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Survivors include five daughters, Mrs. Selma Fenhaus, Wausau Route 2, Mrs. Freida Marquardt, Wisconsin Rapids, Mrs. Alice Nass, 544 S. First Ave., and Mrs. Helen Kardack, 142 Myron St., both in Wausau and Mrs. Louise Jenkins, Durango, Colo.; three sons, Marvin, Hermanston, Ore., Fred, Arizonia, George, 253 Chellis St., Wausau; a sister Mrs. Anna Schneider, Milwaukee, 36 grandchildren, 76 great-grandchildren, and 22 great-great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Florinda laabs, 54, Rothschild, died suddenly at a  local hospital at 12:45 p.m. Sunday.  Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Trinity Lutheran Church.  The Rev. E. H. Betermann will officate and burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery.  The body will be at the Helke West Chapel at 2 p.m. Tuesday.

Mrs. Laabs was born June 1, 1909 in the town of Stettin, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bartelt.  She married Edward Laabs in the town of Stettin, June 2, 1928.   Besides being a housewife, she was employed as a floor lady at Marathon Corp.

Surviving besides the widower are a son, James Laabs, Stevens Point; a daughter, Mrs. Raymond Stanke, Rothschild; four brothers, Harry, Town of Wausau, Marvin, Pineville, Ore., Fred, Burlington, and George Bartelt, 253 Chellis St.; five sisters, Mrs. Conrad Fenhaus, Town of Wausau, Mrs. Carl Marquardt, Stratford, Mrs. Mryon Nass, Burlington, Mrs. Steven Kardack, 105 Edwards St, and Mrs. Marion Jenkins, Durango, Colo., and two grandchildren.

Edward Laabs (h/o Florinda Bartelt)

Wausau Daily Herald - Dec. 4, 1963

Laabs Services - ervices for Edward L. Laabs, Rothschild, who died Monday, will be held at Helke West chapel at 3 p.m. Thursday. The Rev. E. H. Bertemann, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, will officiate and burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery. The body is at the funeral home. 

Mr. Laabs was born duly 12, 1905 in the Town of Maine, son of the late Mrs. & Mrs. Harry Laabs. His wife, the former Miss Florinda Bartelt, whom he married in the Town of Stettin June 2, 1928, died last June 16. He had been employed at D. J. Murray Manufacturing Co

Delores Stanke (d/o Florinda Bartelt)

Delores L. Stanke, 63, Rib Mountain, died Friday March 6, 1992, at her daughters home. 

She was born Jan 22, 1929 in Wausau, the daughter of the late Edward and Florinda (Bartelt) Laabs.  She was employed at North Central Health Care Center, Valley Inn, and Connors Forestry Products.  She was a member of Ribm Mountain Lioness Club, and Mount Olive Lutheran Church.  She enjoyed traveling.

Survivors include two daughters, Lyn (Wayne) Montie, Schofield, and Jenny Montie,  Depere; two granddaughters, Christa and Gretchen; one brother James (Patricia) Laabs, Stevens Point, three nephews, Dean, Kent, and Troy; and her fiance, Giles Jannsen, Schofield.

Services will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, March 10, 1992 at Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Schofield.  The Rev. Raymond Bell will officiate.  Burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery, Wausau.  Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Helke Funeral Home, Wausau, and again from 10 a.m. Tuesday until your time of services at the church.

She was a longtime member of the former Cloverdale Homemaker Club.  Selma and her husband lived on their farm all their married life.   Survivors include two sons, Edward (Lou Ann) Fenhaus and Fred (Sally) Fenhaus, all of Wausau; two daughters, Karen (Clifford) Prigge and Kathleen (Michael) Bartelt, all of Wausau; 12 grandchildren, 12 great-grand-children; four sisters , Freida Marquardt, Wisconsin Rapids, Louise (Marion) Jenkins, Durango, Colo., and Helen Kardack and Alice Nass both of Wausau; one brother , Fred Bartelt, Blue River; and two sisters-in-law, Vivian Bartelt, Hermiston, Ore., and Delores Bartelt, Wausau.  She was preceeded in death by a grandson David Prigge; three brothers, Harry, Marvin, and George Bartelt; one sister, Florinda Laabs.

Funeral Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, April 1, 1996 at the Trinity Lutheran Church, town of Wausau.  The Rev. Gordon Giese will officiate.  Burial will be in Restlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Wausau.  Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday at Helke Funeral Home, Wausau, and again from 10 a.m. until time of services Monday at the church.

Conrad F. Fenhuas (h/o Selma Bartelt)

Conrad F. Fenhaus, 84, 7106 Highway Z, Wausau, died Saturday, May 2, 1992 at the Good Samaritan Health Center, Merrill.

He was born Feb. 23, 1908, in the town of Stettin, the son of the late Edward and Anna (Taege) Fenhaus.  He married Selma Bartelt on Nov 30, 1931, in Waukegan, Ill. She survives.  He farmed most of his life in the town of Wausau.

Survivors, besides his wife include two sons, Edward (Lou Ann) Fenhaus and Fred (Sally) Fenhaus, all of Wausau; two daughters, Karen (Clifford) Prigge and Kathleen (Michael) Bartelt, all of Wausau; 12 grandchildren, 10 great-grand-children; one brother, Melvin (Marion) Fenhaus, Wausau; one sister, Lenore (Al) Hickman, Wausau, and one sister-in-law, Adeline.  He was preceded in death by one grandson, David Prigge, and two brothers, Elroy and Wilbur.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 6, 1992, at Trinity Lutheran Church, town of Wausau.  The Rev. Gordon Giese will officiate.  Burial will be in Restlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Wausau.  Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Helke Funeral Home, Wausau, and again from 10 a.m. Wednesday until time of services Monday at the church.

Pallbearers were Clifford Prigge, Edward Fenhaus, Robertand Thomas Wasmundt, Dan Reyer and Gary Kell.

By Shane Benjamin
Herald Staff Writer

Marion E. Jenkins, a lifelong Durango resident who owned and operated the former Jenkins Ranch east of Goeglein Gulch Road, died Sunday from a stroke and pneumonia at Mercy Medical Center. He was 82.

Jenkins was a cattle rancher who loved to tell stories and travel across the United States with friends and family, said his son, Kenny Jenkins.

"He was one of those guys you loved being with, and he loved being with you," Kenny Jenkins said. "He never was a stranger. Everybody was his friend."

Marion Jenkins used to tell stories about when he rode a horse to and from school, Kenny Jenkins said. Occasionally, the trail leading down to town would be so wet and muddy that the commute was nearly impossible.

In a taped interview with his son before he died, Marion Jenkins told a story about his first year in school.

"After about four years on our ranch it was my turn to go to school," Marion Jenkins said. "My older sisters dragged me through the snow down to the school house. I was wet all over. The teacher brushed me off and put me in a seat. I asked, `How long is this going to last?' She said, `All day.'"

"I could hardly stand that."

Marion Jenkins moved to the family ranch in about 1920. His parents bought property from the Goeglein family, and, over the years, the ranch grew to 520 acres, Kenny Jenkins said. The land was used primarily for cattle and crops, he said.

SkyRidge, Hillcrest Golf Course and the Hillcrest subdivision now occupy most of the ranch.

Marion Jenkins would like to be remembered as a person who would not condemn anybody for something they wanted, said his friend, Ray Stolworthy.

In the late 1940s, Stolworthy and Jenkins used to look northward, up the Animas Valley in the winter when there was no development and see elk in the snow, Stolworthy said.

While Marion Jenkins said he did not like seeing the view ruined by development, he also didn't think the residents living in the Animas Valley had a right to complain about development since they were part of the problem, Stolworthy said.

As a person, Marion Jenkins had "excellent" judgment, was eager to help and had respect for others, he said.

"He's one of those people that will be sorely missed," Stolworthy said. "I kind of feel like he treated me more like a son than a friend."

Melvin Faust, another friend, said he met Marion Jenkins in the 1980s at church. They were both ranchers so they had a lot to talk about, he said. They would sit in the back of church and whisper back and fourth until others would turn around and give them a look, Faust said.

"He was one hell of a good man," he said.

Jenkins was born Aug. 5, 1918, in Austin and served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War II and was present at the Normandy Landing. He ran the ranch until his retirement in 1995.

He married Louise M. (Bartelt) Jenkins on Nov. 3, 1945, at the Trinity Church in Wausau, Wis.

A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Hood Mortuary for Marion Jenkins. Larry Barnes and Jim Montoya will officiate at services. Interment of cremated remains will be at Crestview Cemetery.

He is survived by his wife, Louise of Durango; his son, Kenneth Jenkins of Durango; a daughter, Lyn Hendry of Hettinger, N.D.; a brother, Delbert Jenkins of Gallup, N.M.; a sister, Opal Ponvert of Virginia Beach, Va.; four grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Memorial contributions may be made to VFW Post #4031, 1550 Main Ave., Durango, CO 81301

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, 1997, at Brainard Funeral Home, Wausau.  Rev. David W. Blackmer of Wesley United Methodist Church will officiate.  Burial will be at Pine Grove Cemetery, Wausau.  Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home, and again from 1 p.m. Wednesday until the time of services at the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be grandsons, Craig, Brian, and Scott Luedtke and Paul, Richard, Patrick Rogalla.  The family requests memorials be made to Wesley United Methodist Church in Edna's memory.

He served with the Marine Corps during the Korean War, as a member of the helicopter rescue team.  He worked as a district manager for a dental supply company   covering the western states and Hawaii.

Survivors include his wife Diane, a daughter Jamie, Los Angeles, a sister, Phyllis Lange, Madison, two brothers Gerald, Wausau, and Glen, Round Lake, ILL.   Services were held in Los Angeles.  Internment was in the Los Angeles National Cemetery.

Marguerite Fern KIRCHNER GRIMM (gd/o Bernard Kirchner)

MUSCATINE, Iowa -- Services for Marguerite F. Grimm, of Muscatine, will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Nichols Chapel Hill Funeral Home and Crematory, Muscatine. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Muscatine. Visitation is 2-4 and 7-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Mrs. Grimm died Friday, Oct. 8, 1999, at Unity Hospital, Muscatine. She retired in 1970 as a kindergarten teacher at Grant Elementary School. She also owned and operated Marguerite's Gift Shop, downtown Muscatine, until 1950.

Marguerite Kirchner was born June 28, 1908, in Nichols, Iowa. She married Edward Grimm. They owned and operated the Dairy Freez on Grandview Avenue and later Stewart Road. He died in 1993. Survivors include daughters, Lila Wagner and Bonnie Guynn; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

(note: the daughters are actually STEP-daughters..they are the children of Edward Grimm by his first wife Mabel Beatty. He and Marguerite did not have any children together)

MUSCATINE, Iowa -- Roy E. Bieri, 78, of 1616 Davis Ave., Nichols, died Saturday, Feb. 17, 2001, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home. The Rev. Betsy Neipert of the Nichols United Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be at Nichols Cemetery with military honors provided by the Lone Tree American Legion, Post 457. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Roy Bieri Memorial Fund. Mr. Bieri was born on July 28, 1922, in Lamar, Mo., the son of Jake and Lottie Patterson Bieri. He married Betty Irene Elder on Dec. 29, 1948, in Muscatine. He retired from Amoco Oil Company; before that he farmed in Nichols area for 15 years. He was a member of the Muscatine VFW, the Lone Tree American Legion Post 457, the Lone Tree Masonic Lodge and the Nichols United Methodist Church. During World War II, he served in the U. S. Army throughout the South Pacific with the 82nd Chemical Mortar Battalion. Survivors include one son, Gordon Bieri and his wife, Laurie, of Davenport; one daughter, Debra Smith and her husband, Kent, of Tipton; three grandchildren, Jenna Bieri, Jessie Smith and Char Wright and his wife, Kris; and one great-granddaughter, Emma Wright. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Betty, in 2000, and a brother, Wayne Bieri.

Anna MAPES wife of Joseph MAPES died at the residence of her son, William, on the 3rd concession of Markham, Twp, Nov. 1, 1857 in her 71st year. Mrs. MAPES was the mother of 12 children. Anna is buried in Headford Church, Markham Twp., Canada. -- Headford Church Address: Headford c/o 15 Whiteleaf Cres. Scarborough, ON M1V 3G1

DAVENPORT -- Services for Julia M. Mesmer, of Davenport, will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church, Davenport. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Davenport. Visitation is 4-7 p.m. Wednesday at Halligan-McCabe-DeVries Funeral Home, Davenport, with a prayer service at 6:30 p.m. Mrs. Mesmer died Monday, Nov. 1, 1999, at Rosewood Care Center, Moline, after an extended illness. She had been a fourth grade teacher in Bettendorf school district. She retired in 1981 after several years of service. Julia Morris Mapes was born April 3, 1916, in Nichols, Iowa, to Joseph and Rachel (McGee) Mapes. Julia attended Marycrest College and received a bachelor of arts degree in education. She was a member of the church and Retired Teachers associations in Davenport and Bettendorf. She was an avid quilter and made many quilts over the years for her children and grandchildren. She enjoyed time spent with her family, especially her grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association or Skip Inter District Preschool, Moline. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Susan and Jerry Kinser, Davenport; a son and daughter-in-law, Stuart and Leann Mesmer, East Moline; 20 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; sisters, Baptista Massery, Davenport, and Rosemary Adams, of Illinois; and a daughter-in-law, Norma Mesmer Williams and her husband, Dennis, who is a special friend, Bettendorf. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Stephen Mesmer; and brothers, Jack and Bill Mapes. May they rest in peace.

Source : "Anthony Heisserer Geneology, page 79.
The NEWSBOY _____ Sept 26, 1896
descendant of Anton Heisserer

MIKE HEISSERER SWALLOWS A POWERFUL DRUG
Mike Heisserer, son of Vincent Heisserer, and a brother to W.H. Heisserer, Democratic nominee for collector of Scott County, committed suicide Wednesday night. He ws 23 years old and had been married but a few weeks.

Mike Heisserer and Miss Lillie Proffit had been sweet hearts for years--much to the annoyance of the Heisserer family. About a month ago the young couple slipped off and were married. It is not known where they were married, nor by whom, but it is said they were married by a Catholic priest, at Cairo.
The Heisserer family--especially the father--was much grieved over their conduct and Mike and his wife made their home with John Amos, a brother-in-law living west of Benton, where they have lived ever since their marriage.

Wednesday evening Mike and his wife came to Benton to visit the sick child of her sister--Mrs. Henderson Humphrey. The child being very sick Mrs. Heisserer concluded to remain over night and Mike returned home alone. He remained in Benton, however, until after 10 o'clock, and those who met him say that he was in an unusually good humor and lively.

At about 1 o'clock Mrs. John Amos heard an unusual noise in Mike's room that caused her to believe that something was wrong. She woke her husband who went in and called, but received no answer. He shook Mike but could not arouse him. By this time Mrs. Amos arrived with a light and discovered a letter on the desk addressed to "Mrs. Lillie Heisserer, Private." this startling discovery at once revealed the situation and Dr. Wade was sent for. the Dr. arrived too late, and Mike expired a short time after his arrival. It is presumed that his death was caused from the effects of morphine, but it has not yet been learned where it was obtained.
In the note was a request "not to publish'" and therefore it may never appear in print. Among other things he requested that all his debts be paid, and also left a will.

His life was insured for $10,000 and made payable to his wife.

Estella Heisserer Hahn
d/o Charles Heisserer

MUSCATINE, Iowa -- Services for Mildred C. Heise, of Roswell, Ga., formerly of Muscatine, will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation is 4-7 p.m. Monday at Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home. Mrs. Heise died Thursday, Sept. 20, 2001, at Hospice Atlanta. Mildred Witte was born July 7, 1910, in Eldon. She married Edward "Speed" Heise in 1935 in Rockford, Ill. He preceded her in death. She had worked at Pearl Button Co. and Roach and Musser, prior to World War II. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society. Survivors include a daughter, Elaine Vetter Tanner, Roswell; a son, Fred Heise, Damascus, Ark.; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Muscatine Journal Wednesday March 9, 1983 page 2A