Obit: Habhegger, William  (1881-1953)

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Surnames: Habhegger, Lehmann

----Source: The Loyal Tribune  (Loyal, Clark County, Wis. 05 Feb. 1953)

Habhegger, William  (09 DEC 1881-FEB 1953)

Funeral services for William Habhegger, 71, were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Myre Funeral Home with the Rev. Leroy Schantz, pastor of the Free Methodist Church, officiating. Burial was in the Loyal Cemetery.

William Habhegger was born in Fulda, Minnesota, Dec. 9, 1881. When 11 years of age, he moved with the family to Watertown, receiving his education in the town of Emmett, Dodge County. The family moved to a farm in the town of Loyal after 12 years in Dodge County. His mother died when William was a young boy and his father died after they moved to the farm near Loyal.

Five years ago he and his sister, Miss Julia Habhegger moved into the City of Loyal.

Death, the result of a heart attack, came to Mr. Habhegger near Spencer, when, alone in his car he was returning home from St. Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield, where he had been to visit his sister, Miss Julia Habhegger, who is being treated there for a broken hip suffered in a fall last Thursday.

Serving as pallbearers were Edgar Verhalen, Bert Brown, V. O. Kauffman, Frank Kline, William Klozinski, and Ray Prior.

The hymns, "Beyond the Sunset,’ and "The End of a Perfect Day" were sung by the Rev. and Mrs. Schantz with Mrs. Floyd Smith as organist.

Survivors include two sisters, Miss Julia Habhegger, Loyal, and Mrs. Theodore (Lillie) Lehmann, Watertown, and one brother, John, Loyal.

One brother and one sister preceded him in death.