Obit: Riedel, Minnie C. (1873 - 1958)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 
 

Surnames: Riedel, Lemke, Krause, Winter, Yankee, Nickel, Schreiber 
 

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) May 1, 1958 
 

Riedel, Minnie C. (5 May 1873 - 27 April 1958) 
 

Mrs. Minnie C. Riedel, 84, Granton, died April 27 at the Bethel Convalescent Home at Arpin of old age complications.  Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon from the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church.  The Rev. L. E. Schreiber officiated and burial was made in the parish cemetery. 
 

Mrs. Riedel, the former Minnie Lemke, was born May 5, 1873, in Germany.  She was married February 13, 1894, in Granton to Gustave C. Riedel, and resided in the Town of Lynn for 58 years. 
 

She was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church and an honorary member of its Ladies Aid. 
 

She is survived by two sons; Walter of Lynn and Elmer Riedel of Marshfield.  Also surviving are three grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and two brothers, William Lemke of Milwaukee, and Fred Lemke of Owen. 
 

Pallbearers were: Martin Krause, Louis and Arno Winter, Amos Yankee, Dan and Raymond Nickel. 
 

Funeral arrangements were made by Gilbertson Funeral Home of Granton.