Oscar Karstaedt, 78, or 1710 N. 21st St., a retired Town of Schleswig farmer died Tuesday evening at St. Nichols Hospital following a short illness.
He was born Sept. 16, 1890, in the Town of Eaton, Manitowoc County, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Karstaedt. Later, his parents moved to a farm on the north side of Wilke's Lake in the Town of Schleswig where he attended district schools.
On June 19, 1920, he was married to Emily Westphal of the Town of Meeme.
They lived on the family farm at Wilke Lake which they operated until retiring in 1950. They then moved to Sheboygan.
He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Louis Corners.
Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Robert (Evelyn) Chuvan; three sons, Melvin, Vernon and Kenneth, all of Sheboygan; four grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Florence Dedering, Howards Grove-Millersville, and two brothers, Otto, rural Newton, and Frank, rural Kiel.
Two sisters and two brothers preceded him in death.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Meiselwitz Funeral Home, Kiel, with the Rev. Adalbert Schulz, pastor of Zion Church, officiating. Burial will be in Ucker Road Cemetery, Town of Schleswig.
Oscar Karstaedt, 78, or 1710 N. 21st St., a retired Town of Schleswig farmer died Tuesday evening at St. Nichols Hospital following a short illness.
He was born Sept. 16, 1890, in the Town of Eaton, Manitowoc County, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Karstaedt. Later, his parents moved to a farm on the north side of Wilke's Lake in the Town of Schleswig where he attended district schools.
On June 19, 1920, he was married to Emily Westphal of the Town of Meeme.
They lived on the family farm at Wilke Lake which they operated until retiring in 1950. They then moved to Sheboygan.
He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Louis Corners.
Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Robert (Evelyn) Chuvan; three sons, Melvin, Vernon and Kenneth, all of Sheboygan; four grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Florence Dedering, Howards Grove-Millersville, and two brothers, Otto, rural Newton, and Frank, rural Kiel.
Two sisters and two brothers preceded him in death.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Meiselwitz Funeral Home, Kiel, with the Rev. Adalbert Schulz, pastor of Zion Church, officiating. Burial will be in Ucker Road Cemetery, Town of Schleswig.
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