- R. F. Biesmann Dies Today
Appleton Man Was Instrumental In Starting Ball Clubs
Robert F. Biesmann, 58, of 4343 E. Wisconsin Road, who was instrumental in getting and keeping organized baseball in Appleton, died early today at his home.
Biesmann had been on the board of directors of the Appleton Papermakers and later the Fox Cities Foxes since the clubs were started in the early 1940s, and worked closely with the farm directors of the major league teams with which the club was associated. He was secretary of the board of the Papermakers and assistant secretary of the Foxes' board. Biesmann was born Aug. 28, 1904 in Galena, Ill. He was an employee of the Wisconsin Telephone Co., Appleton.
He is survived by his wife, his mother, two sisters and one brother.
Funeral services will be at 10am Monday, with a solemn high mass at St. John Catholic Church, Little Chute. Burial will be in the parish cemetery. Friends may call at the Verkuilen Funeral Home, Little Chute, after 2pm Sunday.
Appleton Post Crescent, 4 May 1963
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Galena Gazette, 23 May 1963
Robert F. Biesmann, 58, of 4343 E. Wisconsin Road, Appleton, Wis., died at his home at 4:30am on Saturday, May 4.
Born August 28, 1904, in Galena, he has been employed by the Wisconsin Bell Telephone Co., Appleton, for the past 34 years. Mr. Biesmann was instrumental in getting and keeping organized baseball in Appleton, and was a director of the Fox City Foxes. He was a member of St. John's Catholic Church and the Holy Name Society, Little Chute, Wis., the Knights of Columbus and the Elks, Appleton.
He is survived by his wife; his mother, Mrs. Angeline Biesmann, and one brother, Charles E., of Galena, two sisters, Mrs. Marguerite Harris of Galena, and Mrs. Milo (Jeanne) Meier of Rock Island, Ill.
Funeral services were held on Monday, May 6 at 10am with Solemn High Mass at St. John's Catholic Church, Little Chute, Wis. Burial was in the parish cemetery.
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1904 - 1963 (58 years)
Death Record - Civil
