Obit: Frantz, Eilie Mimma (1886 - 1951)

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Surnames: Frantz, Krehl, Brechler, Miles, Biddick, Miller, Karl, Roethe, Naedler, Crothers, Paulus, Hovey, Doeringsfold, Brainard, Hetland, Caris, Belaire, Gehring, Schemmenaur, Vollrath, Steffens, Eckes, Koehler

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) July 12, 1951

Frantz, Mimma (5 January 1886 - 6 July 1951)

Mrs. Robert Frantz died at her home in Pine Valley on Friday afternoon. She had been in ill health since she suffered a stroke in January. Funeral services were conducted on Monday at 2 o’clock from the Zion Evangelical and Reformed church. The Rev. William Koehler officiated, with interment in the Neillsville City Cemetery. Funeral arrangements were in charge of the Georgas Funeral Home.

Mrs. Frantz, nee Eilie Mimma Brechler, was born January 5, 1886 to Charles P. and Hulda Krehl Brechler at Fennimore. She received her education in the Fennimore schools and after graduation from high school there, assisted her father in the post office. On April 15, 1913 she was married to Robert Frantz at Fennimore. They moved to Neillsville and have resided on their farm in Pine Valley since that time. She was an active member in the Pine Valley Homemakers club.

She is survived by her husband, and the following brothers and sisters, Louis G. Brechler of Madison, Miss Norma Brechler, Mrs. Ford (Edna) Miles, Miss Nelda Brechler, all of Fennimore, Carl F. Brechler of Mt. Horeb, and Mrs. Willard (Marie) Biddick.

One brother, Emil, preceded her in death

More funeral notes same issue of the newspaper: Funeral services were conducted on Monday for Mrs. Robert Frantz at the Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church with Rev. William Koehler officiating.

Pallbearers were Otto Miller, Brooks Karl, Gordon Frantz, Donald Roethe, and Charles Roethe.

Floral offerings were in charge of Mesdames Otto Miller, Hilbert Naedler, Donald Crothers, Janie Paulus and Al Hovey. The male chorus of the church sang two selections.

Persons from out of town attending the services were: Conrad Frantz, Mr. and Mrs. George Frantz, Mr. and Mrs. Ford Miles, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Roethe, Donald Roethe, Charles Roethe, William Doeringsfold, Helen Doeringsfold, Clara Brechler, and Richard Brainard all of Fennimore; Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hetland, Jefferson, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Biddick, Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Brechler of Mt. Horeb, Louis Brechler of Madison, Herbert Caris of Dodgeville, Mrs. Kathleen Belaire, Marinette, Mich., Mrs. Frank Gehring of Oak Lawn, Ill., Mr. and Mrs. Ed Schemmenaur of Marcellus, Mich., Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Vollrath of Greenwood, Gus Steffens and Miss Allie Steffens of Elroy, and Mrs. Clara Eckes of Marshfield.

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