Manitowoc County Obituaries and Deaths

JOHN C. WILSMANN
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Newspaper dated Thursday 16 Jan. 1941

John C. Wilsmann Is Claimed at 75
FORMER HOTEL OPERATOR WAS VICTIM OF FLU
  Funeral services for widely known resident to be held Saturday
The lusty, cheerful, "good Marrnin" of John C. Wilsmann will
never again be heard on the city streets.
  Mr. Wilsmann, who would have celebrated his 75th birthday 
anniversary on Jan. 22 died at 6:15 this morning at the 
Municipal hospital of the influenza infection. He was taken ill
the day before Christmas and for almost two weeks was a hospital
patient.

Resident of 70 years.
  A resident of the vicinity since he was 5 years old, Mrs.(sic)
Wilsmann was well known throughout the city and county. He
operated farms near the city and for many years operated the
Washington House. Later he operated a similar establishment in
the old Simonis property on 17th street.
  In early years Mr. Wilsmann was a carpenter and he helped to
build the old Pail factory here.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock
from the Jansky funeral home and at 2 p.m. from St. John's
Lutheran church with the Rev. W.G. Haase officiating. Interment
will be made in Pioneer's Rest cemetery.

Born in New York.
  John C. Wilsmann was born at Dunkirk, New York, on Jan. 22, 1866,
a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Wilsmann. With his parents
and his brother William he came to the town of Two Rivers in
1871 and the family settled on the farm now owned by John
Bugler.
  He remained on the home farm until 1901 when he purchased the
farm on the present Point Beach road now owned by Stefaniak
Bros. Eight years later, in 1909, he purchased the Washington
House, corner 17th and Jefferson streets from John J. Tadych.

Operated the Washington House.
  For the next ten years, until 1919, Mr. Wilsmann operated the
Washington House. In 1927 he retired and purchased the Joseph
Walters home on Washington street where he had since made his
home. Since then his hobby of raising flowers occupied his time
and trice every day he was out for a long walk.

Eleven Children Living
  On June 22, 1888 Mr. Wilsmann married Miss Louise Schmidt.
Twelve children, 11 of whom are living, were born to the couple.
In 1913 his wife died and three years later he married Mrs. Mary
Hartung, nee Lenhart. She died in 1918.
  Survivors are five daughters, six sons, 23 grandchildren, two
step daughters and one stepson. A son Harold, died 11 years ago.
  The body was removed to the Jansky funeral home where it may
be viewed until the time to the funeral Saturday.
  For many years when he was a young man, Mr. Wilsmann was a 
member of the Harmonia Singing Society of St. John's church.