Ferdinand BRATZ (1877 - 1967) /cz
Contributed by Cathe Ziereis /Shawano FHC Collection
SHAWANO EVENING LEADER
Saturday. Aug. 5. 1967

BRATZ SERVICES 2 P.M. TUESDAY

Ferdinand Bratz, 90, died this morning. Aug. 5, on the home farm in the town of Seneca. The son of the late Mr. & Mrs. Fredrick Bratz, he was born May 6, 1877 on the same farm. He spent his entire life on this farm and it is presently occupied by the fourth generation of the family. He married Helen Bublitz on Oct. 15, 1913. who survives. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1963.

Other survivors besides his wife are three children: Arthur on the home farm; Margaret, Mrs. Henry Wetzel of Bear Creek and Irma, Mrs. Joe Bohr, Rt. 1. Shawano; 14 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. A son, Otto, died in 1962.

He was a member of the Elias Lutheran church in the town of Herman where funeral services will be conducted at 2 PM Tuesday. Interment will be in the church cemetery.