MARY ANN PETRIE, daughter of Anton and Margaret Dax Petri

TAYCHEEDAH
Taycheedah, Nov. 22 - Mrs. M. Kraemer, whose condition wa much improved last week, is worse again this week. Her daughters, the Mesdames Bechaud, have been out here off and on from the city, to assist in caring for her during her illness of the past two weeks.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Weekly, Friday November 23, 1900

TAYCHEEDAH
Taycheedah, Nov. 29 - Mrs. Kraemer has remained in a critical condition throughout the past week, and as most of her children and grandchildren reside in the city, it was thought advisable to move her there, where she could be more easily cared for. This morning she was placed in hack and taken to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bates Bechaud.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Weekly, Friday November 30, 1900

KRAEMER
The funeral of the late Mrs. Mary Kraemer will be held from St. Mary’s church, Sunday afternoon, at 2 o’clock, with interment in Calvary cemetery.

Fond du Lac Daily Reporter, Friday December 14, 1900

KRAEMER
Mrs. Mary Kraemer, a pioneer resident of the town of Taycheedah, died Thursday at St. Agnes hospital, after a brief illness, aged 68 years. The deceased is survived by a husband and seven children, Mrs. A.G. Bechaud, Mrs. J.B. Bechaud, Peter Kraemer and Anton Kraemer, city; Roman Kraemer, Marshall, Minn.; Mrs. Louis White and Paul Kraemer, Taycheedah.
The remains were taken to the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kraemer, 30 Amory street. Announcement of funeral later.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Weekly, Friday December 14, 1900

KRAEMER
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Kraemer was held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock from St. Mary’s church, Rev. FAther Wuelffing officiating. The services were largely attended and there was a beautiful floral offering displayed. The pall bearers were as follows: Rudolph Bechaud, Armand Bechaud, Lynn Bechaud, Louis Kraemer, Wm. Orth, and Sylvester Strauss. The remains were interred in Calvary Cemetery.

Fond du Lac Daily Reporter, Monday December 17, 1900

The wife of Math. Kraemer of Taycheeda, Fond du Lac County, died at age 68.

Dodge County Pioneer, December 21, 1900.
MATHIAS KRAMER, HER HUSBAND

KRAMER - Mr. Matthias Kramer, a highly respected resident of Taycheedah, died at his home at that place, at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, aged 86 years. Deceased had been a resident of Taycheedah 54 years. he was born at Kobland, on the Rhine, in 1814. He is survived by seven children: Mrs. A.G. Bechaud, Mrs. J.B. Bechaud, Mr. Peter Kramer and Mr. Anton Kramer, of this city; Mrs. W. White, and Mr. Paul Kramer, of Taycheedah, and Mr. Roman Kramer, of Minnesota.
The funeral will be held at St. Mary’s church, Saturday at 10 a.m., with interment at Calvary cemetery.

Fond du Lac Daily Reporter, Thursday November 7, 1901

TAYCHEEDAH
Taycheedah, Nov. 7. - Matthias Kraemer died in this village last evening at 7 o’clock at the home of his son, Paul Kraemer. his death was due to old age and general debility. Mr. Kraemer was born in Germany, August 10, 1814. he emigrated to Wisconsin in the early ‘40’s and after a short sojourn in Calumet county moved to Taycheedah, where, with the exception of a few years spent in the city, he has since resided. Sometime in the late ‘40’s he was married to Miss Marie Petri of Taycheedah, whose death occurred last December at Fond du Lac, at the home of her son, Peter Kraemer. The deceased is survived by seven children, Roman Kraemer, of Minnesota, Peter and Anthony Kraemer, Mrs. Elizabeth Bechaud and Mrs. Mary Bechaud, of Fond du Lac and Paul Kraemer and Mrs. Louis White, of this place. The funeral will be held from the German Catholic church in the city at 9:00 a.m. Saturday with interment at Taycheedah.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Weekly, Friday November 8, 1901, p. 3

KRAMER - The funeral of the late Matthias S. Kramer was held at St. Mary’s church this morning, at 10 o’clock, and was largely attended. Rev. Father Wuelfing officiated. Interment was at Calvary cemetery. The pall bearers were Messrs. Peebles, Mullen, Mengel, and Gibson.

Fond du Lac Daily Reporter, Saturday November 9, 1901

ELIZABETH KRAMER, HER DAUGHTER

WEEK’S ILLNESS CLAIMS LIFE OF MRS. E. BECHAUD

Deceased Was Widow of Capt. A.G. Bechaud; Funeral Rites Tuesday
Ill less than a week, Mrs. Elizabeth Bechaud, widow of Capt. A.G. Bechaud, died at 12:40 a.m. Sunday at her residence, 255 East Second street. Mrs. Bechaud was stricken on May 27 while apparently in her usual health.
The deceased was born Feb. 20, 1851, in the Town of Calumet and after her marriage to Capt. Bechaud made her home for a time in the Town of Taycheedah, later coming to this city, where she had been a resident for many years.
She was a member of the Eastern Star, the White Shrine and the Frauen Verein of the old German-English academy. Surviving she leaves the following children, Mrs. F.W. Orth, Mrs. H.T. Schmidt, Mrs. J.P. Kalt, Mrs. W.W. Petrie, August R. Bechaud and Adolph B. Bechaud. Grandchildren are Adolph Orth, Ross and Marcia Petrie, Charlotte Venne, Robert, Barbara and Audrey Bechaud and Joan Kalt. Two brothers, Peter and Paul Kramer and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Bechaud and Mrs. Louise White, also survive.
There will be a private funeral service at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the residence of Mrs. W.W. Petrie, 332 Sheboygan street, after which the body will be removed to the Masonic temple, where rites will be conducted at 2 p.m. The Rev. A.W. Raabe will officiate.
The body will be placed in the receiving vault to await sepulture in the Rienzi Memorial home which is to be erected during the summer. The body is lying in state at the Petrie residence, having been removed form the Geo. M. Dugan Funeral home on Sunday.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Monday June 3, 1929

LAST RITES FOR MRS. E. Bechaud

Funeral Service for Early Resident Conducted from Masonic Temple
Last rites for Mrs. Elizabeth Bechaud, wife of Capt. A.G. Bechaud, whose death occurred early Sunday, were conducted at 2 p.m. today from the Masonic temple, where members of the Eastern Star and the Rev. A.W. Raabe, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiated in the presence of a large assembly of friends and relatives of the deceased.
Private services were held at 11 a.m. from the home of Mrs. Bechaud’s daughter, Mrs. W.W. Petri, 332 Sheboygan street, after which the body was taken to the temple, where it lay in state until the hour of the funeral. Vocal selections were rendered by Mrs. Robert Ricklefs.
Pallbearers were Carl H. Wagner, Anton Pfeil, W.J. Petri, H.R. Potter, Lisle F. Lewis and Grover F. Korrer. The body of Mrs. Bechaud was placed in a receiving vault at Rienzi cemetery, pending completion of the new Memorial Home to be erected there this summer. There was an especially large floral tribute.
Mrs. Amelia Graf of Ripon and Mrs. Walter Tambke of Milwaukee were among persons from away attending the funeral.
Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Tuesday June 4, 1929, p.3



Capt. Adolph G. Bechaud
May 31, 1840 - Mar 5 1919

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(caption) Adolph G. Bechaud, aged 79, died at his residence this morning, leaving vacant positions of trust and esteem in business and banking circles. An ability to appraise the future with incisive tact and foresight, lead him to unusual successes. He had an unlimited capacity for work, giving his personal attention to almost everything he undertook to do. He was an Elk and a member of the Edwin A. Brown Post No. 130 G.A.R. The funeral will probably be held Friday afternoon at the residence on West Eleventh street.

Fond du Lac Daily Commonwealth, Wednesday, March 5, 1919, p. 1

ADOLPH G. BECHAUD DEAD; LEADER IN BUSINESS CIRCLES

End Comes to Interesting and Active Life

WAS CAPTAIN IN CIVIL WAR

Fond du Lac Banker, Capitalist and Manufacturer Succumbs at Age of 79

Captain Adolph G. Bechaud; vice president of the Commercial National Bank since its organization, veteran of the Civil War, and a man whose business energy and integrity has left a deep impression upon the life of Fond du Lac, died at 4:30 o’clock this morning at the family residence 457 West Eleventh street. his illness has been of about four weeks’ duration, though for some months past there has been a noticeable lack of that interest and activity which has always been characteristic of him.
Mr. Bechaud was born May 31, 1840, in Dirmstein, Germany, and came to the United States in 1853, settling in Fond du Lac with his parents. The outbreak of the Civil War found Mr. Bechaud, then a young man just turning his twenties, ready and willing to serve. On October 29, 1861, he volunteered at Chicago and was assigned to Company B of the Thirteenth Illinois Cavalry. At the age of 23 he was advanced from rank of sergeant to that of first lieutenant. He was commissioned as such January 6, 1863. His command was detailed for duty in the western theater of the war, being engaged largely in scouting work in Missouri, Mississippi and Arkansas. On Oct. 19, 1863, he was advanced to the rank of captain taking command of Company B, of the Thirteenth cavalry and serving as such in the later campaigns of the war, and being in command on his discharge from the service at the close of the war. Capt. Bechaud served under Generals Davis, Carr and Steel. In 1864 he took his discharge and came back home to take the duties of civil life. He became associated with Paul Hauser who conducted one of the pioneer breweries of the county on the ledge east of the city. Here Mr. Bechaud learned the fundamentals of the business which was later to become his life work. In 1871 he joined his brothers in the organization of the Bechaud Brewing company, taking the office of president which he has continuously held. On June 6, 1870 he was married to Miss Elizabeth Kramer, then of the town of Taycheedah.
Mr. Bechaud leaves in addition to his wife, the following children: Mrs. F.W. Orth, Mrs. H.T. Schmidt, August Bechaud, Mrs. John P. Kalt, Adolph Bechaud, Jr., and Mrs. W.W. Petrie, also six grandchildren, Adolph V. Orth, Charlotte Venne, Robert Bechaud, Ross Petrie, Marcia Petrie and Audrey Bechaud. He is also survived by two brothers; J.B. Bechaud of this city and Armand Bechaud of Chehalis, Wash.
Mr. Bechaud was a man of keen business judgment, an indefatigable worker, one who stood unflinchingly by the accepted honorable principles of business dealing. His energy interest and desire that everything should be attended to in a business like way was characteristic of him.
He was one of the moving spirits in the organization of the Commercial National bank, and his counsel was often sought and always relied upon in matters requiring decision that would be unerring. In business and social circles he will be missed by a wide circle of friends. Socially he was a member of the Elks and Edwin A. Brown Post No. 130 G.A.R.
While plans for the funeral are not fully determined, it is probable that the service will be held Friday afternoon at the residence.

Fond du Lac Daily Commonwealth, Wednesday, March 5, 1919, p. 1

FUNERAL IS TOMORROW

Banks to Close Our of Respect for Capt. A.G. Bechaud - Burial at Rienzi Cemetery.

The funeral of Capt. A.G. Bechaud will be held at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon at the residence, 457 West Eleventh street, Rev. Henry William Fischer, of the First Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial will be at Rienzi Cemetery.
Out of regard to the deceased the Commercial National Bank, of which Mr. Bechaud was vice president, will be closed at 1 p.m. tomorrow. The Citizens’ State Bank will be closed for the day at 2 p.m. for the same reason.

Fond du Lac Daily Commonwealth, Thursday, March 6, 1919, p. 5

FINAL RITES FOR CAPT. A.G. Bechaud

Large Attendance of Friends at the Funeral Services

The funeral of Capt. A.G. Bechaud was held from the family residence at 2 o’clock this afternoon the ceremony being conducted by the Rev. H.W. Fischer, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church.
The floral offering was large and beautiful while the attendance of neighbors, friends and business associates bore testimony to the high esteem in which the deceased was held.
Officers and employes of the Commercial National Bank and the Citizens State Bank attended in a body.
May J. F. Hohensee and members of the city council attended the funeral in a body while members of the Elks Lodge acted as bearers.
Burial was at Rienzi.

Fond du Lac Daily Commonwealth, Friday, March 7, 1919


CAPT. A.G. Bechaud

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Born May 31, 1840 Died March 5, 1919

CAPT. BECHAUD EXPIRES AFTER LONG ILLNESS

Brewing Co. Head and Bank Officer Dies at Home on West Eleventh St.

VETERAN OF THE CIVIL WAR

Captain Adolph G. Bechaud, aged 79, president and one of the founders of the Bechaud Brewing company, vice-president and director of the Commercial National bank and one of the city’s most prominent residents died at 4:30 o’clock this morning at his home, 457 West Eleventh street, after a lingering illness. Mr. Bechaud was taken seriously ill about four weeks ago and since then has been confined to his bed. His condition gradually grew worse until this morning, when the end came peacefully.

Served in Cavalry

The deceased was born in Dirmstein Germany, on May 31, 1840, and when thirteen years of age came to the United States with his parents. The family settled in Fond du Lac county in 1853 and Mr. Bechaud had resided in this vicinity practically ever since.
When the civil war broke out, Adolph G. Bechaud was one of the first Fond du Lac county young men to join forces. He enlisted as a private in the Thirteenth company of the Illinois Cavalry at Chicago, Ill., on October 29, 1861. He was commissioned as a first lieutenant on January 6, 1863 and on October 19, 1863, was promoted to rank of captain. He commanded the Thirteenth company and did scouting work under Generals Davis, Carr and Steele in the states of Missouri, Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana. He was mustered out of the service December 31, 1864.

Founded Brewing Co.

After the war Captain Bechaud returned to Fond du Lac county and for sometime was employed at the Hauser Brewery at Taycheedah. When the Hauser Brewery burned, Mr. Bechaud came to this city and was one of the founders of the Bechaud Brewing company. The present brewery on West Eleventh was built in 1872 and has been in operation since that time under the direction of Captain Bechaud and his brothers. He served as president of the brewing company for many years.

Vice President of Bank

The deceased had been a director of the Commercial National bank for several years and a few years ago was chosen vice-president of the institution. he was a member of the Fond du Lac lodge N. 57 B.P. O. E. and also the G.A.R. Although he never held a public office, Mr. Bechaud has always taken an active interest in public affairs.
Mr. Bechaud was married to Miss Elizabeth Kraemer in Taycheedah on June 16, 1870. Besides a widow, Mr. Bechaud leaves four daughters, mrs. F.W. Orth, Mrs. A.H.T. Schmidt, Mrs. P. Kalt, and Mrs. W.W. Petrie, all of this city, two sons, August Bechaud and Adolph Bechaud, Jr., and six grandchildren, Adolph Orth, Charlotte Venne, Robert Bechaud, Ross Petrie, Marcia Petrie and Audre Bechaud. he also leaves two brothers, J.B. Bechaud of this city and Armand Bechaud of Washington, D.C.
The funeral will be held at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon from the residence, 457 West Eleventh street and interment will be held at Rienzi cemetery.

Fond du Lac Daily Reporter, Wednesday, March 5, 1919, p. 1

ADOLPH G. BECHAUD IS DEAD AT FOND DU LAC
Fond du Lac - Adolph G. Bechaud, seventy-nine years old, vice president of the Commercial National bank, and president of the Bechaud Brewing company since its foundation in 1871, died here after a long illness. He came to Fond du lac in 1853. At the outbreak of the civil war he volunteered at Chicago and was discharged as captain of Company B, Thirteenth Illinois cavalry, in 1864. He is survived by his wife and children, all of whom reside here, and by a brother, J.B. Bechaud, pioneer councilman of Fond du Lac. The funeral will be held Friday afternoon.

Oshkosh Northwestern, Thursday March 6, 1919

BANKS TO CLOSE DURING FUNERAL

Last Rites for Captain A.G. Bechaud Will be Held on Friday Afternoon

INTERMENT AT RIENZI

The Commercial National bank will be closed Friday afternoon during the hour of the funeral services of Captain A.G. Bechaud Brewing company and vice-president of the bank, who passed away Wednesday morning at 4:30 o’clock after a lingering illness.
Funeral services will be held at the residence, 457 West Eleventh street at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon a nd the Rev. W. H. Fischer, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, will officiate. The officers of the Fond du Lac lodge No. 57, B.P.O.E. and several members of the G.A.R. will attend the services.
Interment will take place in the Bechaud family lot at Rienzi cemetery. Short services will be conducted at the grave by the Elk’s Lodge.

Fond du Lac Daily Reporter, Friday March 7, 1919
ROSA, ALFRED AND FRANK Bechaud

Rosie, the 9 years-old daughter of A.G. Bechaud, died yesterday afternoon at 5 o’clock. The funeral will take place from the family residence at 1:30 p.m. to-morrow afternoon; Undertaker Dobrindt in charge. The deceased was bright, interesting child, and unusually intelligent for one of her years. Some weeks ago she contracted a heavy cold which settled on her lungs and finally caused her death.

Fond du Lac Daily Commonwealth, Thursday June 6, 1887.

Rosa Bechaud, the nine-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Bechaud, died last Wednesday night. The funeral was held Friday afternoon, interment in Rienzi. Rosa was a bright and amiable little lady and the favorite of the family. The sympathies of a large circle of acquaintances are extended the bereaved parents.

Fond du Lac Journal, Thursday January 13, 1887

Died of diphtheria, last evening, at the residence of his parents in this city, Alfred Bechaud, son of A.G. Bechaud. Funeral to-morrow at 1 o’clock. Burial at Rienzi, in charge of Undertaker Dobrindt.

Fond du Lac Daily Commonwealth, Thursday January 20, 1887

The sympathy of the entire community is with the family of A.G. Bechaud in its present affliction. Only a few days ago Rosa, a bright and beautiful nine-year-old girl, died and last week Wednesday night little Alfred, aged three years, went to his loving sister. The remaining children of the family have been very sick with diphtheria and croup and are not yet recovered. Mrs. Bechaud is also seriously ill as is her mother, Mrs. Kramer.

Fond du Lac Journal, Thursday January 27, 1887.

Mr and Mrs. A.G. Bechaud have met with another terrible affliction. Their six years old son, Frank, died last night. Three weeks ago, Rosa, aged 9, died. A few days after, their three years old son, Alfred, died, and now Frank follows them. Two other children are ill, and the mother is prostrated with grief and care. Diphtheria is said to have been the cause of death. It is sincerely hoped that the worst has passed and that those who are ill now will recover.

Fond du Lac Daily Commonwealth, Friday January 28, 1887

Affliction thrice coming in as many weeks with the stroke of death has been experienced in the family of A.G. Bechaud. Two daughters had already died, when the demise of the 5-year-old son Frank had to be recorded Thursday evening. Mrs. Bechaud and two other children are seriously ill in the same house.

Milwaukee Sentinel, January 30, 1887, Fond du Lac column, p. 12, col. 2

The inconsolable affliction of Mr. and Mrs. A.G. Bechaud continues. Within a few days they lost by death a lovely little daughter and a favorite son, and last Thursday evening Frankie, a bright five-year-old boy, died. The condition of two other children and Mrs. Bechaud, who is prostrated with grief and sorrow, is extremely critical.

Fond du Lac Journal, Thursday February 3, 1887

In Fond du Lac the family of the Brewer Bechaud is suffering from heavy grief. Three children of Mr. Becahud died of diphtheria last week. His wife and his mother-in-law are also suffering from the same illness.

Dodge County Pioneer, February 3, 1887.


Mrs. Orth Dies at 97; Funeral Set

Mrs. Louise Orth, 97, a resident of Rolling Meadows for the last nine years, died Monday at 4 p.m.
She was born Dec. 3, 1871, in Fond du Lac, the daughter of Adolph and Elizabeth Kramer Bechaud. She was married to Frederick William Orth on April 19, 1998.
Mrs. Orth was a lifetime resident of the city. Her father and two uncles operated the Bechaud Brewery in the city at one time.
She was member of the Eastern Star and the Academy Club.
Survivors are one son, Adolph “Penny” Orth of the city; and two sisters, Mrs. John Kalt of the city and Mrs. Walter Petrie of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. She was preceded in death by her husband, who died in 1939, tow brothers and one sister.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Zacherl Funeral Home with the Rev. B.J. Stecker officiating. Cremation will follow.
Friends may call after 4 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Tuesday, January 21, 1969.

Mrs. Louise Orth
Funeral services for Mrs. Louise Orth, who died Monday, were held today at 2 p.m. at Zacherl Funeral Home. The Rev. B.J. Stecker officiated. Mrs. Watson Waehler was organist and Fred Krueger was vocalist. Cremation followed.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter,
Thursday January 23, 1969.
FORMER DEALER DIES OF ILLNESS

F.W. Orth, 64, Father of Bechaud Brewing Firm Head Expires

F.W. (Billy) Orth, 64, retired merchant and beverage dealer, father of Adolph V. Orth, president of the Bechaud Brewing company died at 10:30 a.m today at St. Agnes hospital. He had been in failing health for the last two years.
Born Nov. 22, 1874, in Milwauke, son of Adam and Mrie Orth, he was married in 1898 to Miss Louise Bechaud, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Adolph G. Bechaud. Mr. Orth was employed by the Bechaud Brewing company until 1919 when he took over in Milwaukee the muisc and piano business of his brother, the late Charles J. Orth, paino merchangt and composer of “In the Clock Store” and several other numbers.
Later retruning to Fond du Lac, Mr. Orth in 1929 established and operated for seeveral years the Orth Beverage and Supply company on West Division street. He was a life member of the knights of Pythias in Milwaukee and also a life member of the Mystic Knights of the Shrine Zor Temple, Madision.
Surviving are his widow and son and a sister, Mrs. Minnie Seidel of Milwaukee.
The body is at the Geo. M. Dugan funeral home, where funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday. L.P. Peeke, former pastor of the First Presbyterian church, will officiate. Burial will be in Valhalla cemetery Milwaukee.
The Orth residence is at 387 South Hickory St.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Saturday, March 4, 1939, p. 14
SERVICES FOR F.W. ORTH

L.P. Peeke Officates at Rites of Retired Dealer in Fond du Lac

Funeral services for F.W. (Bill) Orth, retired paino merchant and beverage dealer, father of Adolph V. Orth, president of the Bechaud Brewing company, who died Saturday, were held at 2 p.m. Today f rom the Geo. M. Dugan funeral home, L.P. Peeke offciating. Burial was in Valhalla cemetery, Milwaukee.
Vocal selections were rendered by Mrs. R.E. Ricklefs, accompanied on the organ by Harvey Millar.
Among those attending the fuenral of Mr. Orth were Mrs. Minnie Seidel, his sister, Mr. and Mrs. John Seidel, Edwin and Edmund Seidel and Mrs. Richard Gaensten, his nephews and nieces of Milwaukee, and Mr. and Mrs. G.L Tronvig of Chicago.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Monday March 6, 1939, p. 16


EARLY FAMILY MEMBER DIES; RITES IN EAST

Mrs. Henry Schmidt, 82, Expires; Services at West Reading, Pa.
Mrs. Henry Schmidt, 82, of West Reading, Pa., a resident of Fond Lac until a few years ago, died Monday morning after a lengthy illness at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Alex Bombinski with whom she resided.
Mrs. Schmidt was born Feb. 2, 1874, in this city. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph G. Bechaud.
Surviving is one daugther, Mrs. Bombinski; on grand daughter, of West Reading, Pa.; three sisters, Mrs. John P. Kalt, Mrs. Louise Orth, Mrs. Walter W. Petrie; and one brother, Adolph B. Bechaud, all of Fond du Lac.
Fuenral services will be in West Reading Thursday. The body of Mrs. Schmidt will be in state at the Kuhn Funeral home at 739 Penn avenue, West Reading.

Fond du Lac Reporter, Tuesday September 4, 1956, p. 22

MRS. JOSEPHINE SCHMIDT
Mrs. Josephine (Bechaud) Schmidt, 82, widow of Henry Schmidt, died yesterday in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Alex Bombinski, 302 Reading Ave., West Reading, with whom she resided.
Born in Wisconsin and a daughter of the late Adolph and Elizabeth (Kramer) Bechaud, Mrs. Schmidt was a member of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, West Reading.
She is survived by a daughter, Charlotte, wife of Alex Bombinski, brewmaster at Sunshine Brewery, with whom she resided; one granddaughter, Joan, and a brother, Adolph, of Fond du Lac, Wis.
Also, three sisters: Mrs. Louis Orth and Mrs. Lottie Kalt, both of Fond du Lac, and Elizabeth, wife of Walter Petrie, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Funeral will be held Thursday at 9:15 a.m. from the Kuhn Funeral Home, West Reading, followed by a Requiem High Mass at 10 a.m. in Sacred Heart Church. Burial will be made in Gethsemane Cemetery.

Reading Eagle, Tuesday September 4, 1956, p. 20, col. 1

SCHMIDT - - On the third inst., MRS. JOSEPHINE SCHMIDT, aged 82 years. Services from the Kuhn Funeral Home, 8th and Penn Aves., West Reading, Thursday at 9:15 a.m. followed by Requiem High Mass in Sacred Heart Catholic Church at 10. Interment i n Gethsemane Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday evening, 7 to 9.

Reading Eagle, Tuesday September 4, 1956, p. 20, last col.

VENNE - Wilfred Venne, aged 34 years, died at 11:30 o’clock this morning after an illness of several months duration. The deceased was a former well known young business man of the city, at one time being associated with his father in the shoe business. He is survived by his parents, a wife and one daughter, Charlotte, eight months old, three sisters, Mrs. J. Mercy and Mrs. R. Morer of Chicago and Miss Alice Venne of this city and two brothers, Victor and Louis. The funeral arrangements will be made later.

Fond du Lac Daily Reporter, Monday November 30, 1908, p. 5

VENNE - The funeral of Wilfred J. Venne will be held at 9:30 o’clock Thursday morning from the residence on East Second street and at 10 o’clock from St. Louis church, with interment at Calvary cemetery. The Rev. M.J. Taugher will officate. The Elks will attend the funeral services in a body.

Fond du Lac Daily Reporter, Tuesday December 1, 1908, p. 5

VENNE - The funeral of Wilfred J. Venne was held this morning at 9:30 from the residence and at 10 o’clock from St. Louis church, Rev. M.J. Taugher officiating, interment was at Calvary cemetery. The bequests of flowers were many and all very beautiful. Fond du Lac lodge No. 57 attended the funeral in a body and escorted the remains from the residence to the church. The pall bearers were Dana C. Lamb, George L. McDermott, D.F. Blewett, E.T. Markle, Alfred Zinke and M. Fitzsimmons.

Fond du Lac Daily Reporter, Thursday December 3, 1908, p. 5
WILFRED J. VENNE PASSES AWAY

He was Prominnent in Local Business Circles

DEATH COMES AS SAD BLOW

Well Known Retail Shoe Deaaler Succumbs to Lingerin Illness - Survivor of Depere Wreck
The many friends of Wilfred J. Venne, one of the well known young business men of this city, will be deeply grieved to learn of his death which occurred at 11:30 o’clock this morning. While Mr. Venne has been ill for several weeks with a disease from which there appeared to be no chance for recovery, his family and relatives were greatly shocked today at the sudden approach of death.
The deceased was born in this city 34 years ago. On reaching his maturity he became interested in the shoe business with his father, Louis Venne. Later the deceased was proprietor of the Venne Shoe company which existed until last March. At that time the deceased was proprietor of the Venne shoe company which existed until last March. At that time the deceased was forced to retire on account of failing health. About seven years ago Mr. Venne was married to Miss Josephine Bechaud, of this city, who, with an infant duaghter, Charlotte,a ged 8 months, are left to mourn his loss. In addition to these the deceased is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Venne, 264 East First street, three sisters, Mrs. Rene Morel and Mrs. J. Mercer, of Chicago; Miss Alice M. Venne of this city, two brothers, Victor Venne and Louis J. Venne, also of this city.
The deceased was severely injured in the Depere wreck eight years ago. It is though he never fully recoved from the effects of those injuries.
Mr. Venne was a devoted son and father and his presence will be sorely missed. All through his sickness he had every hope for recovery and was patient and resigned in his suffering. he was a good business man. He was to be found in the forefront of every movement that tended for the betterment of the city. He was active in the Merchants’ association, being elected its first secretary. As such he was painstaking and hardworking. The association placed every confidence in his ability.
The funeral arrangements have not been made. Both Mrs. Morel and Mrs. Mercer are in the city, having been called here some days ago on account of their brother’s serious illness. The deceased was a member of Fond du Lac Lodge N. 5 B.P.O.E.

Fond du Lac Daily Commonwealth, Monday November 30, 1908, p. 5

VENNE - The funeral of Wilfred J. Venne will be held at 9:30 o’clock from the residence, 300 East Second street, and at 10 o’clock Thursdya mroning frorm St. Mary’s church, Rev. M.J. Taugher officiating. Fond du Lac Lodge No. 57 B.P.O. Elks will attend the funeral in a body. The pall bearers will be Dana C. Lamb, George L. McDermott, D.F. Blewett, E.T. Markle, Alfred Zinke and M. Fitzsimons.

Fond du Lac Daily Commonwealth, Tuesday December 1, 1908, p. 8


VENNE - The funeral of Wilfred J. Venne was held at 10 o’clock this morning from st. Louis church, Rev. M.J. Taughter officiating. The services were largely attended. A large delegation composed of members of Fond du Lac Lodge N. 57 B.P.O.E. attended the funeral and escorted the remains from the residence to the church adn from the church to the cemetery. The pall bearers were E.T. Markle, M. Fitzsimons, Dana C. Lamb, Goerge L. mcDermott, Alfred Zinke and D.F. Blewett, all emmbers of the Elks. The floral display was very fine. The offerings were many annd very choice. Interment took place at Calvary cemetery. Those here to attend the funeral from away were Mr. and Mrs. Rene Morel and son, Master John, Mr. and Mrs. J. Mercer, Chicago , and Victor Venne, who is now making his headquarters at Waterloo, Ia.

Fond du Lac Daily Commonwealth, Thursday December 3, 1908, p. 8

Wilfred Venne died Monday morning in Fond du lac, at the age of 34 years, following several months illness. His young wife and one child lament his early death. The burial took place yesterday, Thursday forenoon at 10 a.m., from the St. Louis Church.

Dodge County Pioneer, December 4, 1908
HENRY SCHMIDT DIES OF ILLNESS

Fond du Lac Salesman Expires at Home after Four Months’ Sickness
Henry T. Schmidt, 65, salesman in this city for several years, died at 10 a.m. today at his home, 300 East Second street, after four months’ illness.
Born Jan. 5, 1874 in Dubuque, Ia., he resided in Washington, D.C. prior to coming to this city. He was married in 1908 to Josephine Bechaud in this city. Mr. Schmidt was a member of Fidelity lodge, 19, Knights of Pythias, Fond du Lac Lodge 140, F. and A.M. and Darling Chapter, 20, Royal Arch Masons.
Surviving are his widow; a step-daughter, Charlotte Venne, of this city, and two brothers, John of Dubuque and William of this city.
The body is at the Candlish chapel and will be removed to the Masonic temple Sunday to lie in state from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., when funeral services will be conducted by Fond du Lac Lodge, 140. Burial will be in Rienzi cemetery.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Friday November 17, 1939, p. 2
SCHMIDT RITES HELD

Funeral Services Conducted by Fond du Lac Lodge, F. and A.M. in Temple
Funeral services for Henry T. Schmidt, who died Friday at his home, 300 East Second street, were held at 2 p.m. Sunday from the Masonic temple with Fond du Lac Lodge 140, F. and A.M., in charge. George Rose aserved as master, Louis P. Peeke as chaplain, Clyde Atwell and E.A. Hackbarth, stewards, and George Buehner as secretary. Vocal selections were rendered by Mrs. Robert E. Ricklefs, accompanied by Mrs. Esther Temple.
Pallberarers were Charles Froehling, L.H. Thalheim, Charles Justen, Roger K. Wade, Earl E. Borsack and A.B. Holman. Burial was in Rienzi cemetery.
Persons attending the services included Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gregory of Janesville, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Weichman of Madison, Mr. and Mrs. J. Lison of Green Bay, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bechaud of Milwaukee, John Schmidt of Dubuque, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wiechman and son of Sheboygan, Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Charon of Ripon, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Dorn of New Holstein and Mr. and Mrs. Matt Schoenborn and Mr. and Mrs. O Schoenborn and son of Marytown.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Monday November 20, 1939
AUGUST BECHAUD FOUND SHOT AT LAKE COTTAGE

Well-Known Businessman, President of Brewing Company, Killed by Bullet
August R. Bechaud, 56, president of the Bechaud Brewing company and a director of the Commercial National bank, was found shot to death at his Lake Winnebago cottage on the Lakeshore road south of Long Point shortly before noon today. His shot gun was found beside his body.
Mr. Bechaud was found dead beside his automobile, which had been run up to the shore of the lake near an inlet which had been dug for boats.
The gun, an automatic shotgun, was found clasped in Mr. Bechaud’s hands. There was one discharge shell in the gun with two loaded shells inside.
Coroner Schnell, following an investigation, said that Mr. Bechaud might have been shot in getting out of his car. He said that the end of the gun might have caught on his collar; the charge entered his neck.
Leo Brucker, of the Commercial company, who was sent to look for Mr. Bechaud, was the first to reach the body. He said two boy trappers nearby had noticed the body but did not go up to the car.
Mr. Bechaud left his home at 250 Superior street about 9:30 a.m. and is believed to have gone directly to the cottage on the west shore of the lake. Members of his family said that he had been in ill health for some time.
The deceased was born and reared in this city. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Adolph G. Bechaud, whose home was located on West Eleventh street. Educated in the public schools, Mr. Bechaud identified himself with the Bechaud Brewing company at an early age and was active in it throughout his life. In 1919, on the death of his father, he became president.
Mr. Bechaud was a member of Fountain Lodge 26, F.and A.M. Darling Chapter 20 and Fond du Lac commandery 5.
Mr. Bechaud is survived by his widow, Mrs. Harriet Bechaud and one son, Robert Bechaud, of Milwaukee.
In addition to his immediate family the deceased leaves one brother, Adolph B. Bechaud, and four sisters, Mrs. F.W. Orth of Milwaukee, Mrs. Henry T. Schmidt, Mrs. J.P. Kalt and Mrs. W.W. Petrie, all of this city.
The body was removed to the Geo. M. Dugan funeral home.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Thursday December 3, 1931, p. 1

FUNERAL RITES ARE ANNOUNCED

Services for August R. Bechaud to be Held From Masonic Temple
Funeral services for August R. Bechaud, found dead at his cottage on the west shore of Lake Winnebago on Thursday, will be held privately at 10 a.m. Sunday from the residence at 250 Superior street, the Rev. A.W. Raabe officiating.
The body will be removed to the Masonic temple where at 2:30 p.m. public obsequies will be conducted by Fountain Lodge 26, F. and A.M., the Rev. A.W. Raabe assisting. There will be a Knights Templar escort. Burial will be in Rienzi cemetery.
Mr. Bechaud, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. A.G. Bechaud, was born April 8, 1876, in this city. He attended the German English academy, Fond du Lac High school and St. John’s Military academy. At completion of his studies he became associated with the Bechaud Brewing company and at the death of his father in 1919, assumed the duties of president, an office which he held at the time of his death.
The body will be removed from the Geo. M. Dugan Funeral home to the residence on Saturday.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Friday December 4, 1931

RITES HELD FOR AUGUST BECHAUD

Services Conducted at Mason Temple With Many in Attendance
Funeral services for August R. Bechaud, president of the Bechaud brewing company and a director of the Commercial bank, who was found dead Thursday at his cottage on the lake shore, were held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday from the Masonic temple, the Rev. A.W. Raabe, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiating and the Knights Templar providing an escort.
Private services were held at 10 a.m. at the family residence, 250 Superior street, after which the body was removed to the temple, where it lay in state until the funeral services. The obsequies were very largely attended and there was an exceptionally large floral offering.
Directors of the bank served as honorary pallbearers. They included William Mauthe, T.H. O’Brien, E.B. Hutchins, W.J. Nast, P.B. Haber, George F. Hutter, F.R. Duffy, E.J. Shaw, F.H. Boyle, A.T. Brenner, T.C. Ebernau, F.A. Boyd, A.D. Sutherland, J.B. Atkinson, A.H. Lange, H.B. Kraut, John P. McGalloway and T.W. Meiklejohn. Active pallbearers were Charles Froehling, B.A. Husting, Harry Treleve, Paul Kummerow, Al Juelsman and Fred Worm. Vocal selections were rendered by Mrs. Robert E. Ricklefs, accompanied by Mrs. W.E. Tennant. Burial was in the family lot in Rienzi cemetery.
Out-of-town persons attending, included Mr. and Mrs. George Graf of Ripon; Mr. and Mrs. George Bomke, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stollenwerck, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Orth, Mr. and Mrs. D. McCarthy, Mr. and Mrs. Wirks and Elmer Bruett of Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Voelker and family of Neenah; Mr. and Mrs. Emil Voelker and Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Wahl of Green Bay and Mrs. Arnold Van Staveran of Chicago. There were also many in attendance from St. Anna, Calumet Harbor, Mt. Calvary and other neighboring communities.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Monday December 7, 1931
Leola Osgood Graf,
first wife of August Bechaud

Graf, Mrs. Leola O., of Holiday. Died Saturday. A retired beauty shop owner and a resident of Florida three years. North Funeral Home, Holiday chapel.

Tampa Tribune microfilm
May 24,1977
Obit- page D7 Pasco
MRS. HARRIET BECHAUD
Mrs. Harriet Bechaud, 74, died at 4:20 a.m. today at River View sanitarium, Waukesha, after a long illness.
She was born in St. Ann, Sept 30, 1888, daughter of Joseph and Barbara Voelker.
Survivors include one son, Tillman Bruett, Milwaukee; five grandsons; two brothers, Emil Voelker, Green Bay, and Edmund Voelker, New Holstein; fives sisters, Mrs. Hubert Taff, city, and Mrs. Emma Hubert, Mt. Calvary; Mrs. Alma Brill, New Holstein; Mrs. Olive Mahlbey, Green Bay, and Mrs. Walter Stollenwerk, Pewaukee. One sister and a brother preceded her in death.
The body will lie in state after 2 p.m. Friday at the Zacherl’s Funeral home with services at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home and at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic church, city. Burial will be in Rienzi Cemetery.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Wednesday December 12, 1962


MRS. HARRIET BECHAUD
Funeral services for Mrs. Harriet Bechaud, who died Wednesday, were at 9:30 a..m. Saturday at Zacheral Funeral home and at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic church. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Henry G. Riordan officiated and burial was in Rienzi cemetery.
Pallbearers were Floyd Brill, Elmer Stollenwerk, Marty Phalen and Raymond, Clarence and Milton Huberty.
Out-of-town persons attended from Milwaukee, Green Bay, Sheboygan, Plymouth, New Holstein, and the surrounding territory.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Monday December 17, 1962
Joseph Bruett, first husband of Harriet Voelker

JOSEPH BRUETT DIES AT BUTTE

Former Well Known Resident Expires After Short Illness of Pneumonia

FUNERAL IN MILWAUKEE
Word has been received here of the death of Joseph Bruett, a well known former resident of this city, which occurred Thursday noon at his home in Butte, Mont., after a short illness from pneumonia, developing from the influenza.
The deceased was born April 1, 1888 in this city and was therefore thirty-two years of age. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew H. Bruett of Milwaukee. The Bruett family left Fond du Lac for Milwaukee about twelve years ago.
Mr. Bruett was engaged in the automobile business in Butte at the time of his death.
The deceased leaves to mourn his death a widow; a son, Tillman, aged 6; two brothers, Arthur and Joseph of Milwaukee; and three sisters, Mrs. Walter Budde and the Misses Norma and Adele of Milwaukee.
Mr. Bruett was a grandson of Mrs. A.H. Bruett of this city.
The body of Mr. Bruett will be interred in Milwaukee, where funeral services will be conducted Monday.

Fond du Lac Daily Reporter, Friday January 30, 1920, p. 3, c. 6


FORMER RESIDENT DEAD

Joseph Bruett Dies at Butte, Montana, Following Attack of Influenza and Pneumonia.
Word was received here today of the sudden death of Joseph Bruett at Butte, Montana, yesterday resulting from an attack of influenza followed by pneumonia. Mr. Bruett was a former resident of Fond du Lac.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Bruett, Jr., and lived in Fond du Lac until twelve years ago when he went with his family to Milwaukee to reside. He was 32 years of age.
He leaves his wife and one son, Tillman, age six years; his parents, two brothers, Arthur and William, and three sisters, Mrs. Paula Budde, Norma and Adela, all of Milwaukee, also his grandmother, Mrs. A.J. Bruett, Sr., of Fond du Lac. The funeral will take place at Milwaukee, Wis., Monday morning.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth, Friday January 30, 1920, p. 12, c. 3

Bruett -- Jan. 28, 1920, Joseph A. Bruett, aged 32 years, at Butte, Mont., funral from residence of his mother, Mrs. R. Bruett, 1729 Chestnut st., Monday, Feb. 2, at 10 a.m. to the Gesu church. Interment at Holy Cross cemetery. Fond du Lac papers please copy.

Milwaukee Journal, Saturday January 31, 1920, p. 8, c. 3


MILWAUKEE MAN DIES AT A LOCAL HOTEL
Joseph A. Bruett, 32, of Milwaukee, died at a local hotel Thursday morning of pneumonia. He arrived in Butte last Saturday with his wife and son and had been ill but a few days. Mr. Bruett was traveling representative of the Interstate Manufacturing Co. Two brothers, William and Arthur; three sisters, Naoma, Del and Mrs. Walter Buddy, all of Milwaukee, also survive. The body is at the Sherman & Reed undertaking rooms and will be shipped to Milwaukee at a time to be announced.

The Butte Miner, Friday morning, January 30, 1920
A.B. BECHAUD DIES; TRADE, CIVIC LEADER
Adolph Baptiste Bechaud, 76, member of a pioneer Fond du Lac family, a leader in the development of the community, and nationally recognized in the brewing and other industries, died early today at St. Agnes Hospital.
Mr. Bechaud had been living at Winnebago Park, where he has been spending the summers in recent years, and was preparing to return to his winter home at Laguna Beach, Calif., when he suffered a fatal heart attack.
Born in Fond du Lac May 11, 1889, Mr. Bechaud was the son of Adolph G. Bechaud and the former Elizabeth Kramer. Mrs. Adolph B. Bechaud was the late Dorothy Thorpe.
After attending local grade schools, Mr. Bechaud was graduated from Fond du Lac High school in 1909. He attended Handke’s Brewers’ School in Milwaukee in 1910, Milwaukee School of Engineering in 1913 and the Wahl Hennis Institute in Chicago in 1916.

Was Master Brewer
Adolph Bechaud was master brewer of the Bechaud Brewing Co., pioneer Fond du Lac industry, until the death of his father in 1918. He then became president and operated the brewery until 1937 when he sold his interests. He became nationally known in the brewing industry in 1934 when he was appointed in a 9 member board to help direct the National Recovery Administration in Washington, D.C., for two years.
After retiring from the brewing business he was associated with several Fond du Lac business enterprises. In 1940 he was commissioned by the Herman Uihlein family of Milwaukee to organize and manage for them a farm and home freezer business in their Milwaukee plant. As executive vice-president of the Ben-Hur Manufacturing Co. he helped to build the industry into one of the largest freezer manufacturing businesses in the country. He also was a director of the Quicfrez Co. of Fond du Lac.

Retires in 1952
In 1952 Mr. Bechaud retired and took up residence at Laguna Beach, Calif. He was a director of the Association of Commerce, a past member of the Elks, the Rotary Club and the Kights of Pythias.
Mr. Bechaud was an ardent hunter and fisherman and belonged to the F.J. and D. Hunting Club of Dotyville, the Friendship Hunt Club of Van Dyne and the Shasta Mountain Hunt Club of Washington. He was charter member of the Shadow Mountain Club of Palm Springs, Calif.
Surviving Mr. Bechaud are two daughters, Miss Audrey Bechaud of Fond du lac and Laguna Beach, and Mrs. Thomas Maddock, also of Laguna Beach, and two granddaughters. Other survivors are three sisters, Mrs. Louise Orth and Mrs. Lottie Kalt of Fond du Lac, and Mrs. W.W. Petrie of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Funeral arrangements are pending.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Monday October 4, 1965 pp. 3 & 18


ADOLPH B. BECHAUD
Funeral services for Adolph B. Bechaud, who died Monday at St. Agnes Hospital, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, the Very Rev. John E. Gulick, dean, officiating. Burial will be in Rienzi Cemetery. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Zacherl Funeral Home.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Tuesday October 5, 1965, p. 22

ADOLPH B. BECHAUD
Funeral services for Adolph B. Bechaud, who died Monday, were held at 9:30 a.m. today at the Zacherl Funeral Home and 10 a.m. at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Very Rev. John E. Gulick, dean, officiating.
Honorary pallbearers were E.P. Galloway, F.E. Rueping, A.H. Schroeder, A.L. Edgarton, D.F. Van Pelt, R.P. Boardman, Leslie Maze and Hugh McKee.
Active pallbearers were Maruice West, Charles Setser, Mark Martin, Arthur Kaemmer, John P. McGalloway, Jr., and William McGalloway. Entombment was in the Rienzi Mausoleum with Dean Gulick officating assisted by Rev. Duane R.S. Mills.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Thursday October 17, 1965
CITY RESIDENT FATALLY HURT IN CAR CRASH

Mrs. Adolph B. Bechaud Dies in Traffic Accident Near La Porte, Ind.

Daughter Audrey Confined to Hospital; Returning from Washington
Returning to Fond du Lac from the East where they had visited relatives, Mrs. Adolph B. Bechaud, 58, of 260 East Division street, was killed, and her daughter, Audrey, was seriously injured Wednesday in a car-truck crash near La Porte, Ind.
La porte county police said that Miss Bechaud was driving at the time on United States Highway 30 when her car skidded on the slippery road into the path of the truck driven by Fred Halseck, 47, Chicago. Halseck was not hurt.

Daughter in Hospital
Mrs. Bechaud was killed outright. Miss Bechaud was removed to the hospital suffering from a crushed pelvis, shock and possible other injuries. Physicians said that she probably would have to remain hospitalized for a month to five weeks.
Friends here reported that the mother and daughter had gone to Washington, D.C. to visit another daughter, Barbara, then went on to Boston to be with other relatives.

Goes to La Porte
Mr. Bechaud, who maintains residences here and at Milwaukee where he is vice-president of the Ben Hur company, went to La Porte to accompany the body of his wife to Fond du Lac where funeral services will be held. Arrangements will be announced later.
In addition to her widower and two daughters, Mrs. Bechaud is survived by two sisters of Los Angeles, Calif.
Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Thursday November 8, 1951

MRS. ADOLPH B. BECHAUD
Funeral services for Mrs. Adolph B. Bechaud, who was fatally injured Wednesday in a car truck collision near La Porte, Ind., in which her daughter, Audrey, was seriously hurt, will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at St. Paul’s Cathedral, the Rt. Rev. Harwood Sturtevant, bishop of Fond du Lac, officiating. Interment will be in Rienzi Memorial mausoleum. The body of Mrs. Bechaud will be in state at the Zacherl funeral home after 7 p.m. today.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Friday November 9, 1951
JOHN P. KALT OF FOND DU LAC DIES EARLY WEDNESDAY
John P. Kalt, 67, president of the National Exchange Bank at Fond du Lac, passed away at 4 a.m. Wenesday at St. Agnes Hospital in that city.
Mr. Kalt was one of the organizers of the bank in 1933 and had been prominent in banking circles in Fond du Lac since 1911. he was a native of Fond du Lac and enetered the banking business inn November, 1907, when he became cashier of t he First Wisconsin State Bank of North Fond du Lac.
He was an active civic worker and srved on themilitary draft board during World War I, and was chairman of the county bond drive during World War II. He was also a member of the Elks, Knights of Columbus, Kiwanis Club and Y.M.C.A.
Survivors include his wife, the former Lottie Becahud; and one daughter, Mrs. Charlie Setser of Fond du Lac.
Funeral services will be held Friday morning at the Zacherl Funeral Home and at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. Burial will be made in the family lot in Calvary Cemetery.

Sheboygan Press, Thursday June 12, 1952, p. 16
JOHN P. KALT
Funeral services for John P. Kalt, who died Wednesday, were held at 8:45 a.m. today at the Zacherl funeral home and at 9:15 a.m. at St. Joseph’s church, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. H.G. Riordan officiating. Committal rites at Calvary cemetery were conducted by the Rev. John Devine.
Serving as honorary pallbearers were R.E. Hanson, Armin Mauthe, Dr. R.G. Raymond, Dr. D.J. Twohig, A.H. Lange, J.E. McNeany, W.A. Sanders, Howard Boyle and A.J. Loehr, directors of the National Exchange Bank. R.L. Sheridan, Grover Korrer, C.M. Murray, J.A. Pfeil, W.L. Ainsworth, H.A. Shiels, Fred Whitely, W.E. Cochrane, Arthur Kremer, Henry Niederehe, R.J. Somers, Dr. L.C. Gardner, C.D. Smith, Emery Martin, Sr., C.M. Dyckhoff, J.B. Atkinson, Dr. C.W. Leonard, Dr. A.M. Hutter, Ben Sadoff and Ralph Kingsley.
Active pallbearers were A.J. Buehner, H.H. Homberger, Herbert Niederehe, Miles Phalen, Maurice Kosloske and Arthur Mossong.
Attending the services from away were Mr. and Mrs. Tillman Bruett, Mrs. Delia Ford, Mr. and Mrs. James Hauer, Robert Zentner and George Kasten, Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. Nell Hobbs, Oshkosh; Ralph Kingsley, Kenosha; Mrs. J. R. McNeany, Alburque N.M. Mr. and Mrs. P.J. McGodrick, Green Bay, and D.C. Cooney, Kenosha.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Friday June 13, 1952, p. 18

WIDOW OF LOCAL BANK HEAD DIES
Mrs. Lottie B. Kalt, 84, of 650 E. Second St., widow of John P. Kalt former president of the National Exchanage Bank, died at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday at St. Agnes Hospital.
She ws born in the city on Nov. 29, 1886, a daughter of August and Elizabeth Kremer Bechaud. Her father was president of Bechaud Brewing Co. and her parents were pioneer residents of the city.
Mrs. Kalt was married to John P. Kalt on Nov. 8, 1911, and he preceded her in death on June 11, 1951.
She was a member of St. Louis Church and a charter member of St. Anne’s Society, a member of the Academy Club, Ladies of the Elks and Winnebago Park Association.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Charles R. Setser of the city; a grandson; and sister, Mrs. Walter W. Petrie of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
In addition to her husband, Mrs. Kalt was preceded in death by five brothers, three sisters and one granddaughter.
Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Sautrday at Zacherl Funeral Home and at 10 a.m. at St. Louis Church. The Rev. Wilfrid Upson, OMI, will officiate and burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Thursday December 24, 1970

MRS. LOTTIE KALT
Funeral services for Mrs. Lottie Kalt, who died Wednesday, were held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Zacherl Funeral Home and 10 a.m. at St. Louis Church. The Rev. Wilfrid Upson, OMI, officated and burial was in Calvary Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Quinn Martin, Ross Petrie, Robert Blakey, Frank Braeger, Donald Goranson and Douglas West.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Monday December 28, 1970, p. 40
MRS. WALTER PETRIE
Mrs. Walter W. Petrie, 83, the former Elizabeth “Babe” Bechaud, of 2394 S.W. 28th Ter., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., died at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday at Mercy Medical Center, Oshkosh. She was visiting her grandson when taken ill.
Born in Fond du Lac on July 29 1891, she was the daughter of Adolph G. and Elizabeth Kramer Bechaud. She ws graduated from Fond du Lac Senior High School.
Mrs. Petrie was married on July 1, 1911, in the city and her husband died Dec. 19, 1973. They had lived in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., since 1954.
At the time of her death she was president and board chairman of Petrie Storage and Transfer Co., Inc. She was a member of Deborah Society and First United Presbyterian Church in Fond du Lac. In Fort Lauderdale she was a member of the Garden Club and Woman’s Club.
Surviving are a son, Ross B. of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; a daughter, Mrs. Marcia Martin of Fond du Lac; two grandsons; and two great-granddaughters.
She was preceded in death by four brothers and four sisters.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Zacherl Funeral Home with the Rev. Lloyd G. DeJong officiating. Entombment will be in the mausoleum at Rienzi Cemetery.
Friends of Mrs. Petrie may call after 3 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

Fond du Lac Reporter, Wednesday December 18, 1974, p. 42
WALTER W. PETRIE
Walter William Petrie of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., chairman of the board and president of Petrie Storage & Transfer Co. Inc. of Fond du lac, died Wednesday at the age of 88.
He joined Company E in 1902 and was graduated from Fond du Lac Senior High School in 1904 and the University of Wisconsin Engineering School in 1910.

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Mr. Petrie prospected in Minnesota for U.S. Steel and was also employed by LaClade Gas Co. at St. Louis, Mo., until 1911 when he returned to Fond du Lac and joined his father in the family business.
He was a charter member of the Kiwanis Club, a member of the Rotary Club, 50-year member of Elks Lodge 57, a member of Knights of Pythias, chairman of local civil defense and welfare committees for several years.
Mr. Petrie served as president of the Fond du Lac Country Club and director of the Fond du Lac Association of Commerce. He was chairman of Fond du Lac County Transportation Office of Civil Defense and head of the local National Recovery Act (NRA) program.
Born in the city July 24, 1885, he was the son of William J. and Rose Kuicks Petrie. He married Elizabeth Bechaud July 1, 1911.
Survivors include his widow; a daughter, Mrs. Marcia Martin of Fond du Lac; a son, Ross B. of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; two grandsons and a great-grand daughter. A sister preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m Saturday at Zacherl Funeral Home with the Rev. Lloyd G. DeJong officiating. Entombment will take place in Rienzi Mausoleum.
Family and friends may call after 3 p.m Friday at the funeral home.

Fond du Lac Reporter, Thursday December 20, 1973, p. 36

MARY KRAMER, HER DAUGHTER

AGED RESIDENT TAKEN BY DEATH

Mrs. J.B. Bechaud Expires after Three Weeks Illness; Funeral at Temple
Mrs. Mary Kramer Bechaud, 79, widow of J.B. Bechaud, vice-president of the Bechaud Brewing company, who died April 22, 1922, expired at 5:45 p.m. Monday at St. Agnes’ hospital after a protracted illness. Mrs. Bechaud had been comfined to St. Agnes’ hospital for approximately three weeks.
Mrs. Bechaud, born Aug. 7, 1853, in the Town of Taycheedah, was married in October, 1873, to J.B. Bechaud, who, in the active years of his life, took a leading part in business affairs of this city. They were the parents of eight children, five of whom survive. They are Mrs. Martin Nelson, Mrs. Marshall P. Boudry, Armand R. Bechaud, Louis Bechaud of Racine and Mrs. Pierce Kolb of this city. Deceased children are Rudolph A. Bechaud, who died in 1929. Pierre Bechaud, who expired in 1918 while serving with the coast artillery at Fort Wright, N.Y., and Walter Bechaud, who died in 1898.
There are 12 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren surviving, as well as one sister, Mrs. Louise White of this city, and a brother Paul Kramer, residing in the Town of Taycheedah.
Mrs. Bechaud was a member of the Eastern Star and White Shrine.
The body will be at the Geo. M. Dugan funeral home until 8 p.m. today when it will be taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson, 112 South Military road, where it will lie in state until 11 a.m. Thursday, when, following private services, it will be taken to the Masonic temple. Obsequies will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday from the temple with Fond du Lac chapter, Eastern Star in charge. Burial will be at Rienzi Cemetery.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Tuesday January 10, 1933, p. 3

MASONIC SERVICE HELD

Committal Rites for Mrs. Mary Kramer Bechaud Conducted at Rienzi Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Kramer Bechaud, widow of J.B. Bechaud, who died Monday, were held at 2 p.m. today from the Masonic temple, where rites were conducted by members of the Eastern Star.
Private services were held at 11 a.m at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Nelson, 112 South Military road, son-in-law and daughter of Mrs. Bechaud, with L.P. Peeke, former pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiating. Mr. Peeke also officiated at the grave in Rienzi.
Rites were largely attended and there was a large floral tribute. Pallbearers were Albert Wegel, Peter Friess, Mayor George W. Watson, Rudolph Lenz, Charles Froehling and Harry Treleven.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Thursday January 12, 1933

JOHN B. BECHAUD DIES, AGED 75

Well Known Businessman of City Succumbs to Long Illness

LEAVES SIX CHILDREN
John Bates Bechaud, aged 75 years, prominent in Fond du Lac business circles for many years, died at 2:50 o’clock this afternoon after an illness of a year, which had been acute for the past two months. He had been a resident of Fond du Lac for 53 years. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made.
Mr. Bechaud was born in Germany Oct. 31, 1846, his parents emigrating to America in 1851. The father, John P. Bechaud, conducted a hotel in Fond du Lac for four years after the family arrived in America, later removing to a farm. The son remained with the father until 1871, when he joined with his brothers, Adolph and Frank H. Bechaud, in the organization of the Bechaud Brewing company.
Serving as a private in the Sixth Michigan Cavalry from the date of his enlistment in 1864 until the close of the Civil war, Mr. Bechaud served with another Michigan cavalry regiment in the West until his discharge in 1866. He was affiliated with the Elks, Eagles and Masonic order.
The surviving relatives are the widow, Mrs. Mary Bechaud, and three sons and three daughters, Mrs. M.H. Nelson, Mrs. M.H. Boudry, Mrs. P.L. Kolb, and Rudolph and Louis Bechaud, Fond du Lac, and Arman Bechaud, Chicago.

Fond du Lac Daily Reporter, Thursday April 20, 1922


J.B. BECHAUD IS DEAD, WAS FAILING FOR LONG PERIOD

End Comes at Residence Near 3 O’clock
WAS A CIVIL WAR VETERAN
John B. Bechaud, one of Fond du Lac’s prominent citizens and businessmen, died at 3 o’clock this afternoon at the residence 108 South Union street. He had been in failing health for some time.
Mr. Bechaud was born Oct. 31, 1846 in Germany, and came to this country in 1851. Mr. Bechaud on acquiring his majority followed agricultural pursuits until 1871 when he became associated with his brothers, F.H., and Adolph, in the brewing business. He served as vice president of the Bechaud Brewing Co.
He was a member of the Masons, Elks, Eagles and National Union. He served as a member of the city common council and the school board.

Fond du Lac Daily Commonwealth, Thursday April 20, 1922

BECHAUD RITES FROM TEMPLE OF MASONIC ORDER

Funeral of Late Resident to be Held on Sunday Afternoon

FORMER CITY OFFICIAL
Funeral services for John Bates Bechaud, pioneer resident and former city official, who died Thursday afternoon at the family home on South Union street after a prolonged illness, will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. from the Masonic temple. The body will lie in state at the temple from 10:30 Sunday morning until the hour of the funeral in the afternoon.
Although the many friends of Mr. Bechaud had realized for some time that his chances for recovery were slight, the news of his death came as a shock to them. Numbered among these legions of friends were many children of Wilson school, who had become warm friends and acquaintances of the aged man, who greeted them almost daily from the veranda of his home opposite the school.

Born in Germany
Mr. Bechaud was a native of Germany, having been born at Franfhein, Lower Bavaria on the Rhine, on October 31, 1845. He came to this country with his parents when six years of age and the family located at Taycheedah.
Here Mr. Bechaud took up the brewery trade and the “old brewery” now used as a storage for state camp purposes, has long been a historic spot in the Town of Taycheedah.
When the Civil war broke out Mr. Bechaud enlisted and served with distinction and merit during the years of strife. Upon his return he engaged in business with his brother, the brewery being located where the present Bechaud plant obtains.
Mr. Bechaud took an active interest in city affairs and for many years occupied various public offices, being alderman, president of the council, and also president of the school board.
Fraternally he was affiliated with the Masons, Elks and Eagles. He was a thrity-second degree Mason.
Besides his widow he leaves three daughters, Mrs. Josephine Nelson, Mrs. Ida Boudry and Mrs. Amelia Kolb, all of this city, and three sons, Rudolph, Louis and Armand. Two sons, Walter and Pierce, died several years ago.
Mr. Bechaud also leaves a brother, Armand, who resides at Chelalis, Washington.
Friends are asked to omit flowers.

Fond du Lac Daily Reporter, Friday April 21, 1922


MASONIC RITES FOR J.B. BECHAUD

Body will Lie in State at Temple on Sunday Until Funeral

IN POOR HEALTH FOR YEAR
The funeral of John B. Bechaud, prominent Fond du Lac business man who passed away yesterday afternoon, will be held at the Masonic Temple at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon. Members of Fountain Lodge No. 26, F. & A.M. will have charge of the services.
The body will be taken to the Temple at 10:30 o’clock and will lie in state until the hour of the ceremony. A body of Knights Templar will escort the funeral cortege to Rienzi cemetery where the deceased will be buried. Friends are kindly asked to omit flowers.
The survivors besides the widow, Mrs. Mary Bechaud, are three daughters, three sons and one brother. They are Mrs. Josephine Nelson, Mrs. Ida Boudry, Mrs. Amelia Kolb, and Rudolph Bechaud, all of this city. Louis and Armand, the other two sons are residing in Chicago. The brother, Armand, is engaged in business at Chehalis, Wash.
Mr. Bechaud went to the front with the Sixth Michigan Volunteer Cavalry in 1864. He served until the close of hostilities. Subsequently he was transferred to the first Michigan Cavalry and sent to the west to protect settlements from Indian depredations. He was discharged at Detroit in 1866.
In addition to being affiliated with both the chapter and the commandery of the Masonic order he was a a member of the Elks and Eagles. He had been in poor health for the past year but has been only seriously ill for the past two months.

Fond du Lac Daily Commonwealth, Friday April 21, 1922

JOHN B. BECHAUD BURIED AT RIENZI
The funeral of John Bates Bechaud, pioneer business man of Fond du Lac was held at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the Masonic Temple, with Fountain Lodge No. 26 in charge of the exercises. W.H. Everling acted as worshipful master. There was a Knights Templar escort.
A handsome floral display surrounded the casket. Bearers were P.A. Friess, Charles H. Anderson, George B. Sweet, Simon Schaefer, A.J. McCreery, and G.W. Watson. A Templar escort accompanying the body to Rienzi Cemetery was composed of L.A. Williams, H.C. Dittmar, Frank Storm, W.F. Strang, W.H. O’Hara and Wm. DeSteese.
Those attending the funeral from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Orth, Milwaukee; Miss Anna Sullivan, New London; Mrs. George Graf, Ripon, Armand Bechaud, Chicago.
Masonic rites were observed as commitment took place at Rienzi Cemetery.
Singing at the temple was furnished by Mrs. Knocke and Mrs. Murray, while Mrs. W.F. Taylor played the accompaniment. There was a large attendance at the temple exercises.

Fond du Lac Daily Commonwealth, Monday April 24, 1922, p. 5
WALTER JOHN BECHAUD

While August Bechaud, the 20 year old son of brewer B. Bechaud of Fond du Lac, was playing ball in Athletic Park Sunday morning he fell dead while running from first to second base. He was the Captain of the Fond du Lac Baseball clubs and a member of the Athletic Club.

Dodge County Pioneer, June 15, 1897

A SUDDEN DEATH

Walter John Bechaud Expired Suddenly on Sunday
Yesterday forenoon the Fond du Lac Turn Verein nine were playing a game of ball with a west side team. The day was intensely hot, and while Walter John Bechaud, a member of the Turn Verein, was making a run between first and second base, he was called back by the umpire, and as he turned in answer to the call, he instantly threw up his arms and fell to the ground. One of his brothers seeing him fall, immediately went to his assistance, but found him dead. Dr. Bowers was sent for, and arrived in the course of ten or fifteen minutes. The body of the young man was taken to the home, a jury summoned and the inquest adjourned until Tuesday.
During the earlier part of the game Walter had made several hard runs and become overheated and the doctor ascribed his death to sunstroke.
Walter Bechud was a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Bates Bechaud, who will have the profoundest sympathy of the entire community in the hour of their supreme sorrow. Walter was an exceptionally popular young man and gave promise of a very successful business life. He was engaged in the Bechaud Brewing company, where he was taking a thorough course of instruction in the business. He was a member of Corp. E, Wisconsin National guard, and of the Fond du Lac Turn Verein. The funeral will be held at 2 o’clock on Tuesday afternoon from the house, the burial will be accompanied with military honors. The National guard and the Turn Verein will attend in a body.

Fond du Lac Daily Commonwealth, Monday June 16, 1897

BEAUTIFUL SERVICES

The Burial of Walter Bechaud

Very Large Concourse of People Attend-Largest Ever Seen in the City-An Oration by O.H. Ecke
The funeral services over the remains of Walter John Bechaud, were held from the family residence at 2 o’clock this afternoon. The services were opened by a beautiful German hymn sung by the members of the Fond du Lac Turn Verein. Mr. O.H. Ecke, a member of the Turners, followed with an address as follows:
Kind Friends, Members of the Sorrowing Family: -In this holy, solemn hour, I am about to perform a part than which nothing to me could be more painful or distressing. Little did I expect a week ago that I should so soon be standing again in the presence of the awful reality, confronted by the sad images of sternest agony. Little did I dream yesterday morning that I would today be standing here trying vainly to utter words of comfort to heavy laden hearts, striving feebly to publicly express the bereavement which like a dark cloud lowers o’er the heads of all who came in contact with this young life so suddenly and mysteriously taken from us.
Prompted by a common emotion, contracted in one common brow of woe, we dismiss for a time all thought of business or employment, and banishing every solicitation of mirth or pleasure, we gather together here to give our mourning duties to the dead and to offer our last testimonies of affection and esteem. And while we linger lovingly over the empty form of our departed friend we reverently bow the head in obedience to the highest impulse of the human soul, to contemplate for the short space of an hour the awful mystery of death. We gather here to pay another installment of that great debt which has stood as a lasting obligation from time immemorial, “from the first course, till he that died today,” and will never be cancelled until the trumpet sounds on resurrection morning, a debt against which no statute of limitations runs but one which is daily, yea, hourly being paid but is never relinquished, the debt of tearful devotion and loving homage which the living owe and are ever willing to pay to the fallen brother by the wayside.
I am here today committed to double trust. First as an individual contributor to the common stock of sympathy which pours unbidden and spontaneously into this home of sorrow and affliction. Secondly I come as a member of the great Turner organization, which unanimously tenders its fullest measure of condolence and through me its spokesman now begs the humble boon of being permitted to partake in the solemn obsequies of this closing scene about the body of our departed brother. Though Walter Bechaud had but recently become a member, yet during the short space of his continuance with us he had by his energy and fidelity to the Verein won for himself a lasting remembrance from the organization. He had grappled himself to us by the strongest fraternal ties and had sweetened the memory of his assocation with us by the example of a noble active young life, which by its affiablility and its generosity won for itself friends among all associates. But he is gone and we doubly deplore the manner of his taking off. On the field of amusement he is suddenly striken down, without a word of warning or a thought of impending calamity, but rushed at once into the presence of his Creator.
How can I hope to even faintly suggest the emotion which under these circumstances cluster about this solemn occasion. I have often thought as I sat in similar gatherings and witnessed the same and implements of woe, while I listened amid unbroken silence to the tremulous tones of the men of the holy profession, trying vainly to express sentiments and emotion that lie too deep for utterance or even tears, and I have said to myself, “how empty and impotent is the language of consolation at such a time as this.”
The advent of death at any time is a terrible subject to reflect upon. Whenever it comes, in whatever form, it invariably presents the same inpenetrable and insoluble mystery. Whether it comes to silence long continued suffering, or to shift the burden of years from care bent forms, or to extinguish the flickering flame but newly kindled in the cradle, it always affords serious reflection for thinking minds. But when it comes in such a form as this to untimely devastate youth and beauty, then indeed does it assume its direst aspect. Then truly does it bewilder the mind and launguage becomes but a succession of empty syllables, inadequate to convey the emotion which affliction brings.
Only last Saturday this young boy, yet in his teens, stood in the fulness of health and vigor, and the embodiment of youthful grace and activity, the pride and joy of family and friends, the boon companion of associates. Always obedient to the mandates of duty he was faithful to the end. Now he lies there and for the first time in many years his reposeful features return no answering look of welcome or recognition. While we bear him away to his last resting place and bring to his grave our last contributions of love and devotion and strew his casket with nature’s beautiful flowers, moistened with affectionate tear drops, we most bitterly chide the fleeting moments that even now are so silently but busily cutting away the last few chords that link us to this endearing scene. We sigh to reflect that as they hurry us onward they will soon waste away into eternity and take with them all that is now left of the earthly form of this dear brother and son. When we contemplate the suddenness of this transformation scene from the sunshine of yesterday to the present night of misery and woe, we almost cry aloud, “Oh, cruel Fate, how does thou afflict us. Why was it necessary to take away one so young, who was just entering upon those years when it became his long sought privilege to give the world assurance of his manhood, full of hope, replete with promise?” So incomprehensible, so sudden, so appalling is this circumstance that we cannot even now realize that he is no longer with us.
Is there then no consolation in this dark hour?
Yes, there is; to him who has an abiding faith, whose being is attuned to the music of the spheres in whose soul lies mirrored the star of hope, to him there is a still, small voice that whispers comfort, never yet spoken by the tongue of man. For “in the night of forgotten time comes the assurance that in the end all will be well.” We feel, we consciously know, that somehow, somewhere, even this profoundest of all problems of human destiny will be made clear as the noonday sun to our tear bedimmed eyes; and all this stupendous plan to which our fitful beings must conform like cogs in a wheel, will then be revealed to our troubled vision. We know not whence we came nor whither we are going, but we do know that all around us is undying change and unending progress. Everything material crumbles away, but nothing is lost or destroyed. Then why need we fear annihilation and oblivion for the soul itself. If matter is indestructible, then surely the spirit, that lifegiving essence, the mainspring of youth, of beauty, of activity, must find an abiding place somewhere. If it were not so then this impressive and solemn ceremony which we are performing here today has no more lasting significance than the time of its enactment. If the dead are indeed but so much dust, if the spirit does not survive, and the grave is but the door to oblivion then why render these mourning duties at all. Then why extol the deeds of men? If not to inspire men to noble living, surely it is not done to “flatter the dull cold ear of death.”
Let the remembrance of his young life be a comfort and an inspiration to all that have gathered here, and in conclusion let me bid you live that when
“Your summons comes to join
The innumberable caravan which moves
To that mysterious realm where each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls of Death.
Thou go not like the quarry slave at night,
Scourge to his dungeon, but sustained and
soothed
By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave,
Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch about him
And lies down to pleasant dreams.”
The services closed with a song by the choir, after which the friends and relatives of the deceased viewed the remains. The casket was completely covered with flowers; and in all parts of the room were designs, gifts from loving friends, among which was a knapsack from the members of Company E, bearing the letters, “Co. E, W.N.G.,” Gates Ajar, from the Turn Verein, a Lyre from the Turners, pillow from the High School Athletic association, Harp, Lyre, cross, two wreaths, two crescents and an abundance of cut flowers. The Union band which was in attendance played a soft air as the casket was being borne from the house to the hearse. The members of Company E, the Turners and a delegation of ladies from the Turn Verein, were present at the funeral. A firing squad composed of sixteen members of Company E fired a volley over the grave. The pall bearers were Frank Luebitz, Carl Brugger, Geo. Dick, Adolph Trier, Charles Cleveland and Frank Skinnes. The burial took place at Rienzi.

Fond du Lac Daily Commonwealth, Tuesday June 15, 1897

WALTER BECHAUD DEAD

Expires Suddenly Sunday While Taking Violent Exercise

Was Playing Ball and the Heat and Over Exertion Proved Too Much for Him -- The Funeral and Other Details
Walter, the nineteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Bechaud, died very suddenly at the baseball grounds, Sunday forenoon. The time for the funeral has been announced as 2 o’clcok, Tuesday afternoon, from the residence No. 90 Military street.
Walter Bechaud, with the other members of the Turner baseball organization, was playing a game against a picked up nine. The time was between 10 and 11 o’clock, when the heat was intense. The young man was on first base, and ran nearly to second on a foul; then he was required to run back, an instant later another foul was batted and he took another sprint almost to second. It was just after he turned around to return to first that he fell. His comrades reached his side immediately, but the youth was dying; he was heard to give only two gasps.
The young men carried the body to the grand stand and did all they could to revive him, but to no avail. Dr. Bowers arrived some time afterward and the pronouced the young man dead. The body was then removed to the Bechaud home.
Justice of the Peace Watson, as coronor, impaneled a jury consisting of Messrs. Christian Duessel, Emil Kuhlberg, Albert Schaefer, Luis Zacherl, Henry Bloedel and Fred Kinnitz and the inquest was adjourned to 9 o’clock Tuesday morning.
The deceased was a member of Company E. Wisconsin National Guard, which body will attend the funeral. The Turners, of which organization he was an active member, will also attend. A firing squad of sixteen members from Company E will accompany the remains to the cemetery and there fire the salute to the dead. According to military tactics and usages, a member of the company will be placed on guard at the casket, at 7:30 o’clock Tuesday morning, and remain there until the procession leaves for the cemetery. The locker at the armory belonging to the deceased will be draped in mourning for the next thirty days.
Walter Bechaud has been employed in the Bechaud brewery for the past two months. Prior to that time he was in the High school, where he made an excellent record for himself. His untimely death is to be regretted, and hundreds of his friends and associates, as well as sympathizers with the afflicted family, mourn.

Fond du Lac Daily Reporter, Monday June 14, 1897

BODY RESTS AT RIENZI

Remains of the Late Walter Bechaud Consigned to Earth

Civic and Military Societies Attend and Conduct the Service to the Dead - Attorney Ecke’s Impressive Eulogy
The remains of the late lamented Walter Bechaud, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Bechaud, were laid to rest this afternoon, at beautiful Rienzi. The services, which were simple but impressive, were held at the residence at 2 p.m. Hundreds of sympathizing friends of the family, and associates and life companions of the deceased, attended.
The Turner society, about seventy members strong, and Company E Wisconsin National Guard, marched to the residence, and bestowed the funeral rites of their respective orders. Deceased was member of both organizations. The Union band furnished music.
The pall bearers were members of Company E, Corporals Frank Luebitz and Carl Brugger; Privates George Dick, Adolph Trier, Charles Cleveland and Frank Skinner.
Attorney O.H. Ecke delivered an eulogy for the Turner society. His words were: Kind Friends, Members of the Sorrowing Family: -In this holy, solemn hour, I am about to perform a part than which nothing to me could be more painful or distressing. Little did I expect a week ago that I should so soon be standing again in the presence of the awful reality, confronted by the sad images of sternest agony. Little did I dream yesterday morning that I would today be standing here trying vainly to utter words of comfort to heavy laden hearts, striving feebly to publicly express the bereavement which like a dark cloud lowers o’er the heads of all who came in contact with this young life so suddenly and mysteriously taken from us.
Prompted by a common emotion, contracted in one common brow of woe, we dismiss for a time all thought of business or employment, and banishing every solicitation of mirth or pleasure, we gather together here to give our mourning duties to the dead and to offer our last testimonies of affection and esteem. And while we linger lovingly over the empty form of our departed friend we reverently bow the head in obedience to the highest impulse of the human soul, to contemplate for the short space of an hour the awful mystery of death. We gather here to pay another installment of that great debt which has stood as a lasting obligation from time immemorial, “from the first course, till he that died today,” and will never be cancelled until the trumpet sounds on resurrection morning, a debt against which no statute of limitations runs but one which is daily, yea, hourly being paid but is never relinquished, the debt of tearful devotion and loving homage which the living owe and are ever willing to pay to the fallen brother by the wayside.
I am here today committed to double trust. First as an individual contributor to the common stock of sympathy which pours unbidden and spontaneously into this home of sorrow and affliction. Secondly I come as a member of the great Turner organization, which unanimously tenders its fullest measure of condolence and through me its spokesman now begs the humble boon of being permitted to partake in the solemn obsequies of this closing scene about the body of our departed brother. Though Walter Bechaud had but recently become a member, yet during the short space of his continuance with us he had by his energy and fidelity to the Verein won for himself a lasting remembrance from the organization. He had grappled himself to us by the strongest fraternal ties and had sweetened the memory of his assocation with us by the example of a noble active young life, which by its affiablility and its generosity won for itself friends among all associates. But he is gone and we doubly deplore the manner of his taking off. On the field of amusement he is suddenly striken down, without a word of warning or a thought of impending calamity, but rushed at once into the presence of his Creator.
The advent of death at any time is a terrible subject to reflect upon. Whenever it comes, in whatever form, it invariably presents the same inpenetrable and insoluble mystery. But when it comes in such a form as this to untimely devastate youth and beauty, then indeed does it assume its direst aspect. Then truly does it bewilder the mind and launguage becomes but a succession of empty syllables, inadequate to convey the emotion which affliction brings.
Only last Saturday this young boy, yet in his teens, stood in the fulness of health and vigor, and the embodiment of youthful grace and activity, the pride and joy of family and friends, the boon companion of associates. Always obedient to the mandates of duty he was faithful to the end. Now he lies there and for the first time in many years his reposeful features return no answering look of welcome or recognition.
Is there then no consolation in this dark hour? Yes, there is; to him who has an abiding faith, whose being is attuned to the music of the spheres in whose soul lies mirrored the star of hope, to him there is a still, small voice that whispers comfort, never yet spoken by the tongue of man. For “in the night of forgotten time comes the assurance that in the end all will be well.” We feel, we consciously know, that somehow, somewhere, even this profoundest of all problems of human destiny will be made clear as the noonday sun to our tear bedimmed eyes; and all this stupendous plan to which our fitful beings must conform like cogs in a wheel, will then be revealed to our troubled vision. We know not whence we came nor whither we are going, but we do know that all around us is undying change and unending progress. Everything material crumbles away, but nothing is lost or destroyed. Then why need we fear annihilation and oblivion for the soul itself. If matter is indestructible, then surely the spirit, that lifegiving essence, the mainspring of youth, of beauty, of activity, must find an abiding place somewhere. If it were not so then this impressive and solemn ceremony which we are performing here today has no more lasting significance than the time of its enactment. If the dead are indeed but so much dust, if the spirit does not survive, and the grave is but the door to oblivion then why render these mourning duties at all. Then why extol the deeds of men? If not to inspire men to noble living, surely it is not done to “flatter the dull cold ear of death.”
Let the remembrance of his young life be a comfort and an inspiration to all that have gathered here, and in conclusion let me bid you live that when
“Your summons comes to join
The innumberable caravan which moves
To that mysterious realm where each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls of Death.
Thou go not like the quarry slave at night,
Scourge to his dungeon, but sustained and
soothed
By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave,
Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch about him
And lies down to pleasant dreams.”

Floral Offerings
The floral contributions were: Pillow with the name “Walter” in raised letters, harp, cross, wreath; pillow from the High School Athletic association; knapsack from Company E; lyre, “Gates Ajar” from the Turn Verein.
The remains were escorted to the cemetery by a large number of people and members of the orders named. A firing squad of members of Company E, fired the salute for the dead, when the body had been consigned to the earth.

The Coroner’s Verdict
The verdict of the inquest held over the reamins of the late Walter Bechaud, was that he came to his death by sunstroke.

Fond du Lac Daily Reporter, Tuesday June 15, 1897


MRS. NELSON CITY NATIVE, EXPIRES AT 87

Member of Cathedral, Eastern Star; Rites to be Announced
Mrs. Josephine Nelson, 87, of 112 South Military road, died today at her home. She was born in Fond du Lac on July 20, 1874, the daughter of J.B. and Mary Kramer Bechaud.
On Nov. 27, 1901, she was married to Martin H. Nelson. Mrs. Nelson was a member of St. Paul’s Cathedral. She also was a charter member of the Eastern Star and the Academy club.
Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Leonard Mowers, Vista, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Pierce Kolb, city; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Nelson was preceded in death by her husband; two daughters, and six brothers and sisters.
Services will be at the Zacherl Funeral home. The time of services and visitation hours will be announced.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Wednesday February 7, 1962, p. 26

MRS. JOSEPHINE NELSON
Funeral services for Mrs. Josephine Nelson, 87, of 112 South Military road, who died Wednesday, will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Zacherl Funeral home, the Very Rev. John E. Gulick officiating. Burial will be at Rienzi mausoleum. Friends may call at the funeral home until the time of the services.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Thursday February 8, 1962, p. 22

MRS. JOSEPHINE NELSON
Services for Mrs. Josephine Nelson, who died Wednesday, were Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Zacherl Funeral home, the Very Rev. John E. Gulick officiating. Burial was in the Rienzi mausoleum.
Pallbearers were Joseph Schmitz, Otto Wodsedalek, Dr. George McIntee, B.J. Holman, Ervin Brandt, and Erick Erickson. Mrs. Ruby Hassman served as organist.
Persons who attended the funeral were from Vista, Calif., and Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Saturday February 10, 1962, p. 16

MARTIN NELSON, OFFICER OF FIRM FOR MANY YEARS, DEAD

Well Known Resident of City Expires at Hospital after Illness
Martin Henry Nelson, 72, an officer in the former Bechaud Brewing company in this city for more than 30 years and long active in Masonic lodge circles, died at 10:55 p.m. Thursday at St. Agnes hospital. Mr. Nelson lived at 112 South Military road.
Born Dec. 12, 1871, in Flensburg, Denmark, a son of Dirk and Bodile Nelson, he came to Fond du Lac with his parents in 1881 and was married here on Nov. 27, 1901, to Miss Josephine Bechaud. He was secretary-treasurer of the brewing company from 1903 to 1937.
A thirty-second degree Mason, Mr. Nelson was a member of the joint board of trustees of the Masonic temple and was a past master of Fountain Lodge 26, F. and A.M., which he joined July 7, 1910, a past high priest of Darling Chap. 20, R.A.M., which he joined June 21, 1911, and a past commander of Fond du Lac Commandery 5, Kights Templar, with which he became affiliated Nov. 14, 1911, and was a member of the Shrine Consistory and the Eastern Star, having joined the Consistory in 1921.
Surviving are his widow, three daughters, mrs. Josephine Marie Chesley of this city, Mrs. Docfin Humleker of Chilton and Mrs. Leonard Mowers of Ripon, seven grandchildren, a sister, Mrs. Frank Pinkham of Exeter, Calif., and four brothers, George and Charles Nelson of Los Angeles and Herman and Christ Nelson of this city.
The body will be at the Candlish chapel until 11 a.m. Sunday when it will be removed to the Masonic temple to lie in state until 2 p.m. the hour of services. Burial will be in Rienzi Cemetery.
Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Friday June 2, 1944, p. 14

MARTIN H. NELSON
Funeral services for Martin H. Nelson, who died Thursday, were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Masonic temple.
Will C. Hyde acted as worshipful master, G.S. Wegel as bearer of holy writings and Louis P. Peeke as chaplain. The service was preceded by a brief eulogy by Mr. Peeke. Mrs. Robert E. Ricklefs sang, accompanied by Mrs. Ester Temple. Pallbearers were Charles Froehling, Harry Treleven, Dee Willis, A.B. Holman, William Schmidt and Otto Wodsedalek, Knights Templar in uniform provided an escort.
There were a large number of persons from surrounding places in attendance.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Monday June 6, 1944, p. 12


FUNERAL RITES ANNOUNCED FOR WIFE OF BARBER

Mrs. Marshall P. Boudry to be Buried in Calvary Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs. Marshal P. Boudry, 73, wiwfe of a well known Fond du Lac barber, and a member of a pioneer family of the city, who died at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday at the residence, 50 North Marr street, will be held SAturday at 8:45 a.m. at the Zacherl funeral home and at 9:15 a.m. at St. Joseph’s church, with burial in Calvary cemetery.
Mrs. Boudry, and invalid for many years, was the former Ida Bechaud, daughtrer of John Bates and Marie Kraemer Bechaud. She spent her life in this city, where she was born July 20, 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Boudry celebrated their golden wedding anniversary April 25, 1949. Mrs. Boudry was a member of the Altar scoiety of St. Joseph’s church and of the Thhird Order of St. Francis.
In addition to her widower, Mrs. Boudry is survived by a son, Dr. Marshall Boudry, Waupaca; two daugthers, Ursel, at home, and Mrs. bernard Lige, Berlin; a brother, Armand R. Bechaud, and two sisters, Mrs. Martin Nelson and Mrs. Percy Kolb, all of the city.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Thursday January 12, 1950, p. 29

MRS. MARSHALL BOUDRY
Funeral services for Mrs. Marshall Boudry, who died Wendesday,w ere held today at 8:45 a.m. at the Zacherl funeral home and at 9:15 a.mm. at St. Joseph’s church, the Rev. Henry G. Riordan officiating. Burial was in Calvary cemetery, where the Rev. Joseph Hosch conducted rites.
Pallbearers weere John Hopper, Joseph Pilon, William Bechaud, Adolph Orth, James George and Roland Kolb.
Among those attending the services were Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Meyer, Chicago; Mrs. Charles Fredricks, Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. Roland Kob, Green Lake; Dr. and Mrs. Marshall Boudry and family, Waupaca; and Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Lieg and family, Berlin.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Saturday January 14, 1950, p. 16


M.P. BOUDRY, SHOP OWNER, EXPIRES AT 85

City Barber for 70 Years Dies at Home, Native of Quebec, Canada
Marshall P. Boudry, 85, prominent barbershop owner in the city the last 70 years, died at 6:50 p.m. Friday at his home, 50 North Marr street.
Mr. Boudry was born Oct 20, 1871, at St. Chrysostome, Quebec, Can., the son of John and Ursel Boudry. He came to Fond du Lac in 1876 and on April 20, 1899, was married to Ida Bechaud. Mrs. Boudry died Jan. 11, 1950.
Mr. Boudry opened the first barbershop in Fond du Lac in 1887 and has operated a shop here ever since. He was believed to have been one of the oldest active barbers in the Middle West.
Surviving are three children, Dr. Marshall O. Boudry, Waupaca, Mrs. Alice Lieg, Milwaukee, and Miss Ursel Boudry, at home; a brother, Claude Boudry, of Fond du Lac; and six grandchildren. Two brothers and three sisters preceded him in death.
Friends may call at the Zacherl Funeral home after 10 a.m. Sunday. Funeral services will be there Monday at 8:45 a.m. and at 9:15 a.m. at St. Joseph’s church.
Burial will be in Calvary cemetery.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Saturday September 21, 19157, p. 3

MARSHALL P. BOUDRY
Funeral services for Marshall P. Boudry, who died Friday, were held today at 8:45 a.m. at the Zacherl Funeral home and at 9:15 a.m. at St. Joseph’s church, the Rev. Donald Elverman officating. Burial was in Calvary cemetery wehre the Rev. Robert J. Bales conducted the rites.
Pallbearers were jack Hopper, William and Gene Bechaud, James George,a nd Robert and Franklin Boudry.
Out of town persons in attendance were from Waupaca, Milwaukee, Chicago, and Sheboygan.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Monday September 23, 1957, p. 20


R.A. BECHAUD, DRUGGIST, IS STRICKEN AT HOSPITAL AFTER FIVE WEEKS ILLNESS

Sinus Trouble Following Infection Claims Life of Drugstore Owner.

Funeral Services Will be Held Thursday at Residence and Masonic Temple.
Five weeks illness, which resulted from an infected tooth and developed into sinus trouble caused the death at 5:30 a.m. today of Rudolph A. Bechaud, well-known Fond du Lac Businessman, at St. Agnes Hospital. He had been unconscious for the last week.
Mr. Bechaud, a member of the drug firm of Bechaud and Plank, 153 South Main street, in this city, was born on July 14, 1879, the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Bechaud. He attended the public schools and received his diploma at the high school in 1898, although he had left his studies in April of that year to serve as a member of Company E in the Spanish-American war. He was with the company on its expedition to Porto Rico.
At the conclusion of the war Mr. Bechaud entered Marquette university, studying pharmacy. After finishing his course and taking the state examination he worked for a time in Milwaukee, returning to this city in 1909 to open the Bechaud drugstore in the Fond du Lac clinic building. This he conducted until he associated himself with M.J. Plank and organized the Bechaud and Plank Drug company, which began business in July, 1925.
On Jan. 5, 1909, Mr. Bechaud was united in marriage to Miss Maria Mauthe, a sister of William Mauthe. Surviving the deceased leaves his widow, three children, Ruth, Gene and William, his mother, Mrs. J.B. Bechaud, 108 South Union street, three sisters, Mrs. M.H. Nelson, Mrs. Marshall P. Boudry and Mrs. Pierce Kolb, and two brothers, Armand R. Bechaud of Chicago and Louis Bechaud of Racine.
The deceased was a member of Fountain Lodge N. 26, F. and A.M., the Eater Star, the Arthur McCourt Camp, Spanish-American War verterns, the Lions club, Presbyterian Men’s club, Royal Arcanum, and Fond du Lac Lodge No. 57, B.P.O.E.
There will be private funeral services at the residence before the body is removed to the Masonic temple at 11 a.m Thursday. From that hour until 2 p.m the body will lie in sate at the temple. At 2 p.m. Masonic burial rites will be conducted by Fountain Lodge N. 26 F. and A. M. The Rev. A.W. Raabe will officiate at the residence and assist in the services at the temple. Burial will be at Rienzi cemetery.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Tuesday May 14, 1929, p. 3


RITES

photo of R.A. Bechaud

RUDOLPH A. BECHAUD
Funeral rites for Rudolph A. Bechaud, well known druggist, member of the Bechaud and Plank Durg company who died Tuesday at St. Agnes’ hospital, will be held at 2 p.m Thursday from the Masonic temple, with Fountain Lodge No. 26 F. and A.M. in charge. W.H. Everling will act as worshipful master and there will be a brief address by the Rev. A.W. Raabe, pastor of the First Presbyterian church. The body will lie in state at the temple from 11 a.m until 2 p.m. There will be a brief service at the residence, 19 Algoma street, before the body is removed to the temple. Burial will be at Rienzi cemetery.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Wednesday, May 15, 1929

FINAL TIRBUTE TO R.A. BECHAUD

Funeral Services Conducted at Masonoic Temple for Well-Known Druggist
Funeral services for Rudolph A. Bechaud, well-known druggist, member of the Bechaud and Plank Drug company, whose death occurred Tuesday at St. Agnes hospital were held at 2 p.m. today from the Masonic temple in the presence of a large assemblage of friends and business and club associates.
Rites were conducted by Fountain lodge N. 26, F. and A.M., with W.H. Everling as worshipful master. The Rev. A.W. Raabe, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, asssisted in the services and also spoke briefly. The Rev. Mr. Raabe also conducted a brief service at the family residence, 19 Algoma street, at 11 a.m., when the body was taken to the temple to lie in state until the hour of the funeral.
Pallbearers were Ben Rosenthal, John Treleven, John Gilbertson, Earl Borsack, Roy Potter and Clarence Hill. Burial took place at Rienzi cemetery, where the Masonic ritual was performed. The Fond du Lac Lions club, of which Mr. Bechaud was member, was represented at the funeral.
Mr. and mrs. Armand R. Bechaud of Chicago and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bechaud of Racine, brothers and sisters-in-law of the deceased, were here for the funeral.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Thursday May 16, 1929

MRS. MARIE BECHAUD
Mrs. Marie Bechaud, formerly of Fond du Lac, died at 11:30 a.m. this morning at Grand Army Home, King. Funeral arrangements are pending at Zacherl Funeral Home.

Fond du Lac Reporter, Wednesday December 12, 1973

MRS. MARIE BECHAUD
Funeral services for Mrs. Marie Bechaud, 88, formerly of 10 Aalgoma St., who died Wednesday at Grand Army Home for Veterans at King, will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday at Zacherl Funeral Home.
The Rev. Lloyd G. DeJong will officiate and burial will follow in Rienzi Cemetery.
Visitation for Mrs. Bechaud will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
She was born June 3, 1885 at Kimberly. One Jan. 5, 1909, she was married to Rudolph Bechaud in Fond du Lac and he died in 1929.
Mrs. Bechaud resided at King for the last three years. She was member of First United Presbyterian Church, Deborah Circle, Eastern Star and Spanish America War Veterans Auxiliary.
Surviving are two sons, William and Gene, both of Fond du Lac, and five grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter, four brothers and three sisters.

Fond du Lac Reporter, Thursday December 13, 1973.
LOUIS BECHAUD
Louis Bechaud, 60, a member of a pioneer family of Fond du Lac, died at 8:30 a.m. today at his hime, 533 Delaware avenue, North Fond du Lac, after several months’ illness.
A native of Fond du Lac, he was born June 2, 1882, son of Bates and Mary Bechaud, and on Nov. 22, 1905 was married at Princeton to Maggie Beyer. The couple resided in this city for several years, later lived in Racine for 12 years and four years ago moved to North Fond du Lac.
Surviving are his widow; a brother, Armand R. Bechaud and three sisters, Mrs. Marshall boudry, Mrs. Martin Nelson and Mrs. Peirce Kolb, all of this city.
The body is at the Zacherl funeral home where it will lie in state from late Wednesday afternoon until the hour of the services, which will be announced in tomorrow’s paper.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Tuesday October 27, 1942, p. 114

LOUIS BECHAUD
Funeral services for Louis Bechaud, 533 Delaware avenue, North Fond du Lac, who died Tuesday will be conducted at 9 a.m. Friday in the Zacherl funeral home and at 9:30 a.m. in the Church of the Presentation at North Fond du Lac. Burial will be in the family lot at Rienzi cemetery.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Wednesday October 28, 1942, p. 16

LOUIS BECHAUD
Funeral services for Louis Bechaud, who died Tuesday, were held at 9 a.m. today from the Zacherl funeral home and at 9:30 a.m. from the Church of the Presentation in North Fond du lac, the Rev. Edward J. Wagner officiating. Burial was in Rienzi cemetery.
Pallbearers were Adolph Bechaud, William Bechaud, Adolph Orth, E.J. Korrer, Pierce Kolb and Martin Kiefner.
Out-of-town persons attending were Mr. and Mrs. William Beyer, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Beyer, Frank Beyer, Mrs. L. Christianson, Mrs. Robert Lewis, Miss Ethel Morrison and Mrs. Grace Johnson, Racine; Frank Beyer, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Beyer, Princeton; Mrs. Theresa Mendenwalt, Minocqua.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Friday October 30, 1942, p. 14


Magdalene M. Beyer, his wife

BECHAUD, MRS. MAGGIE M. , 1401 BUCHANAN ST.
Age 83. Passed away this morning, July 16, 1963 at her home. Mrs. Bechaud was born in Princeton, Wis. on April 29, 1880. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Minnie Bonstin, Racine; also nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-hephews. Her husband, Louie Bechaud, preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held Thursday, July 18, 8 a.m. in Sacred Heart Church, Rev. John Wutschek officiating. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Highway 32. Friends may call at the Krug Memorial Home, Inc., corner of Barker and Lincoln Sts., Wednesday afternoon after 4 o’clock. The Rosary will be recited Wednesday evening, 6:45.

Racine Journal Times, Tuesday July 16, 1963, p. 5b, col. 5.
A.R. BECHAUD, 67, PIONEER FAMILY MEMBER, DEAD

Native of city Dies in Sleep at Home on Fourth Street; Rites are Planned
Armand R. Bechaud, 67, a member of one of the city’s earliest families and a resident of Fond du Lac most of his life, died in his sleep early today at his home, 75 Fourth street.
A graduate dentist, Armand Bechaud was born here Feb. 16, 1883, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Bates Bechaud. his father was one of t he owners and operators of the former Bechaud Brewery company which for many years was nubered a mong the best known brewereies in the state. The family home was at 90 Military street, now Military road, for many years.
After graduating from the Fond du Lac High school, in 1902, Armand Bechaud completed a course in a Milwaukee school of dentistry, and prior to his retirement had practieced his professison at Kaukauna and at Brownsville. On April 28, 1928, he was married to Miss Leone Perrizo of this city, the ceremnoy having been performed in St. Clara’s church, Chicago. The couple lived in Chicago for a afew years after their marriage.
Surviving, in addition to Mrs. Bechaud, is a daughter, Ann Bechaud, a student at Marquette university, Milwaukee, and two sisters, Mrs. Josephine Nelson and Mrs. Pierce L. Kolb, both of the city.
Fuenral services will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Hardgrove and Gordon funeral home. Burial will be in Calvary cemetry.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Thursday January 18, 1951, p. 30
ARMAND R. BECHAUD
Fuenral services for Armand R. Bechaud, who died Thursday, were held today at 10 a.m. at the Hardgrove and Gordon funeral home, the Rev. Henry G. Riordan of St. Joseph’s church officiating. Burial was in Calvary cemetery.
Pallbearers were Adolph V. Orth, Dr. j.W. Foley, Gregory Wehner, Walter Anders, Grover F. Korrer and Roger Cormican.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Perrizo and daugther, Jan, Chicago; Dr. and Mrs. Marshall Boudry, Waupaca, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Lieg, Berlin and Mr.s P. Hunricker, Chilton, were among those attending the services.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Saturday, January 20, 1951, p. 16
MRS. LEONE BECHAUD
Mrs. Leone Bechaud, 75, of 95 Sheboygan St., who was employed by the Hayes Agency until her recent illness, died at 7:30 a.m. today at Rolling Meadows.
She was born in Fond du Lac on March 23, 1897, a daughter of Joseph and Melinda Dupies Perrizo. She was married to Armnad Bechaud.
Mrs. Bechaud was member of St. Joseph’s Catohlic Church, Altar and Rosary Society and Third Order of St. Francis.
Surviving are a duaghter, Mrs. Thomas Poole of Littleton, Colo.; five grandchildre; a sister, Mrs. Irene McCabe of Fond du Lac; and two brothers, C.J. Perrizo of Fond du Lac and Hubert Perrizo of Chicago.
Her husband preceded her in death and also three sisters and a brother.
Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Zacherl Funeral Home and at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Church. The Rev. George J. Gibbons will officiate and burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.
Friends may call after 4 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Fond du Lac Reporter, Wednesday August 2, 1972, p. 36


JENNIE ADELE WILKIE COLE,
first wife of Armand Bechaud

Death Comes to Mrs. Cole at Age of 74

Travel Agnecy President, Active Member of Many Groups in City

Mrs. Jennie A. Cole, 74, of 203 Hoyt street, died at 6:20 p.m. Wednesday at St. Agnes hospital. She was born on June 18, 1887, the duaghter of James and Anna Lange Wilkie.
Mrs. Cole was the widow of William I. Cole, who died in 1942. She was the president of the William I. Cole Travel agnecy and owner of teh Cole Insurance agency.
Mrs. Cole was a member of South Hills club, the Academy club, Atrusa, the Community Garden club, and the Fond du Lac Woman’s club. She was a director of the Children’s Home.
The only surviving members of Mrs. Cole’s family are nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by two brothers.
Services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Zacherl Funeral home, the Rev. charles Damp officiating. Cremation will follow. Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. on Friday.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Thursday, June 22, 1961, p. 28

Mrs. Jennie Cole
Services for Mrs. Jennie A. Cole, who died on Wednesday, were Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Zacherl Funeral home, the Rev. Charles Damp officating. Miss Florence Seefeld participated in teh service as organist. Cremation followed. Persons who attended the funeral were from Madison, Mukwonago, Waukesha, Milwaukee, and Neenah.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Monday, June 26, 1961, p. 10

WILLIAM I. COLE,
second husband of Jennie Wilkie

Heart Attack Proves Fatal to W.I. Cole

President of Vocational School Board is Stricken after Week’s Illness

Leader in Civic, Charitable Affairs For Many Years Expires at Home
William I. Cole, 67, president of the board of vacational and adult education, former banker and a civic leader in Fond du Lac for many years, died at his home, 203 Hoyt street, at 5 a.m. today after a week of illness following a heart attack.
Mar. Cole was a lifelong resident of this city. He was born here May 8, 1875, the son of the late W.E. Cole and Annie Hurd Cole. He attended the Fond du Lac public schools and St. John’s Military academy at Delafield. After his graduation he returned to Fond du Lac to eneter the employ of the Cole Savings bank, which had been established by his father.
Mr. Cole left the employ of the bank for a time and was engaged for a period as telegraph operator for the Wisconsin Central railway and travelled for the old Wells Manufacturing company, but upon his father’s death he returned to the bank, of which he became a vice-president until it was discontinued. Since then he had been in the general insurance and travel agency business.
Mr. Cole was married on Oct. 19, 1918, in Fond du Lac to Miss Jennie Wilkie, who, with two daughters by a previous marriage, Mrs. Lewis Van Higgins and Mrs. G.A. Grove, survive him. He is also survived by two grandchildren.
During his lifelong residence in Fond du Lac, Mr. Cole had an active interest in civic affairs and those of a charitable nature and gave largely of his time and efforts to such matters.
Mr. Cole was appointed to the board of vocational and adult education in 1917 and had been president of the board since 1918. He was president of the board of education from the spring of 1913 to 1915.
One of the organizers of the Wisconsin Association for the Disabled, an organization for extending aid to crippled children and adults, Mr. Cole was treasurer of the association from its formation in 1926 to the time of his death.
Mr. Cole was one of the organizers of the Children’s Home and was a member of the board and its president since the death of the late Henry Miller. He also served as president of the Fond du Lac Baord of Insurance Underwriters.
He was a member of the Plymouth Congregational church and of the Elks.
The body was removed to the Geo. M. Dugan funeral home, where it will like in state from 2 p.m. Sunday until 2 p.m. Monday, when funeral services will be conducted by L.P. Peeke. The body will then be taken to Valhalla cemtery, Milwaukee, for cremation.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Friday September 11, 1942, p. 3

Brief Service is Conducted for W.I. Cole

L.P. Peeke Officiates at Rite of Civic, Welfare Leader in City
Brief funeral services were held at 2 p.m. today in the Geo. M. Dugan funeral home for William I. Cole, prior to cremation in Valhalla cemetery, Milwaukee.
L.P. Peeke, a long time friend and associate of Mr. Cole, gave the eulogy and upon request the Second Movement of Tschaikowsky’s Fifth Symphony, one of Mr. Coles’ favorite selections, was played on the organ by Harvey Millar.
Out-of-town persons here for the services included Mrs. L.V. Higgins of Chicago; Mrs. H.W. Cole of Neenah; Mrs. Lester Thorne of Des Plaines; Hubert Cole of Mukwonago; Mrs. L.W. Barber of Land O’ Lakes; Mr. and Mrs. H.M. Wilkie, Mrs. Darrell Waters, Dr. and Mrs. James Wilkie, Mr. and Mrs. E.M. Wilkie and Mr. and Mrs. Phil Kirch of Madison; Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Wilkie and daughter, Janet, of Milwaukee and Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Secord of Waukesha.
The death of Mr. Cole occurred early Friday at his home, 203 Hoyt street.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Monday September 14, 1942, p. 18
MABEL NETTIE KELSEY COLE,
first wife of William I. Cole

Mrs. W.I. Cole Dies Suddenly

Succumbs to Heart Trouble Tuesday Night

Death a Shock to Friends

Has Been Ill for Five Months But Not Seriously-Funeral Will be Friday
Mrs. W.I. Cole, wife of W.I. Cole, vice-president of the Cole Savings Bank, passed away at 8:30 o’clock Tuesday night. Death was due to heart trouble. She is survived by her husband and two daughters, Jeanette and Margaret.
The news of Mrs. Cole’s death came as a shock to her may friends throughout the city. Although suffering for the past five months from heart trouble, her condition was at no time serious prior to yesterday. When she became suddenly ill Tuesday she was taken to St. Agnes’ Hospital immediately and death came unexpectedly at 8:30 o’clock.
Mrs. Cole was born in Milwaukee January 31, 1874, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Kelsey. In 1896 she was married to W.I. Cole, of this city, in Milwaukee. She has spent her entire married life in Fond du Lac, where she was prominent in society and gathered about her a circle of warm and sincere friends. She sang in the choirs of Plymouth Congregational Church and the Baptist Church, and was a member of the Agapean Society of the Congregational Church.
The funeral will be held Friday at 2 o’clock in the afternoon from the residence at 303 Gillett street, the Rev. Robert Hopkin officiating. Burial will take place at Rienzi cemetery.

Fond du Lac Daily Commonwealth, Wednesday September 5, 1917, p. 5

Funeral Services of a Simple Nature

Many Join in Tribute of Respect to Mrs. W.I. Cole

Flowers Recall Friends

Services are Conducted at the Residence on Gillett Street by the Rev. Mr. Hopkin
The funeral of Mrs. N. Mabelle Cole, wife of W.I. Cole was held at 2 o’clock this afternoon at the residence 303 Gillett street in the presence of a large assemblage of relatives and friends.
The services were of a simple though impressive nature. The Reverend Robert Hopkin of Plymouth Congregational Church, recited the prayer and gave a brief address. The room in which the service was held was filled with flowers, the display consisting of many set pieces and a wealth of bouquets. There were remembrances from the Basswego Club, with which Mr. Cole is affiliated, the Agapeans, Priscillas and a host of friends.
In the course of his brief address, Mr. Hopkin spoke as follows:
“It seems fitting that the old should die, their work is done, their friends are gone, their faculties are impaired, and their days are but days of waiting. To them Death is no ‘Grim King of Terrors’ but a kind friend sent by the Good Father to lead them through the darkness of the last night, into the light of a new, glad morning. It is not the passing of one who has grown old, that brings us together in the house of mourning today, but of one who had scarcely reached life’s noon, a bright young wife and mother, one who from our view point seems to be so sorely need by her husband and daughters. But we do not know, we can see such a little way ahead, we can only think and wonder. The Son of Man died at the age of thirty-three, and in His last moments He said ‘It is finished!’ Who knows when one’s life work is done? When one has finished the task for which he was created?
“On such an occasion as this, my one desire is to bring some comforting thought into the hearts of those who sorrow, and this I fain would do today. I wish that I could say something that would tinge with gold the cloud of bereavement that hangs low above this husband and father, and these two dear girls. My I just say, death is not all loss, it is to the one who has gone, the end of pain, of worry, of trial, of sorrow. I know that it has brought pain and trial and sorrow to you, yet this, if taken in the right spirit, will not work out to your loss, but to your eternal gain. ‘It is surely better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all’. Then all our sorrows bring us nearer God. They turn our thoughts in the direction of the world beyond the shadows, and make that land to us more real. Then, too, sorrow teaches sympathy, only those who have sorrowed, can sympathize with those who sorrow.
“To the friends and neighbors who have come to pay their last tribute of respect to the remains of one they love, I would say, Life is like a journey from a point which we call birth, to another point which we call death, and midway between, lies the broad table land, where we are called upon to face our struggles and perplexities. Some one has likened this journey to a walk along a lighted street, with here and there a lamp that fails to burn. We know not why, but when we reach the end of the journey, the reason is made plain, then we will go back and light the lamps. Life is one and indivisible, immortality is our possession here and now. Death is but a normal change in an eternal process of development. Christ hath brought life and immortality to light, through His gospel.”
The bearers were G.P. Heathcote, J.E. Roberts, F.L. McAleavey, George Hope, R.H. Colman and John P. Hess. Those attending the funeral from out of town were Mrs. A.B. Edgerton, Brainerd, Minn., Mrs. J.F. Lewis, Grand Forks, N.D., Mrs. W.H. Kelsey and son Harry P, of Iron Mountain Mich., Mr. and Mrs. L.W. Barber, Chicago, Mrs. Lester H. Thorne, Platteville, Wis., H.C. Cole, Platteville, H.W. Cole, Green Bay, J.W. Bass, Chicago, Mrs. Howard Sivyer, Milwaukee, Mrs. Geo. O.T. Williams, Milwaukee and Mrs. L. Praeger, Oshkosh.
At the grave which was in Rienzi Cemetery, there was a committal service by the Rev. Mr. Hopkin, followed by a brief prayer.

Fond du Lac Daily Commonwealth, Friday September 7, 1917, p. 5

Death Claims Mrs. W.I. Cole

Wife of Well Known Banker Dies at Hospital Late Tuesday Following Operation.

Heart Trouble is Cause
Mrs. W. I. Cole, wife of W.I. Cole, vice president of the Cole Savings bank, died suddenly at St. Agnes hospital at 8:30 Tuesday evening.
Death was due to heart trouble from which Mrs. Cole had suffered for the past five months, but her demise came as a shock to Mrs. Cole’s many friends and relatives as her affliction had not been considered serious.
Mrs. Cole underwent an operation at the hospital Tuesday, and apparently was recovering, but she collapsed suddenly last evening, and died within a short time. Mr. Cole was at his wife’s bedside when the end came.

Was Very Well Known
Mrs. Cole was well known in social, musical, and church circles in this city. During the many years of her life in Fond du Lac, she gathered round her a large circle of friends who are both shocked and grieved by her sudden demise.
She was a member of the Plymouth church choir and the Baptist church choir for several years, and also was prominent in other musical activities in the city.
Mrs. Cole was also a member of the Agapean society of the Plymouth Congregational church.

Born in Milwaukee
Mrs. Cole was born in Milwaukee on January 31, 1874. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Kelsey of that city. The early years of her life were spent in the Cream city.
She was married to W.I. Cole of this city in 1896, and came to Fond du Lac to live immediately thereafter. All her married life was spent here.
Besides her widower, two daughters, Jeanette and Margaret, survive Mrs. Cole.

Funeral Friday
The funeral will be held from the family residence, 303 Gillett street, at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon. The services will be conducted by the Rev. Robert Hopkin, and interment will be in Rienzi cemtery.

Fond du Lac Reporter, Wednesday September 5, 1917.

Mrs. W.I. Cole Laid at Rest

Funeral of Well Known Banker’s Wife Held from Family Residence

Large Floral Offering
The funeral of Mrs. N. Mabelle Cole, wife of W.I. Cole, a well known and prominent resident of the city, whose death occurred suddenly Tuesday evening from heart trouble, was held at 2 o’clock this afternoon from the family residence, 303 Gillett street.
A simple and impressive service was conducted by the Rev. Robert Hopkin, pastor of the Plymouth Congregational church, in the presence of a large gathering of friends and relatives of the deceased.
The pallbearers were G.P. Heathcote, J.E. Roberts, F.L. McAleavey, George Hope, R.H. Colman, and John P. Hess.
The body of Mrs. Cole was laid at rest in Rienzi cemtery, where a short committal service was read by the Rev. Mr. Hopkin.

Many Floral Tributes
The floral offering was exceedingly large and beautiful, giving mute testimony of the high esteem in which the deceased was held by her many friends and relatives. The casket was literally banked with bouquets and designs.

People From Away
Among those from away present at the funeral were Mrs. A.B. Edgerton of Brainerd, Minn,; Mrs. J.F. Lewis of Grand Forks, N.D.; Mrs. W.H. Kelsey and son, Harry P. of Iron Mountain Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. L.W. Barber of Chicago; Mrs. Lester H. Thorne and H.C. Cole of Plateville; H.W. Cole of Green Bay; J.W. Bass of Chicago, Mrs. Howard Sivyer, Mrs. George O.T. Williams, and Mrs. Maable Jackson of Milwaukee, and Mrs. L. Praeger of Oshkosh.

Fond du Lac Reporter, Friday September 7, 1917
EMELIA F. KOLB
Funeral services for Mrs. Emelia Frances “Millie” Kolb, 84, a resident of Rolling Meadows, who died Sunday, will be held at 9:30 a.m. at Zacherl Funeral Home and at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Church.
The Rev. George G. Gibbons will officiate and burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery. Family and friends may call after 4 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Mrs. Kolb was born Feb. 3, 1889, a daughter of Jean Bates and Mary Kraemer Bechaud. She was married to Pierce Leo Kolb in June of 1914.
She was a member of St. Joseph’s Church and the Altar Society of the church.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. James George of Boulder, Colo.; and a son, Roland, of Hilton Head Island, S.C.; three grandchildren; and four great-granchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband in October 1954. Mrs. Kolb was the last surviving member of her family.

Fond du Lac Reporter, Tuesday May 8, 1973, p. 22
PIERCE L. KOLB EXPIRES WHILE VIEWING GAME

Retired Shops Employe is Stricken at Family Home on Main Street
Pierce L. Kolb, 67, a retired Soo Line shops employe and a lifelong resident of Fond du Lac, collapsed and died at 12:45 p.m. Friday while watching a TV presentation of the World series at his home, 528 South main street. Mr. Kolb was stricken by a cerebral hemorrhage while visitng on the West coast last July.
Pierce Kolb, who retired from railroad service in 1952, was born Jan. 21, 1887, the son of Peter and Elizabeth Kolb, and was married on June 2, 1914, to Emelia F. Bechaud, the daughter of the late John Bates and Mary Bechaud. He was a member of the Holy Name society of St. Joseph’s church.
Survivng, besides Mr.s Kolb, are a son and a duaaghter, Roland Kolb, Washington, D.C., and Mrs. James M. George, city; a brother, Bernard Kolb, city; two sisters, Mrs. Charles L. Baker, city, and Mrs. Walter Bosshard, LaCrosse; three grrandchildren, and neices and nephews. Two brothers preceded him in death.
Fuenral services will be held at the Zacherl Funeral home at 9:45 a.m. Monday and at 10:15 a.m. at St. Joseph’s church. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. The body of Mr. Kolb will be in state after 7 p.m. today.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Sautrday October 2, 1954, p. 16

PIERCE L. KOLB
Funeral services for Pierce L. Kolb, who died Friday, were held today at 9:45 a.m. at the Zacherl Funeral home and at 10:15 a.m. at St. Joseph’s church. The Rev. John Hanley officiated. The sermon was delieverd by the Rt. Rev. msgr. H.G. Riordan.
Pallbearers were William A. Ferguson, herman Buerger, John Butzler, Andrew Kaufman, R.H. Nass, and Walter Kuicks. Burial was in Calvary cmeetery.
Out-of-town persons present at the services were of LaCrosse, Milwaukee, anad Waupaca.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Monday October 4, 1954, p. 22
JEAN PIERRE BECHAUD

LIEUT. BECHAUD BADLY WOUNDED

Local Officer Accidentally Shot by Insane Comrade at Fort Wright, N.Y.

CONDITION IS SERIOUS
First Lieutenant Pierre Bechaud, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Bechaud, 108 South Union street, was seriously wounded, probably fatally, when accidentally shot in the abdomen by Sergt. James Boyle of the coast artillery, who became suddenly mentally deranged, Wednesday, at Fort Wright, Fisher’s Island, N.Y., according to a telegram received by his parents yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Later a telegram was received stating that there was a fighting chance for his recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Bechaud left for Fort Wright this noon.
Boyle also killed two of his comrades and seriously injured three others, and then turned the weapon on himself and ended his own life. Boyle had recently returned after a leave of absence and appeared to be quite rational when he conversed with a friend a few minutes before the tragedy, which was enacted in the company office.
He walked into the office, drew his automatic and began to shoot. His first victim, Sergt. Fred M. Cook of Abington, Mass., was shot through the head. Private Thomas Guzbek of Holyoke, Mass., fell dead with a bullet through the head. Boyle then opened a window and began to shoot at the men standing within range.
Lieut. Bechaud, staff officer, was wounded in the abdomen and Sergt. Adolph Holtom was shot through the jaw. Having finished shooting the men in sight Boyle turned the weapon toward his own head and sent a bullet crashing into this brain. He dropped dead on the office floor. Col. Dorsey, in commmand at the fort, declared that Boyle was temporarily insane.

Fond du Lac Daily Reporter, Thursday April 11, 1918, p. 3

WOUND IS FATAL TO FIRST LIEUT. PIERRE BECHAUD

Local Young Officer Died This Morning as Result of Being Shot by Maniac

TO BRING BODY HERE
First Lieutenant Jeanne Pierre Bechaud, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Bechaud, 108 South Union street, died at 10 o’clock this morning in the hospital at Fort Wright, New York, as a result of being shot in the abdomen by a mentally deranged sergeant on Wednesday, according to telegram received here today.
The telegram, which was sent by the wife of the dead lieutenant, stated that he died at 10 o’clock, eastern time, and that everything possible had been done to save his life. A telegram received earlier this morning had stated that his condition was very serious, although there was a slight chance for recover.
Lieut. Bechaud was shot by the insance sergeant while assisting another soldier whohad been shot by the man.
Officer Since Fall
Lieut. Bechaud attended the first officers’ training camp at Fort Sheridan last summer, entering the school about May 8. After three months of hard training, he received his commission and was transferred to Fortress Monroe, Va., where he was assigned to the coast artillery. He spent two month there and then was sent to Fort Wright, N.Y., where he had been stationed as a staff officer for the past few months.
Lieut. Bechaud was one of the best liked officers at Fort Wright. He had a wide knowledge of military tactics and was popular among the men of the camp.
Was Born Here
Jeanne Pierre Bechaud was born in this city June 9, 1895, and attended the local public schools. He was a member of the graduating class of the local high school in 1913 and then went to Chicago, where he entered the Armour Institute. He was graduated from that institution in the mechanical engineering department last May.
He was united in marriage to Miss Viola Mitchell of this city on August 22, 1917, at St. Joseph’s church. Shortly after the marriage he was ordered to report at Fort Wright and his wife has been with him there.
Besides his widow, Lieut. Bechaud is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Bechaud, three sisters, Mrs. M.H. Nelson, Mrs. M. Boudry and Mrs. P. Kolb, all of this city, and three brothers, Armand of Detroit, Mich., Louis and Rudolph, both of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Bechaud, parents of the young officer, left Thursday noon for Fort Wright, soon after they were notified that their son had been shot. They have no knowledge of the young man’s death and will not reach Fort Wright until 12 o’clock tonight.
Arrangements for shipping the body back to this city will be made by the widow and the parents of the deceased and will be announced later.

Fond du Lac Daily Reporter, Friday April 12, 1918, p. 3

DIED AT FORT

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Lieut. J.P. Bechaud
The body of First Lietenant Jean Pierre Bechaud, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Bechaud, 108 South Union street, who died at Fort Wright, N.Y., on Friday, from wounds received when he was shot by an insane sergeant last Wenesday, will be brought to this city. Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Bechaud are now at the New York fort, but no word regarding burial arrangements has been received here as yet.

Fond du Lac Daily Reporter, Saturday April 13, 1918, p. 1


BECHAUD BODY ARRIVES HERE

Funeral Services Will be Conducted Tuesday from St. Joseph’s Church

DRAPE CASKET WITH FLAG
The body of First Lieutenant Jean Pierre Bechaud, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Bechaud, 108 South Union street, who was shot and fatally wounded by an insane sergeant at Fort Wright, N.Y., last Wednesday afternoon, arrived in this city at 10:10 o’clock Sunday evening over the Chicago and North Western road.
The body was accompanied by the widow of the deceased, his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Bechaud, who went to New York last Thursday noon, and Lieut. Larimer of Fort Wright. The body was taken to the Zinke and Dugan undertaking parlors, North Main street, and later removed to the Bechaud residence, 108 South Union street.
The body will lie in state at the residence until the hour of the funeral. The casket is draped with a large American flag, which flew over the barracks at Fort Wright, where Lieut Bechaud ws stationed.. Lieut. Bechaud will be buried in his uniform as a staff officer.
Private funeral services will be conducted at the residence at 9:30 o’clcok Tuesday morning and public services at 10 o’clock from St. Joseph’s Catholic church. The Rev. J.J. Collins will officiate and interment will take place at Calvary cemetery. It is expected that the Spanish War Veterans and Home Guards will attend the services in a body.
The father and mother of the deceased officer were notified of the death of their son, while enroute from this city to New York. They arrived in New York early Saturday morning and were notified that the body had been shipped from the fort. They then waited in New York and met the body and the widow and Lieut. Larimer, and started for Fond du Lac.
According to the account of the shooting told by the lieutenant’s widow, he was wounded while in the act of assisting another man who had been shot. The bullet, which was forty-five calibre, entered Lieut. Bechaud’s right side and went nearly through his body.
He was taken to the hospital where an operation was performed in the hope of saving his life. Additonal medical assistance was obtained and everything possible was done for the wounded officer. The operation was a success but surgical pneumonia developed and the lieutenant passed away at 10 o’clock Friday morning.
The insane sergeant shot six persons besides himself. Six of them are now dead, two being instantly killed, the sergeant committing suicide, and three of the four wounded died later. The sergeant was considered one of the crack shots at the fort.

Fond du Lac Daily Reporter, Monday April 15, 1918

LAST RITES FOR LIEUT. BECHAUD

Funeral Services for Late Local Army Officer are Held This Morning.

BURIAL WAS AT CALVARY
Fuenral services for the late First Lieutenant Jean Pierre Bechaud, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Bechaud, 108 South Union street, who died as result of being shot by an insane sergeant at Fort Wright, N.Y., last Wednesday, were held this morning at 9:30 o’clock from the family residence and at 10 o’clock from St. Joseph’s Catholic church.
A requiem high mass was said at the church with the Rev. J.J. Collins as celebrant. The Rev. J.J. Shanahan acted as sub-deacon and the Rev. W. Luby of Winneconne was deacon. The Rev. Father Collins delivered the funeral sermon, in which he referred to the great sacrifice the deceased had made for his country and the world.
The pallbearers were Louis and Rudolph Bechaud, brothers of the deceased; August Bechaud, a cousin of Lieut. Bechaud, and Marshall Boudry, M.J. Nelson and Percy Kolb, brothers-in-law. Interment took place at Calvary cemetery.
The members of the Thirty-first Separate company of Wisconsin State guards and the Arthur McCourt camp, United Spanish War veterans, acted as a military escort from the residence to the church and from the church to the cemetery. The casket was draped with the large American flag which flew over the barracks in which Lieut. Bechaud had been stationed before his death. The lieutenant was buried in his uniform of a staff officer of the heavy field artillery.
The funeral services at the residence were private, but hundreds crowded in to the church to pay their last tribute to the deceased. The floral offerings were very large and most beautiful.

Fond du Lac Daily Reporter, Tuesday April 16, 1918

LIEUT. J. BECHAUD SHOT BY OFFICER; BADLY INJURED

Insane Sergeant Shoots up Camp --- Two Killed Outright

FOND DU LAC MAN A VICTIM

Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Bechaud Now on Way to Fort Wright -- Victim Has Fighting Chance.
Lieut. Jean Bechaud, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Bechaud, 108 So. Union street, was seriously injured at Fort Wright, Fishers Island, N.Y yesterday when an insance sergeant ran amuck, shot and killed two men, and wounded several others, four of them, including the Fond du Lac man seriously.
Information cncerning the tragedy reached J.B. Bechaud in two telgrams last night. They stated that the injuries weere serious but added that Lieut. Bechaud had a fighting chance for recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Bechaud left this morning for Fort Wright.
The followin account of the affair appeared in a morning paper:
Fishers Island, N.Y., April 10.-- Sergt. James Boyle of the coast artillery shot and killed two men, wounded several others seriously, including First Lieutenant Jean Bechaud, and then committed suicide with a service revolver at Fort Wright today. he had just returned from leave of absence.
The dead are:
First Sergeant Fred H. Cook, emergency address, William J. Cook, 29 Bank street, Abington, Mass.
Private Thomas G. Guzdek, emrgency address, Florence Wosny, Holyoke, Mass.
Seriously wounded:
First Lieutenant jean Bechaud,
Sergt. Adolph Holtont,
Private Ernest M. Green,
Private Timothy J. Sullivan.
Boyle, according to information at the post, apparently became crazed immediately after his return to the fort. Boyle’s emergency address is given as 109 Gordon street, Allentown, Pa.

Fond du Lac Daily Commonwealth, Thursday April 11, 1918

LIEUT. BECHAUD DIES OF WOUNDS AT FORT WRIGHT

Medical Aid Summoned from Boston -- Parents Enroute EAst

DIED AT TEN THIS MORNING

Had Won Rapid Promotion -- Burial to Take Place in Fond du Lac
Lieut. Pierre J. Bechaud passed away at 10 o’clock this morning, death resulting from a bullet wound inflicted by Sergt. James Boyle of the Coast Artillery, who became insane and ran amuck at Fort Wright, Fisher’s Island, new York, Wednesday, killing two soldiers instantly and seriously wounding four others, including Lieut. Bechaud.
Word which came to Fond du Lac yesterday was to the effect that Lieut. Bechaud had a fighting chance for recovery. The best of surgical skill was summoned from Boston and everything possible was done to save the young man’s life but all proved futile. The bullet had penetrated the stomach.
Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Bechaud, parents of the victim, left Fond du Lac yesterday afternoon for New York.
Lieutenant Bechaud was born in this city June 9, 1896 and had lived here all his life, attending the local schools through the High School, form which he graduated in 1913. After he had completed his course in high school he attended Armour institute and was graduated from that institution.
On August 22 he was married to Miss Viola Mitchell of this city and in the early part of May in 1917, he enlisted in the Mechanical Engineers’ Corps and was sent to Fort Sheridan. later he was transferred to Fortress Monroe and finally to Fort Wright.
He was promoted steadily from the time of his enlistment until he received his last advancement, receiving a commission of first lieeutenant.
Lieutenant Bechaud was a popular young man and has a large number of personal friends who will mourn his loss.
He is survived by his wife, his parents, mr. and Mrs. J.B. Bechaud and three sisters, Mrs. M.H. Nelson, Mrs. M. Boudry and Mrs. P Kolb, all of this city, and three brothers, Armin of Detroit, mich.; Louis and Rudolph of this city.
No arrangments have been made in regard to the funeral and nothing will be done until word is received from Mr.a nd Mrs. Bechaud.

Fond du Lac Daily Commonwealth, Friday April 12, 1918, p. 5

LIEUT. BECHAUD

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The death of Lieut. Jean Pierre Bechaud, the first commissioned officer from Fond du Lac to die since the war began, has caused widespread sorrow in Fond du Lac. The circumstances of his death are deeply regrettable. he was shot down by an irresponsible person when there was no reason to believe he was in perfect safety. His family and friends feel the loss keenly. The have watched his progress since joining the army with the affectation and interest that characterizes the depth of blood ties. He was young, capable ambitious and a young man who was beloved and admired by all who kenew him. His father and mother left for his bedside when they gott the message that he was wounded. They were still enroute when the news came that he was deatd. They learned of the sad news on their arrival in New York.

Fond du Lac Daily Commonwealth, Saturday April 13, 1918, p.5

SOLDIER’S BODY ARRIVES IN CITY

Young Officer Brought to city Sunday Night

MILITARY FUNERAL TUESDAY
Lieutenant from Fort Wright, Together with Girl-Widow and Parents Accompany the Body.
The body of Lieut. Jeana Pierre Bechaud who died Friday morning at Fort Wright, N.AY. as the result of wounds received when he was attacked by a demented sergeant, arrived at 10:10 o’clock last night from New York. The body was accompanied from the fort by the girl widow of the young officer togehter with his parents, mr.a nd mrs. J. Baates Bechaud, who with Lieut. Bechaud and his young wife have resided at Fort Wright since their marriage last August. The young man’s parents arrived in New York to late to see their son alive.
The body of Lieut. Bechaud was accompanied to this city by Lieut. Larmer who was a close friend of the dead officer at Fort Wright. The body was taken to the Zinke and Dugan Undertaking Parlors after which it was taken to the home of his father, J. Bates Bechaud, 108 Union Street.
Funeral services will be held at 9:30 o’clock tomorrow morning from the residence and at 10 o’clock from St. Joseph’s Church, Rev. J.J. Collins will officate. interment will be in Calvary cemetery.
The Spanish War Veterans will attend the funeral ina body.

Fond du Lac Daily Commonwealth,, Monday April 15, 1918, p. 5

BRING DETAILS OF BECHAUD TRAGEDY

Left Home in Morning as usual to Report at Fort

SHOT DOWN FROM WINDOW
Young Officer Speaks to Wife After Tragedy -- Operation was Seemingly Success.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Bates Bechaud, Mrs. J. Pierre Bechaud and Lieut. Larimer who acccompanied the remains of Lieut. J. Pierre Bechaud from New York to this city have brought further details of the tragedy which took the young lieutenant’s life.
Lieut. Bechaud and his wife were keeping house in an apartment near Fort Wright whre the former was stationed as a staff officer. He was able to be at his home every night. On Wednesday morning April 10, he reported for duty as usual. He had been on duty but a few hours when Mrs. Bechaud was summoned from her home by friends who told her that her husband had been shot. Upon arriving at the fort, a short distance from her home, Mrs. Bechaud found her husband. He walked a few steps toward her and said, “I have been shot.” He was immediately removed to a hospital and specialists summoned from New York and Boston. Physicians pronunced his condition critical but said there was a slight chance for his recovery. The bullet was removed from the abdomen of the young lieutenant and the opration pronounced a success. A telegram was sent to this city by Mrs. Bechaud sayiang that the operation was successful. Two hours later a second telegram told of his death.
It is thought that the poison which resulted from the penetration of the bullet was the direct cause of his death. The young man was conscious until near the end.
Upon receiving word that their son had been shot, Mr. and Mrs. Bechaud immediately left for New York. Before arriving in that city, however, they were apprised of his death. They received another wire saying that the lieutenant’s guard who was accompanying the young officer’s remains, together with his wife would meet the bereaved parents in New York.
Lieut. Bechaud was not well acquainted with Sergt. James Boyle, who did the fatal shooting. Boyle had just returned from Allentown, Pa., where he had spent a short furlough. A few moments before the shooting he had conversed rationally with a friend. In just a moment he became crazed, ran to the office at the fort and fired two shots, instantly killing two comrades. He then threw up the window and fired at the soldiers within range. Three men, slightly wounded fell to the ground. Lieut. Bechaud, who was near them went to their assistance with the result that he was shot in the abdomen which wound resulted in his death.
Lieut. Larimer rode in the baggage coach from New York to this city as guard of the body. He returned to the fort yesterday. The body which laid in state at the home of the young officer’s parents, yesterday was clad in his first lieutenant’s uniform. The coffin was draped in an American flag which used to fly from a flagpole over Fort Wright. Crowds of deeply grieved friends of the young man and the family viewed the remains all day yesterday and throughout the night.

Fond du Lac Daily Commonwealth, Tuesday April 16, 1918, p. 5

HUNDREDS HONOR DEAD LIEUTENANT

Large Military Escort Accompanies Remains to Church

SING “AMERICA” AT CHURCH

One of the Largest Attendances Ever Witnessed at Funeral -- Priest Pays Tribute.
Hundreds of people attended today the first military funeral at St. Jospeh’s Church, when Lieutenant Jean Pierre Bechaud, who was fatally shot on Wednesday at Fort Wright, New York by a crazed sergeant, was laid at rest in Calvary Cemetery.
Private services were held at 9:30 o’clock at the Bechaud residence, 108 South Union street. At 10 o’clcok a solemn requiem mass was sung at St. Joseph’s Church by Father J.J. Collins, assisted by Father J.J. Shanahan and Father W.J. Luby of Omro. The latter priest has just received an appointment as chaplain in the army with the rank of first lieutenant. The services throughout were exceedingly impressive. The coffin was draped in an American service flag which formerly flew from a flagpole at Fort Wright. A large military attendance composed of Spanish American War Veterans and the Home Guards escorted the remains of the young officer from his home to the church. The escort preceded the coffin into the church.

Priest Pays Tribute
Father J.J. Collins gave a particularly touching and splendid sermon on the young man who has given all that he might maintain the liberty for which his forefathers fought. In part Father Collins said: “We are gathered here this morning to pay tribute to one of God’s finest young men -- an army man. It is a glorious thing to die as he has, in the fulfillment of his duty to God and his country.
“Try to realize the tremendous sacrifices which the young man underwent. He enlisted when our just cause was evident and the war still young. He had a life full of promise and success before him -- all this he gave that he might assist in maintaining that beautiful freedom which he has always enjoyed. He readily sacrificed his future that he might keep his wife, his parents and his home from the enemy. His consideration and splendid character is a worthy example to the young men of today. His wedded life was short but there is that everlasting hope that those two souls which have been torn apart at God’s request will be united again in the hereafter.”
Father Collins also spoke of the time when the young lieutenant came to the parsonage and consulted him about his approaching marriage. He told of the wonderful love which existed between the young couple. He asked all to honor the memory of the dead hero who had given his life that those at home might be protected. He drew attention to the nobility of character which prompted Lieutenant Bechaud to go to the aid of his fallen comrades who had been shot down by the crazed man before he was wounded.
The floral tribute was so large that it necessitated several cars to convey it to the cemetery. The bearers were Louis, Rudoph, and August Bechaud, Marshall Boudry, Martin H. Nelson and Percy Kolb.
At the conclusion of the mass the entire audience rose and sang the four verses of “America.”

Fond du Lac Daily Reporter, Tuesday April 16, 1918, p. 10
VIOLA MITCHELL BECHAUD MCCRORY,
wife of Jean Pierre Bechaud,
wife of James McCrory

Mrs. Viola Mitchell McCrory
Graveside service for Mrs. Viola Mitchell McCrory, 90, of 4941 Montevallo Road, who died Monday, will be 10:30 a.m. tomorrow, Elmwood, Johns-Ridout’s Southside directing. Memorial mass 10:30 a.m. Saturday, St. Martin’s in the Pines Retirement Home Chapel. Member St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. Survivors: two nieces, Mrs. Lorene Harris, Danville, Calif., Mrs. Virginia Phillips, Bayside, N.Y. Memorials to St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church or St. Martin’s in the Pines Retirement Home.

Birmingham Post-Herald, Thursday November 24, 1983, D4.
JAMES MCCRORY,
second husband of Viola Mitchell

James McCrory
James McCrory, 85, of 2717 Highland Ave., who died Saturday, was state manager for Amoco Oil Company and a pilot in the Army during World War I. Graveside service will be Monday at 11 a.m. at Elmwood Cemetery. Johns-Ridout’s, Southside directing. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Viola McCrory. The family requests that any memorial gifts be made to St. Martin’s in the Pines or to St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church.

Birmingham News, Sunday July 6, 1980, p. 21A.

ROMAN KRAEMER, HER SON

R.J. KRAMER PASSES AWAY CHRISTMAS DAY

Heart Illness Fatal to Early Settler of County
Roman J. Kramer, an early settler of Lyon County, passed away at the Marshall Hospital Christmas Day.
Mr. Kramer was born February 28, 1856, at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and grew to manhood at that place. On November 6, 1882, Mr. Kramer was united in marriage to Rosa Amelia Collins of South Byron, Wisconsin. Three children were born to this union, Pearl, Mrs. Arthur Babcock, of Marshall; Flossie, Mrs. Roy Truax of Marshall; and Kittie, who is Mrs. D.S. Milne of Fairmont.
After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Kramer lived at Fairwater, Wisconsin, where they owned and conducted a cheese factory until 1886. Mr. Kramer had learned the cheese maker trade while living at Fond du Lac. In 1886 the Kramers came to Lyon County and settled on a farm near Marshall, Mr. Kramer being known as one of the leading and prosperous farmers of the community.
Moved here in 1910
In December 1910 Mr. and Mrs. Kramer moved to Marshall and spent much of their time traveling. They spent several winters in the South. Mrs. Kramer died February 11, 1920, and since her death Mr. Kramer has made his home, for the most part, at Fond du Lac.
In June 1926 Mr. Kramer was married to Alvina Memnen, of Clara City.
Mr. Kramer was taken ill in July of this year and went to Rochester in hopes of seeking relief, but was advised at that time of the condition of his heart. He was seriously ill up until the time of his death which occurred December 25.
Left to mourn Mr. Kramer’s death are his widow, three daughters; eight grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Wm. White and Mrs. A.G. Bechaud; and two brothers, Peter and Paul Kramer of Fond du Lac.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon, December 27, from the Methodist church, the Rev. E.C. Reineke conducting them. Interment was made in the Marshall cemetery.

The News Messenger, Marshall Minnesota, Friday December 30, 1927, p. 2
ROSA COLLINS, HIS FIRST WIFE

MRS. R.J. KRAMER
The sad news of the death of Mrs. R.J. Kramer at Fairmont Tuesday, Feb. 17, was received with a distinct shock by her many Marshall friends last week, when it was learned that in a period of distraction she had thrown herself in front of a train as it drew into the Fairmont station. The unfortunate woman had been suffering for some time with a nervous disorder and it is thought that an incipient attack of influenza had temporarily affected her mind leading her to look on death as something to be desired rather than avoided.
During the many years that Mrs. Kramer resided in this community she attracted to herself many warm and lasting friends by her cheerful disposition and her unfailing kind and pleasant manners. She took an active interest in this community and universal sympathy is felt at ther untimely death. She was lovingly devoted to her home and family.
The remains were brought to this city for interment and funeral services conducted by Rev. Tibbets, were held at the Methodist church Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Kramer, whose maiden name was Rosa Amelia Collins was born February 12, 1860 in Dodge county, Wisconsin. She was married to Roman J. Kramer, November 6 1882, and lived at Fairwater, Wis., until 1886 when they came to Lyon county and settled on a farm northeast of Marshall. They made their home here until last fall when they sold the farm, and since then have lived at Fairmont. Besides her husband she leaves to mourn her loss three daugthers, Mrs. Pearl Babcock and Mrs. Flossie Truax of this vicinity, and Mrs. Kittie Milne of Fairmont. She is also survived by six grand children; two sisters and three brothers, Mrs. Kohler and Dr. C.D. Collins of Chicago, Mrs. Hoyt, Ed, and Howard Collins, all of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.

The News Messenger, Marshall Minnesota, Friday February 20, 1920.
PETER KRAEMER, HER SON

PETER KRAEMER, CITY EMPLOYE 45 YEARS, DIES

Veteran of Plice and Fire Departments Expires from heart Ailment
Peter Paul Kraemer, 72, pensioned policeman, who served the city in its fire and police departments for nearly half a century, passed away with the old year, exactly at the stroke of midnight Thursday at St. Agnes hospital from a chronic heart affliction.
Two years ago when mr. Kraemer received his first pension check from City Treasurer Otto Muenter he remarked, “Well, this is the beginning of the end,” and his friends in municipal cirlces believe that his retirement to private life hastened his decline.
Entering the fire dpartment when he was 23 Mr. Kraemer served as a fireman for 22 years, working under Chiefs Charles Cleveland, Peter Wickert, Frank Parker and Adelbert Coffman. He was transferred to the police dpartment March 23, 1906, a nd served continuously until his retirement Oct. 2, 1929. As a policeman he had served under the late Chief F.A. Nolan and James Silgen, present chief.
Mr. kraemer was born in Taycheedah Jan. 25, 1859, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mathias Kraemer, early settlers, who came to the United States from Germany. He was married to Annie Tiemann April 25, 1882. She died in May, 1906, and on Aug. 13, 1919, he married Liza Morley, who with three children, two sisters and a brother, survive. The children are Miss Alma and Leo Kraemer of Fond du Lac and Roy, of Oshkosh. These sisters are Mrs. Bates Bechaud and Mrs. Louise White, both of the city, and the brother is Paul Kraemer, who lives in the family homestead in Taycheedah.
Funeral services will be held from the family residence, 343 North main street, Sunday at 1:30 p.m. with Dean F.W. Averill officiating. Burial will be in Rienzi cemetery.
The body was removed today to the residence from the Geo. M. Dugan funeral home.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Saturday January 2, 1932, p. 3

RITES HELD FOR PETER KRAEMER

Former Co-Workers Serve as Pallbearers for Deceased Patrolman
Members of the police and fire departments with whom he had served for many years were pallbearers for Peter Kraemer, retired policeman whose death occurred at S.t Agnes hospital Thursday night, when funeral services were held at the family residence, 343 North main street at 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Dean F.W. Averill officiated and burial was at Rienzi cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Nicholas Scherer; Louis N. Schlicher, Adelbert Coffman, nicholas Koehn, Thomas Cale and Edward Cosgrove. honorary pallbearers from the police department who attended in uniform were Louis Huhn, John Nemick, Earl Estabrook, Herbert Zimerman, Al Simons and James Furlong.
The services were very largely attended and the floral tributes many and beautiful.
Out-of-town persons present wre Bert Cady of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Van Driel of Pewaukee and Mrs. Myron DeLong of Denmark.
Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Monday, January 4, 1932, p. 3


ANNA M. TIEMANN, HIS FIRST WIFE

KRAEMER - Mrs. Anna M., wife of Policeman Peter P. Kraemer, died at 7:45 o’clock Wednesday evening at the family home, 356 Amory street. She had been a patient sufferer for ten years. Besides her husband, she is survived by one duaghter, Miss Alma, and three sons: Louis, of Calfiornia; Leo and Leroy, of this city. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock from the residence and at 2 o’clock from St. Paul’s Cathedral. Interment will be in Rienzi.

Fond du Lac Daily Commonwealth, Thursday July 18, 1907, p. 8

KRAEMER - The funeral of Mrs. Annie Kraemer was held at 1:30 Sunday afternoon from the residence, 356 Amory street and at 2 o’clock at St. Paul’s Cathedral. The members of St. Ann’s guild, of which the deceased was a member, attended the funeral in a body. N. Sherry, L. Schlicher, P.F. Kretlow, Robert Smith, Bert Cady and Henry Reuter acted as bearers. Those here from out of town to attend the funeral were Mrs. F. Eickmeyer, Mrs. Ida Gatz and Mrs. R. Holle, of Chicago; Mrs. F. Webber and Mrs. F. Matzen, of New Holstein; Miss Minnie Piemann, of Oshkosh, and Louis Kraemer, of Los Angeles, Cal.

Fond du Lac Daily Commonwealth, Monday July 22, 1907

KRAEMER - Mrs. Anna M. Kraemer, wife of Peter P. Kraemer, died at 7:45 o’clock Wednesday evening at the family residence, 356 Amory street after an illness covering a period of ten years. She is survived by her husband, one daughter, Alma, and three sons: Louis of Calfiornia; Leo and Roy of this city. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock from the residence and at 2 o’clock from St. Paul’s Cathedral. Interment will be at Rienzi cemetery.

Fond du Lac Daily Reporter, Thursday July 18, 1907, p. 4

KRAEMER - The funeral of Mrs. Anna Kraemer was held at 1:30 Sunday from St. Paul’s Cathedral to Rienzi cemetery. St. Ann’s Guild of which Mrs. Kraemer was a member, attended the services in a body. There were many floral offerings. The pall bearers were N. Sherry, L.. Schlicher, P. Kretlow, R. Smith, B. Cady and H. Reuter. Among those from out-of -town who attended the funeral were Louis Kraemer of Los Angeles, Cal.; Mesdames T. Eickmeyer, Ida Gatz and R. Holle, Chicago; Mrs. F. Webber and Mrs. F. Metzen, of New Holstein; Miss Minnie Tiemann, Oshkosh.

Fond du Lac Daily Reporter, Monday July 22, 1907, p. 4
ELIZABETH HAMEL MOREY, HIS SECOND WIFE

WIDOW OF CITY POLICEMAN DIES AFTER ILLNESS

Mrs Eliza Kraemer Expires at Family Residence on Main Street
Mrs. Eliza Kraemer, 85, widow of Peter Kraemer, member of the Fond du Lac police force for several years, died at 5:45 a.m. today at her home, 343 North Main street.
Born Oct. 31, 1855 in Lomira, daugther of James and Hannah Hamel, she moved with her parents to Oakfield and when a young woman came to Fond du Lac, residing here for 60 years.
Surviving are a son, W.F. Morey and a duaghter, Mrs. J.G. Kindler, both of Oshkosh. She also leaves three grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. C.L. Persons of Waukegan, Ill., and Mrs. Earl Hubbard of Omro.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday from the Geo. M. Dugan funeral home, the Rev. ..... of St. Paul’s cathedral officiating. Burial will be at Riverside cemeetery, Oshkosh.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Tuesday December 31, 1940, p. 14

MRS. ELIZA KRAEMER
Funeral srvices for Mrs. Eliza Kraemer, widow of Peter Kraemer, city policeman, who died Tuesday, were held at 2 p.m. today from the Geo. M. Dugan funeral home, the Rev. William A. Burritt of St. Paul’s Cathedral officiating.
The Rev. Fr. Burritt also celebrated a requiem for Mrs. Kraemer at 9 a.m. today at the Cathedral. Burial was at Riverside cemetery, Oshkosh.
Pallbearers wre William Smithers, Charles Haycock, John Kassick, Robert Perry, Theodore jenks and Elmer Burleton.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Thursday January 2, 1941, p. 22
ANTHONY KRAEMER, HER SON

Anthony R. Kraemer Receives Summons at New Home. Was Born in Taycheedah. He Lived in Randolph Only a Year and a Half - Connected With Fond du Lac Dry Good Stores.

Anthony R. Kraemer, for many years a resident of this city, but for the past year and a half residing on a farm near Randolph, Wis. died at his home Wednesday. Mr. Kramer was born in Taycheedah 51 years ago. At an early age he came to this city and lived here until the time of his moving to Randolph. He has held various positions in the rug departments of the city’s leading dry goods stores, his last position here being with Hill Bros. Dry Goods company. Mr. Kraemer was well known and well liked by all those with whom he had business dealings, and his death will cause sorrow among his acquaintances. He leaves, besides his wife, three brothers and three sisters: Peter Kraemer, of this city, Paul Kraemer, of Taycheedah, Roman of Minnesota, Mrs. Adolph Bechaud, Mrs. Bates Bechaud and Mrs. Louise White, of this city. The body will be brought to this city Friday evening and will be taken to the home of P.F. Kretlow, 103 Sixth street, where the funeral will be held at 9 o’clock Saturday morning. Burial will be in Taycheedah cemetery. Mr. Kraemer was married in February of 1912, to Mrs. Brady, of Randolph. Mr. Kraemer was a member of Branch No. 19 C.K. of W. “Former Resident Dies at Randolph”, Fond du Lac Daily Commonwealth, Thursday March 13, 1913, p. 8, c. 5.

The funeral of Anthony Kraemer was held at 9 o’clock this morning from the residence of P.F. Kretlow. The bearers were furnished by Branch 19, Catholic Knights of Wisconsin, and were Joseph Hutter Sr., Joseph Hutter Jr., Stephen Andrew, M. Koenigs, M. Richter and Peter Simons. Burial was at Taycheedah cemetery. “Kraemer”, Fond du Lac Daily Commonwealth, Saturday March 15, 1913, p. 8, c. 6

Anthony Kraemer, aged 53 years, died at his home near Lost Lake last Wednesday afternoon at 6 o’clock March 12, 1913. Death was due to apoplexy. The deceased was born in Fond du Lac and lived there until January, 1911, when he was united in marriage to Mrs. Mary Brady of Lost Lake. Mr. Kraemer was a man of excellent qualities and was greatly esteemed by his neighbors and a large circle of friends. Sorrow at his death is keen and general. The funeral service was held Friday morning at 10 o’clock at the St. Mary’s church, Rev. H. Velte officiating. Interment was in Fond du Lac. “Anthony L. Kraemer”, Beaver Dam Daily Citizen, March 18, 1913, p. 1, c. 4 & Dodge County Citizen, March 20, 1913, p. 2, c. 3.

At his home near Lost Lake, at 6 o’clock p.m., Wednesday, March 12, 1913, Mr. Anthony L. Kraemer, aged about 53 years, of apoplexy. The deceased was born in Fond du Lac, and lived there until January, 1911, when he was united by marriage to Mrs. Mary Brady of Lost Lake. Mr. Kraemer was a man of excellent qualities and was greatly esteemed by his neighbors, and a large circle of friends. Sorrow at his death is keen and general. The funeral services were held Friday at 10 a.m., at St. Mary’s church, Lost Lake, Rev. H. Velte officiating. Interment was in Fond du Lac. “Kraemer”, Beaver Dam Argus, March 21, 1913, p. 7, c. 4

Bei Randolph ist Anthony R. Krämer an den Folgen eines Schlaganfalls aus dem Leben geschieden. Krämer hatte ein Alter von 51 Jahren erreicht. Er hatte früher lange Zeit hindurch in Waukesha gelebt. Ihn überleben außer seiner Gattin, drei Brüder und drei Schwestern. (Near Randolph, Anthony R. Kraemer died from a stroke. Mr. Kraemer reached the age of 51. Earlier he lived for some time in Waukesha. Aside from his wife, three brothers and three sisters survive.) “Bei Randolph”, Dodge Co. Pionier, March 21, 1913.
MARY MENGEL, HIS FIRST WIFE

Kraemer -- Mrs. Mary Kraemer, aged 50 years, wife of Anton Kraemer, corner of Arndt and Amory streets, died at 11:15 o’clock this morning as a result of a week’s illness followed by an operation. Besides her husband she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Paul Kretlow, of this city, and Mrs. Herman Bretzell, of Milwaukee; four brothers, John, Herman, P.J. and Joseph Mengel, all of Taycheedah. The deceased was born in the town of Taycheedah where she spent the early part of her life. She has been a resident of this city for the past twenty-three years. A wide circle of friends will grieve at the news of her death.

Fond du Lac Daily Commonwealth, Monday July 25, 1910, p. 8

Kraemer -- The funeral of Mrs. Mary Kraemer, wife of Anton Kraemer, will be held at 9 o’clock tomorrow morning from St. Mary’s church. Rev. Godfrey Wuelffing officiating. Interment will be at Taycheedah cemetery.

Fond du Lac Daily Commonwealth, Tuesday July 26, 1910, p 8

Kraemer -- The funeral of Mrs. Mary Kraemer was held at 9 o’clock this morning from St. Mary’s church, Father Beyer, of Randolph, officiating. The W.C.O.F. attended the services in a body. Those attending from out of the city were: Rev. Joseph Beyer, Mrs. Gertrude Beyer, of Randolph; Mrs. Rose Breitzel, daughter, Della, and son, Lewis, of Milwaukee; Mrs. Rose Mengel and daughter, Clara, of Clyman; Mrs. Schroeder and Miss Schroeder, of Rogerville. The pall bearers were F. Wegner, B. Richter, Frank Mertz, Joseph Stade, M. Hamilton and John Coffman. Six members of the W.C.O.F. acted as honorary bearers. There was a large floral display at the funeral. Interment was in Taycheedah cemetery.

Fond du Lac Daily Commonwealth, Wednesday July 27, 1910, p. 8

Kraemer -- Mrs. Mary Kraemer, wife of Anthony Kraemer, died this morning at 11:15 at the family home, 98 East Arndt street, after a week’s illness. She was born in Taycheedah and moved to this city twenty-three eyars agol. She is survived by her husband, two sisters, Mrs. paul Kretlow of this city, and Mrs. Herman Kretzel of Milwaukee; three brothers, John, Joe and Peter, all of Taycheedah. The funeral announcement will be made later.

Fond du Lac Reporter, Monday July 25, 1910, p. 8

Kraemer -- The funeral of Mrs. Mary Kraemer was held this morning at 9 o’clock from St. Mary’s church, Rev. Joseph Beyer of Randolph, Wis., officiating, with interment at Calvary. The pall bearers were Fred Wagner, B. Ricter, F. Mertz, J. Stede, Mike Hamilton and John Kaufman. The honorary pall bearers were 6 members of the Lady Foresters of which Mrs. Kraemer was a member. The Lady Foresters attended the funeral in a body. The following out of town people were in attendance: Rev. Joseph Beyer and Mrs. Gertrude Beyer of Randolph, Mrs. Rosie Bretzel and daughter, Della, and son, Louis, of Milwaukee; Mrs. Julia Mengel and daughter Clara of Clyman, Wis. The floral tributes were most beautiful.
Fond du Lac Reporter, Wednesday July 27, 1910, p. 8
Mary Green Brady, his second wife

Mrs. Mary Brady Kraemer, aged 83, a resident of this city for many years passed away Friday, May 9, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bernard Krueger, Sussex, Wis. Funeral services will be held Monday at 9:00 a.m. from the A.A. Schmidt funeral home at Menomonie Falls, Wis., and at 9:30 a.m. from St. James Church in Sussex, and interment will be at St. Mary’s cemetery, Lost Lake. The deceased was born in the Town of Fountain Prairie, Columbia County, June 26, 1868, a daughter of Thomas and Margaret Green. In 1897 she was married to Edward Brady who preceded in 1908. Her second husband, Anthony Kraemer, also preceded in death. After her marriage she had lived on a farm in Dodge County, coming to this city in 1918 where she had resided until 1940 when she went to Sussex, Wis., to live with her daughter. Survivors are: two daughters, Mrs. Louis Girard of Chicago; Mrs. Bernard Krueger of Sussex; three grandchildren and three great grandchildren also survive. Preceding in death were: her parents; five brothers and one sister. She was a member of St. James Church of Sussex and a member of the Ladies’ Altar Society of St. Patrick’s church in Beaver Dam. Friends may call after 3:00 p.m. on Sunday at the A. A. Schmidt funeral home in Menonmonie Falls until the hour of the service. “Mrs. Mary Brady Kraemer”, Beaver Dam Daily Citizen, Sat. May 10, 1952, p. 5, c. 4.

Mrs. Mary Brady Kraemer, aged 83, a former resident of this city, passed away Friday, May 9th, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bernard Krueger, Sussex, Wis. The deceased was born, June 26, 1868, in the Town of Fountain Prairie, Columbia County, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Green. She was married in 1897 to Edward Brady who preceded her in death in 1908. Her second husband, Anthony Kraemer, also preceded in death. She had lived on a farm in Dodge County before coming to Beaver Dam in 1918 where she had resided until 1940, leaving here to live with her daughter in Sussex that year. Surviving her are two daughters, Mrs. Louis Girard of Chicago and Mrs. Bernard Krueger of Sussex. Three grandchildren and three great grandchildren also survive. She was preceded in death by her parents; five brothers and one sister. She was a member of St. James Church of Sussex and a member of the Altar Society of St. Patrick’s church in Beaver Dam. Funeral services were held at 9:00 a.m. from the A.A. Schmidt funeral home at Menomonee Falls, Wis., and at 9:30 a.m. from St. James Church in Sussex. Burial was at St. Mary’s cemetery, Lost Lake. “Mrs. Mary Brady Kraemer Dies”, Beaver Dam Argus, May 15, 1952, p. 3, c. 7.
Edward Brady, her first husband

Edward Brady one of the best known and most popular residents of the town of Westford, died here last week very suddenly. While sitting in his chair here Sunday evening, March 22d, he was apparently as well as ever, and bid some friends goodnight; when the family came into the house they found he was dying, and thinking he was only joking called to him, but soon realized it was no joke; in a couple of minutes all was over. The family soon summoned neighbors. Deceased was about 45 years old. He was well known as the assessor of the town of Westford, for about seventeen years, until last year; also school clerk for many years, which offices he held very honorably. He had a large cirlce of friends who mourn his loss deeply. He had a good and kind word and smile for everybody. He was a kind father and loving husband and leaves to mourn his loss a sorrow-stricken wife and two children, Allie and Jossie, a mother, and two sisters, Kate Brady and Mrs. J. Saxes, of Markesan, and many other relatives and friends. All join in sympathizing with the relatives in their sorrow. His remains were laid at rest here Wednesday in St. Mary’s Cemetery. His many friends from the surrounding country and towns were present to pay their last respects to so kind and generoous a neighbor and friend, and extend to sorrowing relatives, who were so suddenly called upon to part with their loved one. “Lost Lake, Beaver Dam Argus, April 3, 1908, p. 4, c. 2.
PAUL P KRAEMER, HER SON

TAYCHEEDAH MAN DEAD

Paul Kramer, 69, Expires at his Home after Being in Frail Health
Paul Kramer, 69, died at 6 p.m. Saturday at his home in Taycheedah. He had been in frail health.
Born June 17, 1867 in Taycheedah, he was the son of Mathias and Mary Kramer. Surviving are a son, Oram, of Taycheedah; two daughters, Ruth of Plainfield and Patricia of Appleton; a grandaughter, Patricia, and a sisters, Mrs. Louise White of this city.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday from the Zacherl funeral home. L.P. Peeke will officiate. Burial will be at Taycheedah cemetery.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Monday August 24, 1936, p. 12

FUNERAL RITES HELD

L.P. Peeke Officiates at Services Conducted for Paul Kramer, Taycheedah
Funeral services for Paul Kramer, who died SAturday at his home in Taycheedah, were held at 2 p.m. from the Zacherl funeral home with L.P. Peeke officiating. Burial was in Taycheedah cemetery. Pallbearers wre Charles Gibson, Leslie Bigson, Robert Holterman and Carl Brugger. The Misses Patricia Kramer of Appleton and Ruth Kramer of Plainfield were among those from away attending the services.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Wednesday August 26, 1936, p. 14
ANNA E. POTTER, HIS WIFE

KRAEMER - Mrs. Anna Kraemer, wife of Paul Kraemer, residing in the village of Taycheedah, died at 7:30 this morning, aged 38 years. Besides her husband she leaves two daughters, Rutha nd Patricia; one son, Oran, all of this city; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Potter, of Appleton; six siters, Mrs. C. Zimmerman, Grand Rapids, Wis., Mrs. Ed Potter, Plainfield, Mrs. Carl Hutchinson, Bancroft, mrs. Ray Foster, Clintonville, Mrs. Robert Low, Appleton, and Miss C. Potter, Appleton; and four brothers, Charles, of Fort Atkinson, Ralph, of Clintonville, Robert and Thomas, of Appleton. The body will be taken tot he home of A.C. Millard on Prospect street this evening where the funeral will be held, but the arrangments have not been completed.

Fond du Lac Daily Commonwealth, Wednesday January 5, 1916, p. 8

KRAEMER - The funeral of Mrs. Anna Kraemer was held at 1 o’clock this afternoon from the residence of A.C. Millard, Prospect street, and at 6 o’clock from the Taycheedah M.E. church, Rev. Walter A. Hall officiating. Burial was in TAycheedah cemetery. The bearers wrer four of Mrs. Kraemer’s brothers, Ralph, Thomas, Charles and Robert Potter.
Those who were here from away to attend the funeral wre: Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Potter, Ralph, Thomas and Robert Potter and Mrs. R.W. Low, all of Appleton; Mr.a dn mrs. Charles Potter, of Ft. Atkinson.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Friday, January 7, 1916

KRAEMER - Mrs. Anna Kraemer, age 38 years, wife of Paul Kraemer, died at 7:30 o’clock this moring in this city. Besides a widower she leaves two daughters, Ruth and Patricia; one son, Oran, all of this city; her parents, mr. and Mrs. R.W. Potter of Appleton; six sisters, mrs. C. Zimmerman of Grand Rapids, Wis., Mrs. Ed Potter of Plainfield, Wis., Mrs. Carl Hutchins of Bancroft, Wis., Mrs. Ray Foster of Clintonville, Mrs. Robert Low, and Mrs. C. Potter of Appleton; four brothers, Charles Potter of Fort Atkinson, Ralph Potter of Clintonville, and Robert and Thomas Potter of Appleton. The body will be removed to the residence of A.C. Millard, 347 Porspect street, this eveing. Funeral arrangments will be made later.

Fond du Lac Daily Reporter, Wednesday January 5, 1916, p. 10

KRAEMER - The funeral of Mrs. Anna Kraemer will be held from the A.C. Millard residencee, 347 Pporspoect street at 1 o’clocck Friday afternoon. Services will be in the Taycheedah M.E. church at 2 o’clcok with the Rev. Walter Hall of the Division Street M.E. church, this city, officiating. Interment will take place in the Taycheedah cemetery.

Fond du Lac Daily Reporter, Thursday January 6, 1916

KRAEMER - The funeral of Mrs. Anna Kraemer, who died in this city Wednesday mroning was held at 1 o’clcok this afternoon from the residence of A.C. Millard, 347 Porspect street, and at 2 o’clock fromt eh Taycheedah Methodist church. The Rev. Walter hall officiated with interment in the Taycheedah cemetery. The pallbearers wrer four borthers of the deceased, Ralph, Thomas, Robert, and Charles Potter.
Among the out-of-town people at the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Potter, and Ralph, Thomas, and Robert Potter,a dn Rms. R.W. Lowe all of Appleton, and Mr. and MRs. Charles Potter of Fort Atkinson.

Fond du Lac Daily Reporter, Friday, January 7, 1916, p. 12




LOUISE KRAEMER, HER DAUGHTER

Mrs. Louise Kraemer White
Mrs. Louise Kraemer White, 80, died at St. Agnes hospital this morning after an extended illness.
She was born March 20, 1872, in Taycheedah the daughter of Mathias and Mary Kraemer. Louise Kraemer was married in July, 1890, to William I. White at Mt. Calvary. Mr. White preceded her in death in 1932.
She is survived by two sons, John White, city, and Roman White, Oshkosh; five daughters, Mrs. W.C. Leroux, Madison; Sister M. Rosanna, St. Margaret’s hospital, Montgomery, Ala; Mrs. William Anders, Mrs. George Grant, and Mrs. Carlton Glasow, city; eight grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
The body will like in state at the Zcherl Funeral home after 2 p.m. Wednesday. Services will be held Thursday at 8:45 a.m. from the funeral home and at 9:15 a.m. from St. Joseph’s church, of which she was a member. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Tuesday August 19, 1952, p. 18

Mrs. Louise White
Funeral services for Mrs. Louise White, who died Monday, were held today at 8:45 a.m. at the Zacherl Funeral home and at 9:15 a.m. from St. Joseph’s church. The Rt. REv. Msgr. Henry G. Riordan officiated. Committal services were conducted by the Rev. John Devine at Calvary cemetery. Pallbearers were DAvid White, Edward Korth, John McCabe, Oram Kramer, Charles Smith and Leo Dunton. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Roman White and family of Oshkosh and Mrs. W.C. Leroux and son, Charles, of Madison.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Thursday August 21, 1952, p. 30
WILLIAM WHITE, HUSBAND OF LOUISE

White -- Funearl services for William White, who died Friday, were held at 8:30 a.m. today from the Murray funeral home and at 9 a.m. from St. Joseph’s church. The Rev. M.J. Rastall, assistant pastor of the church, officiated. Burial was at Calvary cemetery. Pallbearers were Ray Gallagher, Emery Hassett, George McClellan and Carl Pagelow.

Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Saturday June 10, 1933

The posting by M. Petrie, to which this replies, contains 153 newspaper items (mostly obituaries, with a few other articles) for the Kraemer and Bechaud families. Detailed data has been extracted from the first 70 and posted in the "westscottstreet" database at wc.rootsweb.com, where it is combined with data from government, church, and cemetery records and linked to many other people. Skeletal name information has also been loaded into the database from many of the other 83 items, and detailed information from them will be posted in "westscottstreet" in the next few weeks.

I have a strong feeling that my Kraemers may be connected to your Kraemers and I would LOVE to make a connection. My Grandma is a Kraemer and we've been trying to research her family tree for 6 years now. We're sort of stuck on a branch of the tree.

Do you have brothers and/or parents documented for your Matthias Kraemer? Matthias, Peter, and other names that I read in some of the news articles are family names in our branch as well. Plus, our Kraemers settled in the Taycheedah, Fond du Lac area as well after coming from January. It looks like your Matthias was born around 1814. Our Jacob Kraemer, my Grandma's Great Great Grandfather, was born in 1808 and came to the U.S. in 1846 with his family. It sure seems like Jacob and Matthias could be brothers....especially since they settled in the same area. From what I've found, it appears that Jacob's parents were Mathias Kramer and Anna Gertrude Arens.

If you think we may have a connection, I would LOVE to hear from you. It would be such a nice Christmas present to make another ancestoral connection.

Happy Holidays,
Pam Mix
Monticello, MN

According to the Johnsburg Marriage Register (St. John the Baptist Church), the parents of Matthias Kremer were John Kremer and Maria Nolen of the parish in Burg, near Zell, district of Koblenz, Prussia.

I don't know much about the Kremers except that there were several families in the Mt. Calvary, Dotyville and Johnsburg areas. Perhaps they were all cousins?

According to the Johnsburg Marriage Register (St. John the Baptist Church), the parents of Matthias Kremer were John Kremer and Maria Nolen of the parish in Burg, near Zell, district of Koblenz, Prussia.

I don't know much about the Kremers except that there were several families in the Mt. Calvary, Dotyville and Johnsburg areas. Perhaps they were all cousins?