Obit: Dankemyer, Freeman W. (1882 -1974)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Dankemyer, Krause, Seif, Berg, Loos, Beil, Montag, Eppers, Doehr, Farnsworth, Cain, Helgerson, Anderson

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 8/29/1974

Dankemyer, Freeman W. (5 April 1882 – 16 August 1974)

Funeral services for a Town of Fremont native, Freeman W. Dankemyer, 92, who died August 16, at Riverview Manor, Wisconsin Rapids, were held August 19, from the Hansen Chapel in Marshfield. The Rev. Peter K. Anderson, associate pastor of Faith Lutheran Church, Marshfield, officiated and burial followed in the Yolo Cemetery at Chili.

Mr. Dankemyer was born April 5, 1882, in the Town of Fremont, and was educated in area schools. He attended dairy school at the University of Minnesota in 1907, to obtain his cheesemaker’s license. For 40 years, he was employed as cheesemaker at the Riverside Cheese Factory in Fremont, and later farmed in the Chili area.

His marriage to the former Elsie Krause took Place February 16, 1911, in Granton. Mrs. Dankemyer preceded her husband in death on January 29, 1963. Mr. Dankemyer, who was a resident of Riverview Manor for the past two years, was a member of Faith Lutheran Church, Marshfield.

Surviving are a son Gerald, Neillsville; three daughters, Miss Natalie Dankemyer of Wisconsin Rapids, Mrs. Chester (Dorothy) Seif of Augusta, and Mrs. Robert (Ruth) Berg of Amarillo, Tx.; three brothers: Martin and William, both of Chili, and Leo of Neenah; a sister, Mrs. Hannah Loos of Mayo, Md.; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Pallbearers were Arvin Beil, Harold Montag, Arnold Eppers, Lyle Doehr, Ervin Farnsworth, and Manford Cain.

Duane Helgerson, soloist, was accompanied by Mrs. Peter K. Anderson, at the organ.