FRED C. VOELCHERT (d. 1915)

DEATH COMES TO RELIEF OF FRED VOELCHERT TODAY
WELL KNOWN YOUNG MAN OF CITY VICTIM OF TUBERCULOSIS,
DIES AT SANATORIUM AT WHITELAW THIS MORNING
HAD BEEN ILL FOR YEAR. NO HOPE OF RECOVERY.
Fred Voelchert is dead. This announcement which was received in the
city this morning from Whitelaw, where he had been a patient at Maple
Crest sanatorium for several months, was a shock to friends who,
while they realized that the fight which Mr. Voelchert was making for
life was a losing battle, had not anticipated that death was near. Mr.
Voelchert’s death occurred at 7 o’clock this morning.
Fred Voelchert was one of the best known young men of the city and
his untimely death will be deeply deplored in the community and will
arouse widespread sympathy. Born in this city, Mr. Voelchert, who
would have been 32 years old on Oct. 18, had always made his home here.
He attended the high school and the Wisconsin Business college and was
later associated with his father in the management of the Voelchert
Furniture company which recently closed out its business because of the
illness of Mr. Voelchert. Deceased was a son of Frederick Voelchert,
618 Jay street, and besides his aged father, leaves two sisters, Miss
Litta Voelchert of Chicago and Mrs. Richard Groll of this city and a
half sister, Mrs. F. Heinemann, Appleton. Mr. Voelchert’s mother died
last October.
Mr. Voelchert had been ill about a year and upon advice of physicians
he had spent some time at Asheville at the Royal League sanatorium and
returned home several months ago and entered Maple Crest sanatorium
where he had been since. For weeks he had been on the threshold of death
but he had waged a brave fight and to the very last had been hopeful and
patient. Few young men of the city had a wider acquaintance than Fred
Voelchert and his friends were legion. He was well known in younger
social circles and was popular. He was a member of the Elks and of the
Royal League council in this city and had taken an active participation
in affairs of the two orders.
The body of Mr. Voelchert was brought to the city today and taken to the
home on Jay street from where the funeral will be held Monday afternoon,
in charge of the Elks and Royal League, both orders attending in a body.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Saturday, September 25, 1915, Page 1
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FUNERAL OF FRED VOELCHERT IS HELD TODAY
With the impressive rites of the Royal League and Elks orders, the
funeral of Fred Voelchert was held this afternoon, the services at
the home being conducted by the Royal League while at the graveside,
the Elks had charge of the ceremony. Large delegations from both orders
attended the services and a large funeral cortege followed the remains
to their resting place at Evergreen. The Rev. Keicher spoke briefly at
the service. Many handsome floral offerings testified to the esteem of
his friends.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Monday, September 27, 1915, Page 5
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[bur. 27 Sept. 1915/cause: pulmonary tuberculosis]