Obit: Seidel, Oscar A. (1902 – 1973)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Seidel, Hodnik, Duellman, Brill, Scheeler, Blahnik, Banze

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 13 Dec 1973

Seidel, Oscar A. (28 Apr 1902 – 9 Dec 1973)

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, December 12, 1973, at St. Bernard’s Catholic Church at Abbotsford for Oscar Albert Seidel, 71, with Father Emil Hodnik officiating. Burial was in Stetsonville.

Mr. Seidel died December 9, 1973 at St. Joseph Hospital at Marshfield of natural causes. The body lay in state at Polnaszek Funeral Home, where a rosary was said at 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Mr. Seidel was born April 28, 1902 at rural Dorchester. He received his education in Dorchester schools. His marriage to Wilma Marie Duellman took place September 8, 1931 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church at Colby. He was a long time resident of Abbotsford and worked as a welder and mechanic at Johnston Motors Corporation in Waukegan Illinois for 15 years, until his retirement in 1967.

Surviving are his wife and seven children, Mrs. Edward (Ella) Brill of Colby, Mrs. Edward (Shirley) Scheeler of Cazenovia, James of Marshfield, Kenneth of Cazenovia, Gerald of Marshfield and Mrs. James (Marion) Blahnik of Dover, Minnesota; 20 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren; three brothers, Frank of Colby, Walter of Medford, and Albert of Glastonbury, conn., and a sister, Mrs. Gene (Ella) Banze of Butler.