Obit: Jakel, William E. (1888 – 1975)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Jakel, Loehrke, Wachsmuth, French

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 06 Aug 1975

Jakel, William E. (18 Jun 1888 – 2 Aug 1975)

William Ernest Jakel, age 87, Abbotsford, died in Owen on Saturday, August 2, 1975.

Funeral services were held at Christ Lutheran Church, Abbotsford, Tuesday, August 5. The Rev. Kenneth Loehrke officiated. Burial was in Pine Hill Cemetery, Curtiss.

Mr. Jakel was born June 18, 1888 in the Town of Mayville, Clark County, and received his education in the Curtiss Public schools.

He married the former Ida Wachsmuth, December 27, 1913 in the Town of Green Grove, Clark County.

He worked in Minneapolis as a street car conductor and later moved to the Mayville Township area and farmed until 1957, when they moved to the city of Abbotsford.

Mr. Jakel was a member of Christ Lutheran Church.

He is survived by his widow; two sons, Bernard, Boyd and William, Madison; two daughters, Mrs. Hugh (Lorraine) French, Mulberry, Indiana, and Marguerite Jakel, St. Paul; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

He was preceded in death by one daughter and one brother.