ED. W. SIXTA DIES AT HOME HERE SUNDAY
Pioneer Citizen Will Receive Burial On Tuesday In The Afternoon
Edward W. Sixta, 61, one of the pioneer citizens of Manitowoc and who,
with his father and brother Emil, organized the F. Sixta and Sons Co.,
operators for years of a wholesale liquor establishment on York street,
and who had been in failing health for several years, died Sunday
afternoon at the home 715 New York Ave. Born in Manitowoc in 1871, Mr.
Sixta was brought up here and always made this city his home.
The Sixta and Sons Co. was one of the leading wholesale liquor houses
in this section of the state in the pre-Volstead days. The firm occupied
the quarters on York street vacated today by the Evening Times.
The deceased was married to Miss Olga M. Sonsthagen of this city,
September 16, 1897, and they continued to make this city their home.
Mr. Sixta had been retired for the past several years.
Besides his widow he is survived by two brothers, Emil of Whittier,
Calif., and Dr. Louis Sixta of Schuyler, Neb.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock from the
home, 715 New York Ave. in charge of the Rev. D.G. Ristad. Interment
will be at Evergreen.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, May 2, 1932 P.2
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[Edward Em./bur. 5-3-1932/age 60 yrs/cause: disease of heart/
bur. on Otto Sonsthagen lot]
ED. W. SIXTA DIES AT HOME HERE SUNDAY
Pioneer Citizen Will Receive Burial On Tuesday In The Afternoon
Edward W. Sixta, 61, one of the pioneer citizens of Manitowoc and who,
with his father and brother Emil, organized the F. Sixta and Sons Co.,
operators for years of a wholesale liquor establishment on York street,
and who had been in failing health for several years, died Sunday
afternoon at the home 715 New York Ave. Born in Manitowoc in 1871, Mr.
Sixta was brought up here and always made this city his home.
The Sixta and Sons Co. was one of the leading wholesale liquor houses
in this section of the state in the pre-Volstead days. The firm occupied
the quarters on York street vacated today by the Evening Times.
The deceased was married to Miss Olga M. Sonsthagen of this city,
September 16, 1897, and they continued to make this city their home.
Mr. Sixta had been retired for the past several years.
Besides his widow he is survived by two brothers, Emil of Whittier,
Calif., and Dr. Louis Sixta of Schuyler, Neb.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock from the
home, 715 New York Ave. in charge of the Rev. D.G. Ristad. Interment
will be at Evergreen.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, May 2, 1932 P.2
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[Edward Em./bur. 5-3-1932/age 60 yrs/cause: disease of heart/
bur. on Otto Sonsthagen lot]
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