Obit: Ziegler, Ida B. (1892- 1978)

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

Surnames: Ziegler, Miester, Ratsch, Seif, Klueckmann, Wiltgen, Comboson, Stuebs

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 1/26/1978

Ziegler, Ida B. (20 January 1892 – 19 January 1978)

Ida B. Ziegler, 85, Rt. 1 Willard died at Neillsville Memorial Hospital, January 19. She was born January 20, 1892, to Ernest and Pauline (Miester) Ratsch, and came to the United States at the age of 2 1/2. She was educated in Clark County and was married March 16, 1910, in Neillsville, to Edward A. Ziegler. The couple farmed in the Town of Seif for many years. After the death of her husband, she made her home with her children.

She is survived by three sons, Art of Marion, and Marvin and Louis, both of Willard; two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Erna) Seif and Mrs. Forest (Dorothy) Klueckmann, both of Neillsville; three sisters, Mrs. Augusta Ziegler, Crosby, Mn., and Mrs. Louise Wiltgen and Mrs. Anna Comboson, both of Westfield, N.Y.; 19 grandchildren and 46 great-grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her husband, two sisters, one brother and one grandson.