Wesley (1908 – 1979)

Contact: Shari (Volovsek) Hahn
E-mail: Shari@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Schwarze, Groenewold

----Source: Remembrance Card

Schwarze, Wesley

BIRTH May 8, 1908

DEATH April 13, 1979

Services: Tuesday, April 17, 1979, 11:00 a.m., Trinity Lutheran Church

Officiating: Rev. Douglas Groenewold

Interment: Greenwood Cemetery

Arrangements: Rinka Funeral Home

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Obit: Schwarze, Wesley #2 (1908 - 1979)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Schwarze, Schuette, Kowitz, Learman, Poznanski, Metzke, Stark, Olson, Gerhard, Groenewald

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 4/26/1979

Schwarze, Wesley (8 May 1908 – 13 April 1979) With Flag

Wesley Schwarze of Rt. 1 Willard, Town of Mead, died Friday evening, April 13, in the Neillsville Memorial Hospital. He was born May 8, 1908, in Greenwood. He attended elementary and high school and for 38 years worked as assistant postmaster in Greenwood. He retired in 1966.

A World War II veteran, he served from 1944-1946. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and had served more than 35 years as its secretary and treasurer. He was married on Silvia Schuette, on September 5, 1942, in Greenwood.

Surviving is his wife, and a brother Herbert, Deerwood, Mn. He was preceded in death by two brothers.

Funeral services were held on April 17, in the Trinity Lutheran Church in Greenwood. The Rev. Douglas Groenewald officiated. Ron Kowitz was the organist for three songs sung by the congregation. Pallbearers were Elmer Learman, Ted Poznanski, Herman Metzke, George Stark, Leo Olson and Louis Gerhard. Burial, with full military rites by the Greenwood American Legion, of which Mr. Schwarze was a member, was in the Greenwood Cemetery. The Rinka Funeral Home of Greenwood was in charge of arrangements.