Freitag, Emil

1866 - 1937  (71 years)

• Name	Freitag, Emil
  Birth	1 Jan 1866	Wayside, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  Obituary	4 Dec 1937
  APC
  EMIL FREITAG, 72, Forest Junction, retired merchant and town of Brillion assessor for more than 30 years, was found dead at 8:30 last night by relatives who came to visit him at his home. It was thought Mr. Freitag suffered a stroke and died in bed Thursday night. He was born at Wayside, Brown County, and lived there until the age of 23 when he lost his right arm in a saw mill accident. Mr. Freitag attended a commercial school in Naperville, Ill., and successively operated general merchandise first in Anselm, N.D., Chili, Wis., and Forest Junction. He was a member of the board of trustees of the Forest Junction fire department for several years. He was married to Mathilda Krueger of the town of Rockland in 1901 and she died thirty years later. Upon his retirement from the merchandise business here, he was chosen as assessor of town Brillion for a little over thirty years, retiring when Henry Able, present incumbent was elected in 1936. Surviving are the widow, the former Mrs. Kate Gauger of DePere, to whom he was married in 1933, and five brothers, William, Detroit; Herman, Wayside; Albert, H. R Freitag, Max, N. D.; Edward, Forest Junction. An adopted daughter, formerly Miss Ruth Luedke, now Mrs. George Manthey of Portage, attended the funeral with her husband. Funeral services will be Tuesday at the home of his brother, Edward with Rev. Philip Schneider in charge. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Appleton Post Crescent – December 4, 1937
  Reference Number	7876
  Death	10 Dec 1937	Forest Junction, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA
  Burial	Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Junction, Wisconsin, USA
  		Freitag, Emil Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Junction, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I324435	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	Freitag, Carl,   b. 27 Sep 1825   d. 13 Oct 1899 (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Unknown, Henrietta,   b. 7 Aug 1831   d. 12 Oct 1916 (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F215379	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Krueger, Mathilda,   b. 13 Sep 1873, , Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA d. 10 Sep 1931, Forest Junction, Calumet, Wisconsin, USA (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1901
  Family ID	F208296	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2018