Obit: Schecklman, Dora (1875 - 1955)

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Surnames: Schecklman, Wolf

----Source: Loyal Tribune (Loyal, Clark Co., Wis.)   09/15/1955

Schecklman, Dora (26 DEC 1875 - 4 SEP 1955)

Mrs. Dora Schecklman, 79, died at the Bethel Convalescent Home Sunday Sept., 4, 1955, having been in ill health for the past year.

Mrs. Schecklman, nee Wolf, was born Dec. 26, 1875 at Waumandee, and came to Loyal (Clark Co., Wis.) when a young girl.  She lived here until 1944 when she moved to Marshfield.  She was married at Loyal to Joseph Schecklman on July 6, 1911.  Mr. Schecklman died Oct. 5, 1954.  Surviving are three sons, Otto of Marshfield; Louis, Waukegan, Ill.; and Edwin, Kenosha.  Four brothers and three sisters preceded her in death.

Funeral services were held in St. Anthony’s Catholic Church at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, with the Rev. Norbert King officiating, and burial was in the Catholic Cemetery here.

Pallbearers were Albert Meyer, Richard Miles, Albert Schecklman, George Walters, Leo Schecklman and Philip Schecklman.

Among those from away who attended the rites were Mr. and Mrs. Otto Schecklman, Walter Giloy, Mrs. Christine Smith, Mrs. Victor Christensen and Conrad Christensen, Marshfield; Louis Schecklman, Waukegan, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Schecklman, Kenosha; Mrs. Ed Schaefer, George Salwey, and Ed and William Wolf, Independence; Mrs. Christ Wolf, Arcadia; Mrs. O.J. Kochenderfer, Cochrane; and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ehlert, Wild Rose.