Obit: Schuh, Elsie (1894-1983)

Contact: Kathleen E. Englebretson

Email: kathy@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Schuh, Pedretti, Nikolai, Miller, Reis, Becker, Tetzloff

----Source: Marshfield News-Herald (07 November 1983)

Schuh, Elsie (10 March 1894 - 06 November 1983)

COLBY -- Mrs. Albert (Elsie) Schuh, 89, Colby, died Sunday at the Continental Manor Nursing Home in Abbotsford.

Services will be Wednesday at St. Mary's Catholic church, Colby. The Rev, Raymond J. Pedretti will officiate. Burial will be in St. Mary's Church Cemetery,

Pallbearers will be Richard Nikolai Jr., Mark Nikolai, Steve Miller, Russell Reis, and Art and Tony Schuh.

Visitation will be at the Rux Funeral Home.

The former Elsie Becker was born March 10, 1894 in Rib Lake, to the late Mr. and Mrs. Fred (Minnie Tetzloff) Becker. She received her education in Town of Beaver Schools.

She was married to Albert Schuh June 23, 1914 in Colby. The couple farmed in the Town of Colby for over 30 years and she was also a cook at the Colby Hotel for many years.

She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and its Christian Mothers Society and the Ladies Foresters. Mrs, Schuh is survived by a son, Raymond of Spencer; two daughters, Mrs. Dale (Alice) Reis of Abbotsford and Mrs. Richard (Marie) Nikolai of Colby; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and one brother, Otto Becker of Owen.

She was predeceased by her husband, one brother and one sister.