Obit: Stelzel, Martin (1899 – 1976)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Stelzel, Schaefer, Wetzling, Becker, Daufenbach, Mertens, Tischendorf, Goessl, Kramer, Wanke

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 18 Feb 1976

Stelzel, Martin (20 Sep 1899 – 11 Feb 1976)

Martin Stelzel, 76, Dorchester, died of a heart attack at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Funeral services were held at St. Louis Catholic Church at 11 a.m. Saturday, with the Rev. James Schaefer officiated. Burial was made in Dorchester Memorial (South) Cemetery.

The six sons-in-law of the deceased served as pallbearers. Kraut-Maurina Funeral Home was in charge.

Mrs. Stelzel was born September 20, 1899 in the Town of Holton. He received his education in the Draper School there. On June 19, 1927 he was married to Minnie Wetzling at Dorchester. They farmed in the Town of Holton until 1973, when they built a new home and moved into the village.

Mrs. Stelzel was a member of St. Louis Church. He had served on the Draper School Board and was presently a member of the Dorchester Senior Citizens.

He is survived by his widow; one son, Lawrence, Wausau; six daughters, Mrs. Le Roy (Estelle) Becker, St. Louis Park, Minnesota, Mrs. Earl (Patricia) Daufenbach, Elgin, Illinois, Mrs. Dennis (Arlene) Tischendorf, Dorchester, Mrs. Robert (Mary) Goessl, Medford, and Mrs. Dennis (Beverly) Kramer, Abbotsford; on brother, Louis, Dorchester; two sisters, Mrs. Frank (Harriet) Wanke and Otelia Stelzel, both of Stevens Point; and 24 grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by one son, one daughter, three brothers and one sister.