Illness Is Fatal to J.L.
Wattawa
Joseph L. Wattawa, 75, retired businessman, died Tuesday evening at his
home,
932 N. 11th St. He had been in ill health for two years.
Funeral
services will be at 8:30 a.m. Friday at the Mittnacht Funeral Home here
and at
9 a.m. at Holy Innocents Catholic Church. The Rev. E. A. Radey will
officiate
and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Mr. Wattawa was a veteran in the
undertaking and furniture business and continued
active until his retirement
late in 1945. At the age of 14, he was employed by
C. and W. _____ undertakers
and furniture dealers, where he remained 13 years. In
1905 he formed a
partnership with Wenzel Urbanek and they operated a funeral home
and furniture
store until 1927. The company, which was located on North Eighth
Street, was
dissolved, Mr. Wattawa assuming the control of the funeral home and
Mr.
Urbanek operated the furniture store.
Three years later Mr. Wattawa became
associated with Charles Urbanek as a partner.
Shortly after Arnold Schlei
joined them and the firm was known as Wattawa, Urbanek
and Schlei.
In 1919
Mr. Wattawa served as president of the Wisconsin Funeral Directors and
Embalmers Association. His other affiliations included membership in the
United
Commercial Travelers, the Royal League, the Maccabees and the ZCBJ
lodge. For
many years he was active in bowling circles in the city.
Born Aug.
3, 1877, at Kellnersville, he attended schools in the village prior to
accepting his first job at the age of 14. He married the former Emma Bremer of
Two
Rivers in 1912.
She survives with two brothers, Frank of Milwaukee and
Thomas of this city; six
sisters, Mrs. Anton Goetz, Miss Catherine Wattawa,
Mrs. Ed Adams and Mrs. Karl
Schmitz of this city, Mrs. Arthur Haworth of Fond
du Lac and Mrs. Walter Kiel of
Two Rivers.
Friends may call at the funeral
home after non Thursday until the hour of services.
The rosary will be recited
at 8:15 p.m. Thursday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, February 4, 1953 P.
2
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[d. 02-03-1953/age 75 yrs.]
Wattawa
Joseph L. Wattawa, 75, retired businessman, died Tuesday evening at his
home,
932 N. 11th St. He had been in ill health for two years.
Funeral
services will be at 8:30 a.m. Friday at the Mittnacht Funeral Home here
and at
9 a.m. at Holy Innocents Catholic Church. The Rev. E. A. Radey will
officiate
and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Mr. Wattawa was a veteran in the
undertaking and furniture business and continued
active until his retirement
late in 1945. At the age of 14, he was employed by
C. and W. _____ undertakers
and furniture dealers, where he remained 13 years. In
1905 he formed a
partnership with Wenzel Urbanek and they operated a funeral home
and furniture
store until 1927. The company, which was located on North Eighth
Street, was
dissolved, Mr. Wattawa assuming the control of the funeral home and
Mr.
Urbanek operated the furniture store.
Three years later Mr. Wattawa became
associated with Charles Urbanek as a partner.
Shortly after Arnold Schlei
joined them and the firm was known as Wattawa, Urbanek
and Schlei.
In 1919
Mr. Wattawa served as president of the Wisconsin Funeral Directors and
Embalmers Association. His other affiliations included membership in the
United
Commercial Travelers, the Royal League, the Maccabees and the ZCBJ
lodge. For
many years he was active in bowling circles in the city.
Born Aug.
3, 1877, at Kellnersville, he attended schools in the village prior to
accepting his first job at the age of 14. He married the former Emma Bremer of
Two
Rivers in 1912.
She survives with two brothers, Frank of Milwaukee and
Thomas of this city; six
sisters, Mrs. Anton Goetz, Miss Catherine Wattawa,
Mrs. Ed Adams and Mrs. Karl
Schmitz of this city, Mrs. Arthur Haworth of Fond
du Lac and Mrs. Walter Kiel of
Two Rivers.
Friends may call at the funeral
home after non Thursday until the hour of services.
The rosary will be recited
at 8:15 p.m. Thursday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, February 4, 1953 P.
2
*******
[d. 02-03-1953/age 75 yrs.]
Illness Is Fatal to J.L.
Wattawa
Joseph L. Wattawa, 75, retired businessman, died Tuesday evening at his
home,
932 N. 11th St. He had been in ill health for two years.
Funeral
services will be at 8:30 a.m. Friday at the Mittnacht Funeral Home here
and at
9 a.m. at Holy Innocents Catholic Church. The Rev. E. A. Radey will
officiate
and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Mr. Wattawa was a veteran in the
undertaking and furniture business and continued
active until his retirement
late in 1945. At the age of 14, he was employed by
C. and W. _____ undertakers
and furniture dealers, where he remained 13 years. In
1905 he formed a
partnership with Wenzel Urbanek and they operated a funeral home
and furniture
store until 1927. The company, which was located on North Eighth
Street, was
dissolved, Mr. Wattawa assuming the control of the funeral home and
Mr.
Urbanek operated the furniture store.
Three years later Mr. Wattawa became
associated with Charles Urbanek as a partner.
Shortly after Arnold Schlei
joined them and the firm was known as Wattawa, Urbanek
and Schlei.
In 1919
Mr. Wattawa served as president of the Wisconsin Funeral Directors and
Embalmers Association. His other affiliations included membership in the
United
Commercial Travelers, the Royal League, the Maccabees and the ZCBJ
lodge. For
many years he was active in bowling circles in the city.
Born Aug.
3, 1877, at Kellnersville, he attended schools in the village prior to
accepting his first job at the age of 14. He married the former Emma Bremer of
Two
Rivers in 1912.
She survives with two brothers, Frank of Milwaukee and
Thomas of this city; six
sisters, Mrs. Anton Goetz, Miss Catherine Wattawa,
Mrs. Ed Adams and Mrs. Karl
Schmitz of this city, Mrs. Arthur Haworth of Fond
du Lac and Mrs. Walter Kiel of
Two Rivers.
Friends may call at the funeral
home after non Thursday until the hour of services.
The rosary will be recited
at 8:15 p.m. Thursday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, February 4, 1953 P.
2
*******
[d. 02-03-1953/age 75 yrs.]
Wattawa
Joseph L. Wattawa, 75, retired businessman, died Tuesday evening at his
home,
932 N. 11th St. He had been in ill health for two years.
Funeral
services will be at 8:30 a.m. Friday at the Mittnacht Funeral Home here
and at
9 a.m. at Holy Innocents Catholic Church. The Rev. E. A. Radey will
officiate
and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Mr. Wattawa was a veteran in the
undertaking and furniture business and continued
active until his retirement
late in 1945. At the age of 14, he was employed by
C. and W. _____ undertakers
and furniture dealers, where he remained 13 years. In
1905 he formed a
partnership with Wenzel Urbanek and they operated a funeral home
and furniture
store until 1927. The company, which was located on North Eighth
Street, was
dissolved, Mr. Wattawa assuming the control of the funeral home and
Mr.
Urbanek operated the furniture store.
Three years later Mr. Wattawa became
associated with Charles Urbanek as a partner.
Shortly after Arnold Schlei
joined them and the firm was known as Wattawa, Urbanek
and Schlei.
In 1919
Mr. Wattawa served as president of the Wisconsin Funeral Directors and
Embalmers Association. His other affiliations included membership in the
United
Commercial Travelers, the Royal League, the Maccabees and the ZCBJ
lodge. For
many years he was active in bowling circles in the city.
Born Aug.
3, 1877, at Kellnersville, he attended schools in the village prior to
accepting his first job at the age of 14. He married the former Emma Bremer of
Two
Rivers in 1912.
She survives with two brothers, Frank of Milwaukee and
Thomas of this city; six
sisters, Mrs. Anton Goetz, Miss Catherine Wattawa,
Mrs. Ed Adams and Mrs. Karl
Schmitz of this city, Mrs. Arthur Haworth of Fond
du Lac and Mrs. Walter Kiel of
Two Rivers.
Friends may call at the funeral
home after non Thursday until the hour of services.
The rosary will be recited
at 8:15 p.m. Thursday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, February 4, 1953 P.
2
*******
[d. 02-03-1953/age 75 yrs.]
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