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John Zettler 1857 - 1942

John Zettler was born on December 25, 1857 in Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin United States to William Zettler and Martha Lende Zettler, and had a brother Rudolph Alvin Zettler. John Zettler married Sophia Grunberg Zettler, and died at age 84 years old on August 8, 1942 in Wausau, Marathon County.

John Zettler

December 25, 1857

Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, 54220, United States

August 8, 1942

Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States

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John Zettler's History: 1857 - 1942

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12/25

1857

Birthday

December 25, 1857

Birthdate

Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin 54220, United States

Birthplace

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08/8

1942

Death

August 8, 1942

Death date

Unknown
Cause of death

Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin United States
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Obituary

From Marshfield (Wisconsin) News-Herald dated Monday, August 10, 1942 John Zettler, 84, of route 5, Marshfield, died at 8:30 o’clock Saturday evening at Marathon County Hospital, Wausau where he had been a patient for the past nine months. Death resulted from a complication of ailments and old age. Funeral rites will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Hewitt, the Rev. S. E. Rathke officiating. Burial will take place at Hewitt. The body will lie in state at the church from 1 o’clock Tuesday afternoon until the time of the funeral services. Mr. Zettler, who at one time took an active part in civic affairs, was born in Manitowoc Dec. 25, 1857, and was educated in public and parochial schools there. He came to this vicinity early in the 1880s and worked in a sawmill. Fifty-four years ago he was married in Hewitt to Sophia Grunberg, who died Sept. 23, 1929. Shortly after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Zettler settled on a farm on Route 5, which had since served as his home. Surviving are seven children, Mrs. Arthur (Emma) Bruckert, Marshfield; Mrs. Lawrence (Frieda) Koppy, Mrs. Truman (Julia) Moody, and Alvin Zettler, all of St. Paul; Edmund Zettler, route 5, Marshfield; Mrs. Merton (Betty) Howard, Marshfield; and Norman Zettler, St. Paul; a brother, Frank Zettler, Mankato, Minn.; a sister, Mrs. Anna Bliesener, Bay City, Mich.; and seven grandchildren. Contributor’s note: The gravestones of both John and his twin brother Rudolph have 25 Dec 1856 (not 1857) engraved as a birth date.

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