Obit: Viergutz, Frieda (1900 - 1979)

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

Surnames: Viergutz, Cain, Hammond, Kaufmann, Pruschek, Sanger, Hillert, Grassman, Stokka

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 2/08/1979

Viergutz, Frieda (21 May 1900 - 2 February 1979)

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon from Gilbertson Funeral Home, Granton, for Mrs. Frieda Viergutz, 73, of Granton. Mrs. Viergutz who died in the Neillsville Memorial Home on Friday evening, February 2, was born on May 21, 1900, in Mankato, Minn., and on July 5, 1942, married Arthur Viergutz in Rochester, Minn. ceremonies. The couple farmed in the Town of Lynn until her husband’s death in 1963, at which time she moved to Granton. She was a member of Zion American Lutheran Church.

Mrs. Viergutz is survived by nieces and nephews.

With the Rev. Maynard Stokka of Zion American Lutheran Church officiating, and burial was made in the Lynn Cemetery. Pallbearers were Manfred Cain, John Hammond, Harold Schlinsog, Everett Kaufmann, Herbert Pruschek and Wilber Sanger. Music was offered during the services by Martin Hillert, accompanied by Joann Grassman.