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Arnold B. Pritzl

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Arnold B. Pritzl

Birth
Worden, Clark County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
9 Apr 1976 (aged 69)
Marshfield, Wood County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Marshfield, Wood County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
Plot
CC8_D_10_6
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Funeral services will be at 11:30 a.m. Monday in St. John's Catholic Church for Arnold B. Pritzl, 69, of 311 W. Kalsched St.. former owner of Pritzl Hardware, 212 N. Central Ave., who died at 9 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph's Hospital, where he was a patient since Feb. 26.
He had been in ill health the past four months, and death resulted from a stroke.
Principal celebrant at the Concelebrated Mass of the Resurrection will be the Rev. Msgr. A. N. Schuh, and interment will follow in Gate of Heaven Cemetery here.
Friends may call at the Rembs Kundinger Chapel beginning at 2 p.m. Sunday and on Monday until time of the services.
Mr. Pritzl was born in Thorp Sept. 11, 1906, and attended Brillion and Marshfield schools.
He came to Marshfield in 1920 with his parents and from 1921 to 1927 was employed in the Milwaukee area. Returning to Marshfield in 1927, Mr. Pritzl entered employment with his father in the F. X. Pritzl Hardware Store, and in 1921 entered into a partnership with him. He continued this partnership until the death of his father in 1959, when he became sole owner. In 1967 he retired and at this time his son, Gerald F. Pritzl, became owner.
Mr. Pritzl was a former member of the Marshfield Chamber of Commerce, serving as its president from 1948-1949. He was a member of St. John's Catholic Church, the Holy Name Society, the Knights of Columbus, the Elks Lodge and a former member of United Commercial Travelers. He had been an original member of the St. John's Men's Choir.
Surviving besides his widow are six children, Gerald and John, both of Marshfield; Mrs. Paul (Mary) Jesberger, Merrill; Robert, Bowie, Md.; Paul, Lexington, Neb., and Donald Pritzl, M.D., Fountain Valley, Calif. There are 17 grandchildren.
A brother, Father John J. Pritzl, Durand, and two sisters, Mrs. Peter (Mae) Thissen, Chowchilla, Calif., and Mrs. Albert (Regina) Meuer, Glenview, Ill., also survive.
Besides his parents he was preceded in death by a brother, a sister and two grandchildren.
A combined rosary by the Missionary Association of Catholic Women and the Rosary-Altar Society of St. John's will be recited at 3 p.m. Sunday. The Elks Lodge of Sorrow is scheduled for 7:15 p.m., the Knights of Columbus rosary at 7:30 p.m. and the St. John's Parish Vigil at 8 p.m., also on Sunday.
The family suggests that memorials in his name be given to the Columbus High School Scholarship Fund.

Marshfield (Wisconsin) News-Herald, Saturday, April 10, 1976
Funeral services will be at 11:30 a.m. Monday in St. John's Catholic Church for Arnold B. Pritzl, 69, of 311 W. Kalsched St.. former owner of Pritzl Hardware, 212 N. Central Ave., who died at 9 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph's Hospital, where he was a patient since Feb. 26.
He had been in ill health the past four months, and death resulted from a stroke.
Principal celebrant at the Concelebrated Mass of the Resurrection will be the Rev. Msgr. A. N. Schuh, and interment will follow in Gate of Heaven Cemetery here.
Friends may call at the Rembs Kundinger Chapel beginning at 2 p.m. Sunday and on Monday until time of the services.
Mr. Pritzl was born in Thorp Sept. 11, 1906, and attended Brillion and Marshfield schools.
He came to Marshfield in 1920 with his parents and from 1921 to 1927 was employed in the Milwaukee area. Returning to Marshfield in 1927, Mr. Pritzl entered employment with his father in the F. X. Pritzl Hardware Store, and in 1921 entered into a partnership with him. He continued this partnership until the death of his father in 1959, when he became sole owner. In 1967 he retired and at this time his son, Gerald F. Pritzl, became owner.
Mr. Pritzl was a former member of the Marshfield Chamber of Commerce, serving as its president from 1948-1949. He was a member of St. John's Catholic Church, the Holy Name Society, the Knights of Columbus, the Elks Lodge and a former member of United Commercial Travelers. He had been an original member of the St. John's Men's Choir.
Surviving besides his widow are six children, Gerald and John, both of Marshfield; Mrs. Paul (Mary) Jesberger, Merrill; Robert, Bowie, Md.; Paul, Lexington, Neb., and Donald Pritzl, M.D., Fountain Valley, Calif. There are 17 grandchildren.
A brother, Father John J. Pritzl, Durand, and two sisters, Mrs. Peter (Mae) Thissen, Chowchilla, Calif., and Mrs. Albert (Regina) Meuer, Glenview, Ill., also survive.
Besides his parents he was preceded in death by a brother, a sister and two grandchildren.
A combined rosary by the Missionary Association of Catholic Women and the Rosary-Altar Society of St. John's will be recited at 3 p.m. Sunday. The Elks Lodge of Sorrow is scheduled for 7:15 p.m., the Knights of Columbus rosary at 7:30 p.m. and the St. John's Parish Vigil at 8 p.m., also on Sunday.
The family suggests that memorials in his name be given to the Columbus High School Scholarship Fund.

Marshfield (Wisconsin) News-Herald, Saturday, April 10, 1976


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