Obit: Herdrich, Mary (1871 - 1962)

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Surnames: Herdrich, Paetow, Tucker

----- Source: Loyal Tribune (Loyal, Clark Co., Wis.) 08/30/1962

----- Herdrich, Mary (27 FEB 1871 - 24 AUG 1962)

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Herdrich, 91, Loyal (Clark Co., Wis.), who died at 4 a.m. Friday in the Clark County Hospital at Owen, were held Monday afternoon at the Myre Funeral Home. Mrs. Herdrich had been in ill health for the past year.

Rev. Paul Doering of Loyal Methodist Church officiated and burial was made in the Loyal Cemetery.

The former Mary Paetow was born in Adell on Feb. 27, 1871 and was married there in 1900 to Oscar Herdrich. After the marriage the couple moved to a farm in the town of Loyal and lived there until 1926, when they moved to the city of Loyal. Mr. Herdrich died July 11, 1938.

She is survived by two sons, Reno of Loyal and Herbert of Flint, Mich.; one daughter, Mrs. William (Norma) Tucker of Loyal; seven grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren.

Two brothers and four sister preceded her in death.

Pallbearers were Claude Bickler, Vern Gardner, Harold Dahl, Leonard Kollmansberger, Robert Herdrich and James Bertz.

Mrs. G.W. Nelson and Mrs. Paul Doering sang "In the Garden" and "Rock of Ages." They were accompanied by Mrs. Byron Zepplin on the organ.

Attending the funeral from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Herdrich, Flint, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. Les Engelhardt and Dee Renee, and Mrs. Ferdinand DeSombre, Sheboygan; Mr. and Mrs. Claude Bickler, Wausau; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Herdrich, Eau Claire; Misses Violet and Harriet Littlefield, Sheboygan Falls; Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Vick, Wauwatosa; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Greeler, Neillsville; and Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Roessler, Thorp.