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Waushara County, Wisconsin
Obituaries & Death Notices
Last updated August 10, 2007
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Submitted by
Darlene Ryan
Waupaca Post,
Waupaca, Wisconsin
June 3, 1897
Too Late for last week.
Died at his home in Springwater of Bright's Disease, Minor C. Wilson, May
17, 1897, aged 50 years and 17 days.
Minor Champion Wilson was born April 30, 1833, in the town of Bradford,
McHeon county, Pennsylvania. He was the only son of Minor and Hannah
Wilson, who with their son and daughter, two years and four months older,
removed to Wisconsin and settled at Fond du Lac in the spring of 1844,
where they resided for eleven years, then removed to Springwater, Waushara
County. The parents coming to the then far west in an early day when the
country was new, the children were deprived in a great measure of the
advantages of society and education which the children enjoy at the
present day, and as a consequence the brother and sister were almost
constant companions, and there existed between them an attachment that
ever grew stronger as they reached mature years.
As
a boy at school Minor was always a favorite among his schoolmates and as
he grew to manhood his friends and neighbors held him in high esteem
because of his honesty and integrity. He has been prominent in the
business of the town of Springwater for many years. He has been postmaster
for the past fifteen years since the death of his father Minor Wilson, and
was assistant postmaster previous to that time nineteen years. He has held
the office of chairman of the town board for several years and the office
of town clerk and justice of the peace repeatedly.
On
the 24th of Dec. 1862, he was married to Esther E. Warren of Dayton,
Waupaca County and which union has been blessed with three sons, George
Wilbur, William Linder, and Birney Harrison, the two older sons being
married. The older has two children and the second son three. The family
that is left to mourn his irreparable loss; consist of his beloved wife,
three sons, two daughters-in-law and five grandchildren, besides the only
sister, who still survives him, and many more distant relatives. As a
husband he was tender and affectionate; as a father, kind and indulgent,
and his decease has cast a dark shadow over his once happy home, where his
presence always brought light and joy. None knew him but to love and
respect him, and he had room in his heart for all his friends. He met the
king of terrors, with a calmness and resignation which characterises only
a believer in the Divine promises of God.
His funeral services were attended by a large concourse of people,
notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather. The Rev. Rowell of Pine
River preached his funeral sermon from the text found in the third
chapter, sixteenth verse of St. John. The Welsh choir furnished very
appropriate singing for the occasion. The pall bearers were: Mr. John
Humphrey, Edward Humphrey, John D. Jones, Wesley Brooks and Stephen
Brigham of Springwater and Briggs Shead of Auroraville.
Mr. Holly of Waupaca was in attendance with his hearse and took charge of
the remains, and Mr. McAllen of Crystal Lake took charge of seating the
mourners at the church and assisted Mr. Holly in the last rites of the
funeral. The casket was covered with beautiful flowers, the offerings of
devoted friends. He has left behind him a large circle of mourning friends
who will ever cherish a loving memory of him in their hearts.
We
walked close behind him
To
the banks of the river,
Which flows between us
And the evergreen shore
Then bade him a tearful
Adieu as he left us
To
join our dear loved ones
That have passed on before. |
We
know that no more
We
shall hear the dear footsteps,
Returning at nighfall
As
in days that's gone by,
For he's gone for to dwell
In
those Mansions of Glory
In
the home of the ransomed,
With Jesus on high. |
There is a seat in our home
That will ever be vacant
And a void in our hearts
That none other can fill.
But yet, though our hearts
With anguish are bleeding,
We
would bow in submission
To
God's Divine will. |
We
shall meet him no more,
This side of the river,
But he will be waiting
For us over there,
And be first to greet us
When we enter the portals
Of
the mansions which Jesus
Has gone to prepare. |
A
Card of Thanks
We
wish to thank our many friends who have so kindly helped and sympathized
with us during the sickness and burial of our loved one.
Mrs. M. Wilson and family.
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Newspaper unknown
Submitted by D. Rechek
Ellener Berwick
PRINCETON-Ellener
Berwick, age 85, of Princeton, passed away on Monday, April 1, 2002 at the
Mary Jude Nursing Home in West Allis.
She was born on November
28, 1916 in Fond du Lac, the daughter of Eugene and Ora (Merrill) Kidman.
She married Thomas Addison Berwick on February 18, 1935, in Montello.
She is survived by
husband, Thomas Berwick of Princeton; three daughters, Judith (Frank) Goratowski of West Allis, Patricia (Greg) Smith of Dousman, and Barbara
(Michael) Esaian of Delafield; one son, Michael (Julie) Berwick of
Princeton; nine grandchildren; one brother, Merrill (Helen) Kidman of
Needham, MA; other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in
death by her parents; a son, Thomas A. Berwick, Jr. and a sister, Belva
(Ray) BMegow.
A funeral service for
Ellener Berwick was held Friday, April 5, at 1:00 p.m. from the Wachholz
and Sons Funeral Home in Princeton with Father Dale Grubba officiating.
Burial followed the service at the City Cemetery in Princeton.
Wachholz and Sons
Funeral Home in Princeton
Serving the Family
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Waupaca County Post,
Waupaca,
Wisconsin – April 1, 1937
Springwater
Mr. and Mrs. Will
Anderson mourn the loss of their infant son who died March 24.
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Waupaca County Post,
Waupaca,
Wisconsin – April 1, 1937
William Diedrich 70, Town of Bloomfield, farmer nearly all his life,
died Sunday after a long illness. He was born in Brandenburg, Germany
June 2, 1886, the son of John and Mrs. Johanna (Durkee) Diedrich and when
six months old came with his parents to this country and settled in the
Bloomfield community. He was married May 25, 1893 to Miss Alvina Kleist,
the ceremony performed by Rev. G. Feustal at West Bloomfield. He lived on
the present farm 46 years. Survivors are the widow and five sons:
Arnold, Neenah; Robert, Winnebago; Alfred, Dale; Erwin and Paul at home –
four daughters (Sadie) Mrs. Herbert Schultz, Oshkosh, Miss Elsie Diedrich,
Columbia Hospital; and Misses Esther and Louise at home. Two children
preceded their father in death. There are two grandchildren. Mr.
Diedrich was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Fremont where funeral
services were held Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. Rev. E. A. Schmidt was in
charge. Burial at E. Bloomfield cemetery
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