----Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 01/21/1916

Hoeper, Fred (1867? - 17 Jan 1916)

Fred Hoeper, a resident of this place (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) for the past two years and a half, passed away at his home Monday after an illness extending for a period of about three months. The deceased was 48 years of age, and came to this place from Phlox, Wis., and up until the beginning of his illness he had been in the employ of the J. S. Owen Lumber Co. He leaves to mourn a wife and nine children, the eldest being 21 years and the youngest two, seven boys and two daughters, all of who were home at the time of his death. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon from the home, Rev. W. H. Sargent officiating. Burial took place in the Riverside Cemetery.

Those from away who came to attend the funeral were: Will Hoeper of Menasha, a brother; and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kurtz of Abbotsford, the former being a sister; Mrs. Charles Drews of Arlington Heights, Ill.; Mrs. Jess Dilts of Hammond, Ind.; Mrs. A. J. Schenke of Chicago.

The bereaved family has the sympathy of the entire community.