Obit: Hintz, Gust J. (1872 - 1956)

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Surnames: Hintz, Harrison, Bernitt, Leuth, Ridderbusch, Christensen, Knight, Gasch, Dassler, Nelson, Neal 
 

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 03/08/1956  
 

Hintz, Gust J. (10 Sept. 1872 - 4 Mar. 1956) 
 

Gust J. Hintz, a pioneer of this community, died at St. Joseph’s hospital, Marshfield, Sunday, March 4, of a kidney ailment and complications of age. Mr. Hintz had been making his home at the Havenet Nursing home at Owen after the death of his wife in January. 
 

The Rev. Richard Harrison, of the Presbyterian church, conducted services at 2:00 o’clock, Wednesday afternoon, at the Zink Funeral Home where the body had been lying in state. Burial was made in the Abbotsford cemetery. Pallbearers were Frank Bernitt, Walter Lueth, Fred Ridderbusch, Harold Christensen, Chet Knight and Roland Gasch. 
 

Gust J. Hintz was born Sept. 10, 1872 in Manitowoc county. In 1890, he worked in a logging camp, owned by Henry Jacobi, located at Abbotsford. Later he worked at Floodwood, Mich., and then at Sublette, Ill. In 1898, he bought a steam threshing rig and later added a saw mill which he operated in Manitowoc county. In 1923, he moved the machinery to Abbotsford and added a planing mill. 
 

He retired from this business in 1952 and last year he sold the last piece of the equipment. 
 

On Feb. 27, 1897, he and Miss Ida Dassler, town of Centerville, were united in marriage. She preceded him in death Jan. 26, 1956. 
 

Surviving him are a son, Herbert H. Hintz, of Sheboygan; Mrs. Oscar (Clara) Nelson and Mrs. William (Lenore) Neal, both of Los Angeles, California. There are also three grand children and two great grand children. 
 

A daughter died in infancy and two brothers preceded him in death. 
 

Among those attending the funeral were the two daughters from California; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hintz, of Sheboygan; and other relatives from Manitowoc, Milwaukee, and Sheboygan.