ANTON F. NOVY
(1885 • 1966)
Anton F. Novy Is Dead at 81
Anton F. Novy, Sr., 81, of 1021 No. 16th St., a crusader for conservation for almost half a century, died Tuesday at Holy Family Hospital after a brief illness.
Mr. Novy was the first committeeman to serve Manitowoc County on the initial Wisconsin Conservation Congress. He was a member for 16 years. A charter member of Manitowoc Chapter of Izaak Walton League, Mr. Novy was also a member of Manitowoc County Fish and Game Protective Assn. for 48 years.
He served as president of both groups as well as serving on committees and holding other offices. He had been a member of the City of Manitowoc Zoological Board.
Pioneered Project
The Fish and Game group had planned to honor Mr. Novy at a meeting Thursday night at Muench Hall, Alverno. They will assemble instead at the funeral home at 7:30 p.m.
Mr. Novy was born Feb. 27, 1884, in the Town of Kossuth, son of the late Joseph and Marie Schultz Novy, and was educated in Manitowoc County. He married Alvina Skarvan at Milwaukee June 11, 19007, and the couple came to Manitowoc in 1915. They observed in the golden anniversary of their wedding in 1957.
Mr. Novy was employed 24 years as a garage foreman for Wisconsin Public Service Corp., retiring July 1, 1952. After this he devoted considerable time to conservation projects, appearing at Madison during hearings on conservation bills. In 1953, he pioneered a wood duck house project in Wisconsin for Izaak Walton. He was a deputy sheriff for many years and a member of Manitowoc County Sheriff and Deputies Assn.
Funeral Friday
Survivors include his wife, two sons, Bernard of Manitowoc and Anton G. Jr., of Woodstock, Ill., a daughter, Mrs. Alvina Yelvington, of Milwaukee, six grand-children and six great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Holy Innocents Catholic Church, the Rev. E. A. Radey officiating, and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Friends may call after 3 p.m. Thursday at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home where the Rosary will be prayed at 7:30 p.m.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., January 19, 1966 P. 18
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ANTON F. NOVY
(1885 • 1966)
Anton F. Novy Is Dead at 81
Anton F. Novy, Sr., 81, of 1021 No. 16th St., a crusader for conservation for almost half a century, died Tuesday at Holy Family Hospital after a brief illness.
Mr. Novy was the first committeeman to serve Manitowoc County on the initial Wisconsin Conservation Congress. He was a member for 16 years. A charter member of Manitowoc Chapter of Izaak Walton League, Mr. Novy was also a member of Manitowoc County Fish and Game Protective Assn. for 48 years.
He served as president of both groups as well as serving on committees and holding other offices. He had been a member of the City of Manitowoc Zoological Board.
Pioneered Project
The Fish and Game group had planned to honor Mr. Novy at a meeting Thursday night at Muench Hall, Alverno. They will assemble instead at the funeral home at 7:30 p.m.
Mr. Novy was born Feb. 27, 1884, in the Town of Kossuth, son of the late Joseph and Marie Schultz Novy, and was educated in Manitowoc County. He married Alvina Skarvan at Milwaukee June 11, 19007, and the couple came to Manitowoc in 1915. They observed in the golden anniversary of their wedding in 1957.
Mr. Novy was employed 24 years as a garage foreman for Wisconsin Public Service Corp., retiring July 1, 1952. After this he devoted considerable time to conservation projects, appearing at Madison during hearings on conservation bills. In 1953, he pioneered a wood duck house project in Wisconsin for Izaak Walton. He was a deputy sheriff for many years and a member of Manitowoc County Sheriff and Deputies Assn.
Funeral Friday
Survivors include his wife, two sons, Bernard of Manitowoc and Anton G. Jr., of Woodstock, Ill., a daughter, Mrs. Alvina Yelvington, of Milwaukee, six grand-children and six great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Holy Innocents Catholic Church, the Rev. E. A. Radey officiating, and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Friends may call after 3 p.m. Thursday at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home where the Rosary will be prayed at 7:30 p.m.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., January 19, 1966 P. 18
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