Obit: Hoeft, Frederick Johann #2 (1875 - 1951)

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Surnames: Hoeft, Sprengler, Giese, Graffunder, Kramer, Krause, Parge, Zugier, Kalepp, Laack, Underwood, Hintz, Schultz, Kleimann

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 10/04/1951

Hoeft, Frederick Johann (3 Jan. 1875 - 29 Sept. 1951)

Funeral services for Fred Hoeft, 76, who died Saturday, Sept. 29, at St. Joseph’s hospital, Marshfield, where he was a patient the last three weeks, were held Tuesday afternoon at the Lulloff Funeral Home, Colby, Wis. The Rev. F. H. Sprengler officiated at the rites at 2:00 o’clock, after which burial was made in the Abbotsford cemetery.

The pallbearers were Fred Giese, Ben Graffunder, Anton Kramer, Ed Krause, Henry Parge and Joe Zugier.

The flowers were carried by the Misses Arlene Graffunder, Audrey Hoeft, Shirley and Hazel Kalepp, Nancy Laack, and Betsy Underwood.

Among the relatives from away who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Ted Hoeft and their son-in-law and daughter, of Chippewa Falls; Harvey Hoeft, Kenosha; and Mrs. Emil Hintz, Marshfield.

Frederick Johann Hoeft was born Jan. 3, 1875, in Sheboygan. When only a small child his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Hoeft moved to a farm in the town of Holton. He grew to manhood here and was a farmer. He and his brother, Louis, made their home together.

He is survived by two brothers, Louis and Otto, and two sisters, Mrs. Frank (Anna) Schultz, and Mrs. William (Ida) Kleimann, all of this community. His parents, two sisters, Lizzie and Emma, and brother, Gust, preceded him in death.