Obit: Steiger, Edwin (1894 – 1948)

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Surnames: Steiger, Anderegg, Reineking, Neilson, Mitschka, Syth, Humke, Franz, Decker, Schwarze, Fravert

----Source: Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.) ?/?/ 1948 Stan-you need to fill in here, I couldn’t find date of publication

Steiger, Edwin (06 MAY 1894 – 15 MAR 1948)

Edwin Steiger, son of August and Magdalene Anderegg Steiger, was born in La Crosse on May 6, 1894 and came with his parents to this community when three years of age.

On September 14, 1916 he was united in marriage to Miss Ella Reineking at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Reineking. After their marriage they settled on the present Bittiger farm, 4 miles northwest of Greenwood.
To this union was born three daughters, Mrs. Gordon Marian Neilson of Waupaca; Mrs. Karl (Evelyn) Mitschka and Mrs. Dale (Beatrice) Syth, both of Milwaukee and two sons Kenneth of Greenwood and Ervin at home.

Mr. Steiger has been in poor health for the past three years and was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield on Tuesday, March 9th and he passed away there on Monday, March 10, 1948 at 6 a.m.

Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon March 16 at 1:30 o’clock from the home and at 2:00 o’clock from the West Side Evangelical and Reformed Church. Rev. J.C. Klingeberger will officiate and he will be laid to rest in the church cemetery.

He is survived by his wife and above named children, one grandson, Gary Neilson, two brothers, Wm. C. Steiger of Greenwood and John Steiger of Spokane, Wash.

The pallbearers will be Arthur and George Humke, Calvin Franz, Wm. Decker, Arthur Schwarze and Otto Fravert.

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