Obit: Dux, Robert C. (1902 - 1980)

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

Surnames: Dux, Nemitz, McKimm, Turner, Hagedorn, Hoffman, Dahl, Hetzel, Unger, Georgas, Warlum, Welch

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 4/03/1980

Dux, Robert C. (16 April 1902 – 23 March 1980)

Robert C. Dux, a former Neillsville auto parts store employee and plumber’s assistant, passed away in Antelope Valley Hospital, Ariz., on Sunday, March 23. Funeral services were on the afternoon of March 26 from the Lancaster, Calif., United Methodist Church, with burial made in a Lancaster Cemetery. (Lancaster had been Dux’s home for a number of years.)

The deceased was born April 16, 1902, in Clark County to William and Bertha (Nemitz) Dux and received his education in local schools. On June 1, 1927, he married Della McKimm in Neillsville ceremonies. He was a member of the United Methodist Church and the Odd Fellows Lodge.

Dux was employed by Warlum Plumbing and Heating and also with the Welch Chevrolet Garage of Neillsville and a Loyal Chevrolet dealer. In 1940, he moved to Wis. Rapids and worked for Northern Auto Supply. Three years later, he moved to San Fernando, Calif., where he was employed by an auto parts dealer. In 1951, he moved to Lancaster, where he managed an auto parts store and later became a partner in auto parts stores in Palmdale and Little Rock, Calif. He retired in 1971.

Surviving him besides his wife, is one daughter, Mrs. Richard (JoAnn) Turner and three grandchildren. Preceding him in death were four brothers, Frank, Ben, Herman and Albert, and three sisters, Mrs. Richard (Ida) Hagedorn, Mrs. Frank (Emma) Hoffman and Mrs. George (Alma) Dahl.

Those attending the services and known to the Neillsville community, were Gale Hetzel of Alexandria, Louisiana; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Unger of Carmical, Calif., and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer A. Georgas of Mesa, Az.

In 1977, Mr. and Mrs. Dux came to Neillsville to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. On their way in to the city, they had to travel the detour through the “shale pit,” as the bridge over the Black River was being rebuilt. On June 1, 1927, the couple had to travel the same way, through the “shale pit,” to be married in Neillsville because the “new” bridge was being built over the river just west of town.