Rudolph Reichert

 

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24 Sep 1988 WATERTOWN DAILY TIMES, Watertown, Jefferson Co, WI.

JEFFERSON- Rudy Reichert, 73, of 105 S. Taft Avenue, Jefferson, died Friday
night at Fort Atkinson Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Olson funeral home in Jefferson.

 

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26 Sep 1988 WATERTOWN DAILY TIMES, Watertown, Jefferson Co, WI.

JEFFERSON- Funeral services for Rudolph Reichert, 73, of 105 S. Taft Ave, Jefferson, a former Jefferson County Sheriff, were held this afternoon at St John's Evangelical Lutheran Church with the Rev. John Warmuth officiating. Burial with military graveside rites will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Fort Atkinson. Reichert was born 27 March 1915 in Fort Atkinson, son of Emil and Ella Reichert. On 12 October 1940 he married the former Marie Westphal. Reichert was a 1943 graduate of Fort Atkinson HS and served in the United States Army during WWII. From 1940 to 1958 he was employed with the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department, serving two terms as county sheriff. He had been employed with the Jefferson County Highway Department from 1959 until his retirement in 1977. He was a member of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lakeside Lutheran HS Men's Club, and Reinhardt Windl American Legion Post No. 164. Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Mrs Stanley (Marsha) Wintermute of Fort Atkinson and Mary of Watertown; one sister, Mrs William (Viola) Robisch of Jefferson; and a brother, Ewald of Fort Atkinson. He was preceded in death by a brother.