FREDERICK RAHR

DEATH KINDLY MESSENGER TO FRED W. RAHR
Comes as Deliverance to End Long Suffering of Business Man
Death came to Frederick W. Rahr, well known young business man of the city,
today as a kindly messenger of relief from months of weary suffering which
had wasted a once robust body and had made life all but unbearable. For more
than four months Mr. Rahr had been confined to his bed with no hope that he
could win in the brave battle he waged to live. The end came peacefully at
ten o'clock this morning at the family home on North Eighth street and while
a shock to family and friends, was a merciful deliverance to the patient.
The demise of Mr. Rahr claims one of the city's best known young business men
at a time when life was most promising, Mr. Rahr being but 35 years of age
when death claimed him. Born in this city February 12, 1891, Mr. Rahr attended
school here and later entered Lake Forest Academy from which he was graduated
in 1910. He continued his education at Cornell university from which institution
he was graduated in 1914 and then returned here where he was associated in the
business of his father Maxmilian Rahr in the Rahr Sons Company.
Won Promotionin Service
In 1917 when the first selective draft was issued Mr. Rahr went to Camp Custer
and graduated from the first officers' school there with rank of a second
lieutenant and was later transferred to Camp Lee where he won promotin with rank
of captain. He was discharged from service December 5, 1918 and since that time
had made his residence at the home here. Mr. Rahr was identified with the Cereal
Products Company of which he was president and also with the Manitowoc Products
Co., and the Gutsch Company, which recently took over a plant at Sheboygan, being
an officer of both latter concerns. He was active in the business of the companies
up to the time that he entered a hospital at Chicago in June to undergo an operation
which however failed to relieve his condition.
Father, Two Sisters, Survive
Mr. Rahr is survived by his father Maxmilian Rahr, president of the State Bank of
Manitowoc, and by two sisters Mrs. Marie Haffenreffer, of Boston, Mass., and Mrs.
Walter Hamilton of this city. He was a member of the Elks, affiliated with the local
lodge and of the Manitowoc Gun club, being an ardent lover of sports. Mr. Rahr was a
member of the Chi Phi fraternity at Cornell.
To know Fred Rahr was to admire him for the manly qualities he possessed, the high
character and the capabilities by which his life was marked. His intimate associates
found him always a true and loyal friend and he was universally respected in the
community which knew him as it own. His death will bring a sense of personal loss
to many.
Funeral on Saturday
Funeral services for Mr. Rahr will be held from the late home on Saturday afternoon
at 2 o'clock. Burial will be at Evergreen.
Manitowoc Herald News, Thursday, November 4, 1926 P.1
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Funeral of Fred W. Rahr to be at Home
Funeral services for the late Frederick Rahr will be held from the home on N. Eighth
street at 2 tomorrow afternoon, the Rev. G. Ristad conducting the rites. Six members
of the Elks lodge, with which Mr. Rahr was affiliated, will act as honorary escort
and the Manitowoc Gun club, in which he was prominent, will be represented and the
American Legion will have a firing squad in attendance. Pall bearers will be George
and Edward Hamilton, Henry Schuette, A.L. Nash, Archie Taubert and Frank Hoyer.
Manitowoc Herald News, Friday, November 5, 1926 P.3
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And now Max Rahr is the married man who is prancing about seeking to devour any
person who intimates that marriage is a failure. Max had a little boy come to his
place on Thursday last and is correspondingly happy.
Manitowoc Pilot, Thursday, February 19, 1891 P. 3