Bloomfield Obituaries
(The following obituaries are taken from the Guyant Collection; there is no name or date of the newspaper.)
The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Edd . Swanke died last Friday after an illness of two weeks. The remains were interred at East Bloomfield cemetery Sunday. (1901)
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AUGUST KOEHLER
Died June 27, 1904 aged 81 years and four months. He was from Platte, Germany and came to America 56 years ago. He settled at Rat River, Winnebago county where he resided a short time, then located on a farm near Bloomfield, until two years ago when he went to Black Creek to reside with his son John. He leaves two sons and one daughter, Herman of Bloomfield, John of black creek and Mrs. Wm. Bock of Chicago. Funeral at Bloomfield church
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Frederick Kopitske of West Bloomfield died Monday, aged seventy-six years. The deceased was afflicted with palsy a number of years. His wife and three sons and two daughters survive him. The funeral took place Wednesday from the West Bloomfield church, the Rev. W. T. Nauman preaching the sermon. (Aug. 1913)
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ALBERT ROBBERT
Died October 17, 1915 of West Bloomfield, aged 76 years. He leaves a wife and a number of children. One daughter, Mrs. William Bauer lives in Weyauwega.
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JOHN WENDT
Died, March 31, 1916 of West Bloomfield, aged 70 years. His wife and eleven children survive him, two children are dead.
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CARL ZABEL
Died April 21, 1916 of West Bloomfield. He was born in Germany and was 86 years old. He leaves a wife and eight children.
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Funeral services were held for William Fisher at 1:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the home and at 2:00 o’clock at St. Paul’s Lutheran church. The Rev. E. A. Schmidt conducted the services. Burial was in West Bloomfield cemetery. William Fisher, son of Carl Fisher and Johanna Goetsch, who immigrated from Germany to America, was born Jan. 27, 1872 in the Town of West Bloomfield, where he spent his entire life on a farm. He was married to Miss Ida Beck, who with one son, Edward, his mother, Mrs. Carl Fisher, four brothers, Albert of Oshkosh, Martin of Weyauwega, Richard of New London, and Emil of Fremont and two sisters, Mrs. Arthur Davey, Berlin and Mrs. Fay Albee of Oshkosh survive. He was an active church member and was a member of Lutheran church board. Pallbearers were three brothers and three brothers-in-law, Albert, Martin, and Emil Fisher and Robert Baker, William Reek and William Greening. (1928)
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WORLD WAR VETERAN DIES AT BLOOMFIELD
Tuberculosis was the cause of death of Otto A. Noak, a world war veteran, who died at the home of his mother, Mrs. Julius Noak at West Bloomfield on Tuesday evening of this week, at the age of 38 years. The funeral will be held at west Bloomfield on Saturday afternoon. (9-16-1930)
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TUSTIN
Wm. Mundinger, 70, a lifelong resident of West Bloomfield, died Dec. 2 after a year’s illness. Deceased is survieved by his widow, Mrs. Gusta Mundinger; a daughter, Mrs. John B. Rucks; three brothers, Rev. Gust Mundinger of Bellingham, Minn; Fred, of Manawa, and Henry, of Oshkosh. Funeral services were held Dec. 5 at St. John’s Lutheran church, East Bloomfield, Rev. A. C. Schneider, assisted by Rev. Louis A. Winter, officiating. Interment was in St. John’s Lutheran cemetery. (1933)
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CLARENCE HIRTE
Died July 22, 1916 eldest son of Mr. & Mrs. Herman Hirte, died at Lakeside hospital, Oshkosh. He had an operation for an abscess on the brain. He leaves a father and mother, four sisters, and two brothers. He would have been 17 years old if he had lived until the 30th of July.
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