Obit: Schwantes, Fred (1866 - 1942)

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Surnames: Schwantes, Toltzman, Stapel, Rindfleisch, Manthe

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Wood Co., Wis.) Tuesday, 25 Aug. 1942

----Schwantes, Fred (22 Mar. 1866 - 25 Aug. 1942)

Fred Schwantes, 76, of Spencer, died early this morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Albert Toltzman, in the Town of Unity, as the result of a bladder ailment. He had been living with his daughter for the past several weeks.

Last rites will be conducted Friday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the residence in Spencer, and at 2 o’clock at the Trinity Lutheran Church there. The Rev. A. C. Stapel will officiate.

The body will lie in state at the Central Wisconsin Co-operative Funeral Home until about 10 o’clock Friday morning, when it will be moved to the home at Spencer. Burial will be made in the family lot in the North Spencer Cemetery. Mr. Schwantes was born March 22, 1866 in Germany, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schwantes, and came to this country with his parents when seven years old. The family lived at Iron Ridge for several years before moving to Clark County, where he attended school.

In October, 1894, he was married in Marshfield. He moved to the Town of Brighton where he spent 28 years before moving to the village of Spencer, where he had lived the past 10 years. Survivors include his daughter, Mrs. Albert Toltzman; three sisters, Mrs. Martha Rindfleisch, Anna Manthe, both of the Town of Brighton; Mrs. Louise Rindfleisch, Jefferson; two brothers, Herman, Brighton; and Charles, Duluth, Minn.; and four grandchildren.

His wife died six years ago, and a brother and a sister also preceded him in death.

Biographical Information

1880 Federal Census, Brighton, Marathon, Wisconsin

Name: Fred Schwantes
Birthdate: 1866
Birthplace: Germany
Relationship to Head: Son
Father's Name: Frank Schwantes
Father's Birthplace: Germany
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Schwantes
Mother's Birthplace: Germany
Race or Color (Expanded): White
Ethnicity (Standardized): American
Gender: Male
Martial Status: Single
Age (Expanded): 14 years
Occupation: At Home
Page: 309
Household Members
Parent Frank s M 49
Parent Elizabeth Schwantes F 45
Herman Schwantes M 23
Fred Schwantes M 14
Estina Schwantes F 12
Fernald Schwantes M 10
Bertha Schwantes F 8
Martha Schwantes F 6
Anna Schwantes F 3
Louesa Schwantes F 6M

1900 Federal Census, Brighton township, Marathon, Wisconsin

Name: Fred Schwantes 
Birth Date: Mar 1866
Birthplace: Germany
Relationship to Head-of-Household: Self
Father Birthplace: Germany
Mother Birthplace: Germany
Race or Color (expanded): White
Head-of-household Name:
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single 
Immigration Year: 1873
Enumeration District: 0072
Sheet Number and Letter: 6A