Surnames: Spiser, henning, Grassman, Kegler, Laesch, Reisner, Gurk, Wagner, Sternitzky, Elmhurst, Capella

----Source: Neillsville Press (Neillsville, Clark County, Wis.) 29 Nov. 1934

Spiser, Mary (26 May 1862 - 23 Nov. 1934)

Mrs. Mary Spiser, aged 72, died at the home of her daughter Mrs. Anna Henning at Chili Friday, Nov. 23, at 2 p.m., as a result of heart failure. She has been living with her daughter Mrs. Anna Henning, who cared for her the past 3 months.

Mrs. Mary Spiser was born in Phronten Reid Bavaria, Germany, May 26, 1862, aged 72 years, 5 months and 28 days at her death. She was married to John Spiser on October 8, 1880. They came to America in 1893, and settled in Monroe, Wis., lived there 2 years, then came to Clark County and settled in the town of Lynn on a tract of land which with hard work they cleared up and developed a nice home, where she lived until her illness three months ago. Mr. Spiser preceded her in death on Dec. 31, 1930.

Six children were born to this union. Two died in infancy in Germany. The surviving children are, Mrs. Anna Henning, Chili, Wis.; Olga, Mrs. Arthur Grassman, Lynn; Elsie, Mrs. Ernest Kegler, Arpin, Wis.; and Rudolph, 9 grandchildren, one brother and two sisters in Germany, and many friends. Mrs. Spiser had the ideal qualities for the work she had to do in life, in meeting the privations and difficulties of pioneer life. She was brave and cheerful and faced her duties without fear or discouragement.

The funeral was held Monday at 2 p.m. from the home Mrs. Anna Henning, Rev. A. Laesch of Granton officiating. Burial at the Lynn Cemetery beside her husband. Pallbearers, Chas. Reisner, Chas. Gurk, Wm. Wagner, Joseph Sternitzky, Louis Elmhurst and Fred Capella.