JOSEPH W. SOIT
Joseph Soit, Civic Leader, Is Dead at 78
TWO RIVERS—Joseph W. Soit, 78, of 2611 Adams St., a Point Beach State forest
promoter, long active in civic and fraternal circles and who operated a tailoring
business here for more than 45 years, died early Tuesday morning at Two Rivers
Municipal Hospital. He had been in failing health in recent weeks.
A native of Austria where he learned the tailoring trade, Soit had long served
as chairman of the parks and forests committee of the Two Rivers Chamber of
Commerce after he had led a movement which resulted in the establishment of
Point Beach State Forest. In 1952, the former Wisconsin Conservation Dept.
recognized him for his contributions in the field of conservation.
Active in Elks
Soit was active for years in the Two Rivers Elks Lodge No. 1380, serving in the
mid-1930s as exalted ruler and later was its treasurer. In the 1930s, he served
as president of the Two Rivers Community Club, predecessor of the Chamber, at a
time when a movement got underway to establish the state forest north of Two
Rivers.
Born at Karten, Austria, son of the late Lorenz and Ursula Soit, he attended
public schools there for seven years and learned the tailoring trade in 30-1/2
years at a trade school at Villach, Austria. As a journeyman tailor, he went to
Klagenfurt, Austria, and then to Gratz, where he attended a clothing designing
school.
In 1913, he immigrated to the United States, settling at Milwaukee where he
attended night school to learn the English language. In 1915, he came to Two
Rivers to become tailor for the late Simon Schneider, operator of a clothing
store at 16th and Washington streets, now Scheurell’s. He established his own
tailoring business in 1927 and had been in semi-retirement in recent years. In
1958, he made an extended visit to his homeland.
A golfer, Soit had served as president of the Two Rivers Golf Assn. A longtime
member of Grace Congregational Church, he was a former president of the Men’s
Brotherhood and also served on the church board of deacons for six years. In
the tailoring field he had been affiliated with the National Merchant Tailors
Assn. as a member of the Milwaukee chapter. For more than 15 years he was a
member of the Izaak Walton League of America, and served on the state board of
directors for two years.
Survivors
Besides his wife, the former Mary K. Belau, whom he married at Two Rivers Jan. 23,
1922, he leaves a daughter, Miss Frances, a school teacher at Kenosha and a son
Richard, an automation engineer with Goodyear Atomic Corp. of Waverly, Ohio, who
resides at nearby Portsmouth. Six brothers and two sisters preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Grace Congregational Church, the
Rev. Reed Forbush officiating. Burial will be in Pioneers’ Rest Cemetery.
Friends may call at Klein and Stangel Inc., Funeral Home after 5 p.m. Thursday
where memorial services will be conducted by the Elks Lodge at 7 p.m.
Manitowoc Herald Times, August 28, 1968 P. 12
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(10 Mar 1890/Aug 1968/SSDI)
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Marriage of Joseph/Mary Soit
The marriage of Jos. Soit and Miss Mary Belau, popular young people of this city occurred Monday, the ceremony being performed by Judge Chloupek at the Court House, Manitowoc. The couple immediately took the train south on a honeymoon sojourn. Mr. Soit has charge of the tailoring department of the Schneider Clothing Store. He is an affable and accommodating gentleman and his bride a lady of refinement and many good qualities. For a number of years she was employed in the dental office of Dr. Eggers.
The Reporter, Thurs., Jan. 26, 1922
Contributor: Shari Milks (49043446) • [email protected]
Joseph Soit, Civic Leader, Is Dead at 78
TWO RIVERS—Joseph W. Soit, 78, of 2611 Adams St., a Point Beach State forest
promoter, long active in civic and fraternal circles and who operated a tailoring
business here for more than 45 years, died early Tuesday morning at Two Rivers
Municipal Hospital. He had been in failing health in recent weeks.
A native of Austria where he learned the tailoring trade, Soit had long served
as chairman of the parks and forests committee of the Two Rivers Chamber of
Commerce after he had led a movement which resulted in the establishment of
Point Beach State Forest. In 1952, the former Wisconsin Conservation Dept.
recognized him for his contributions in the field of conservation.
Active in Elks
Soit was active for years in the Two Rivers Elks Lodge No. 1380, serving in the
mid-1930s as exalted ruler and later was its treasurer. In the 1930s, he served
as president of the Two Rivers Community Club, predecessor of the Chamber, at a
time when a movement got underway to establish the state forest north of Two
Rivers.
Born at Karten, Austria, son of the late Lorenz and Ursula Soit, he attended
public schools there for seven years and learned the tailoring trade in 30-1/2
years at a trade school at Villach, Austria. As a journeyman tailor, he went to
Klagenfurt, Austria, and then to Gratz, where he attended a clothing designing
school.
In 1913, he immigrated to the United States, settling at Milwaukee where he
attended night school to learn the English language. In 1915, he came to Two
Rivers to become tailor for the late Simon Schneider, operator of a clothing
store at 16th and Washington streets, now Scheurell’s. He established his own
tailoring business in 1927 and had been in semi-retirement in recent years. In
1958, he made an extended visit to his homeland.
A golfer, Soit had served as president of the Two Rivers Golf Assn. A longtime
member of Grace Congregational Church, he was a former president of the Men’s
Brotherhood and also served on the church board of deacons for six years. In
the tailoring field he had been affiliated with the National Merchant Tailors
Assn. as a member of the Milwaukee chapter. For more than 15 years he was a
member of the Izaak Walton League of America, and served on the state board of
directors for two years.
Survivors
Besides his wife, the former Mary K. Belau, whom he married at Two Rivers Jan. 23,
1922, he leaves a daughter, Miss Frances, a school teacher at Kenosha and a son
Richard, an automation engineer with Goodyear Atomic Corp. of Waverly, Ohio, who
resides at nearby Portsmouth. Six brothers and two sisters preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Grace Congregational Church, the
Rev. Reed Forbush officiating. Burial will be in Pioneers’ Rest Cemetery.
Friends may call at Klein and Stangel Inc., Funeral Home after 5 p.m. Thursday
where memorial services will be conducted by the Elks Lodge at 7 p.m.
Manitowoc Herald Times, August 28, 1968 P. 12
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(10 Mar 1890/Aug 1968/SSDI)
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Marriage of Joseph/Mary Soit
The marriage of Jos. Soit and Miss Mary Belau, popular young people of this city occurred Monday, the ceremony being performed by Judge Chloupek at the Court House, Manitowoc. The couple immediately took the train south on a honeymoon sojourn. Mr. Soit has charge of the tailoring department of the Schneider Clothing Store. He is an affable and accommodating gentleman and his bride a lady of refinement and many good qualities. For a number of years she was employed in the dental office of Dr. Eggers.
The Reporter, Thurs., Jan. 26, 1922
Contributor: Shari Milks (49043446) • [email protected]
JOSEPH W. SOIT
Joseph Soit, Civic Leader, Is Dead at 78
TWO RIVERS—Joseph W. Soit, 78, of 2611 Adams St., a Point Beach State forest
promoter, long active in civic and fraternal circles and who operated a tailoring
business here for more than 45 years, died early Tuesday morning at Two Rivers
Municipal Hospital. He had been in failing health in recent weeks.
A native of Austria where he learned the tailoring trade, Soit had long served
as chairman of the parks and forests committee of the Two Rivers Chamber of
Commerce after he had led a movement which resulted in the establishment of
Point Beach State Forest. In 1952, the former Wisconsin Conservation Dept.
recognized him for his contributions in the field of conservation.
Active in Elks
Soit was active for years in the Two Rivers Elks Lodge No. 1380, serving in the
mid-1930s as exalted ruler and later was its treasurer. In the 1930s, he served
as president of the Two Rivers Community Club, predecessor of the Chamber, at a
time when a movement got underway to establish the state forest north of Two
Rivers.
Born at Karten, Austria, son of the late Lorenz and Ursula Soit, he attended
public schools there for seven years and learned the tailoring trade in 30-1/2
years at a trade school at Villach, Austria. As a journeyman tailor, he went to
Klagenfurt, Austria, and then to Gratz, where he attended a clothing designing
school.
In 1913, he immigrated to the United States, settling at Milwaukee where he
attended night school to learn the English language. In 1915, he came to Two
Rivers to become tailor for the late Simon Schneider, operator of a clothing
store at 16th and Washington streets, now Scheurell’s. He established his own
tailoring business in 1927 and had been in semi-retirement in recent years. In
1958, he made an extended visit to his homeland.
A golfer, Soit had served as president of the Two Rivers Golf Assn. A longtime
member of Grace Congregational Church, he was a former president of the Men’s
Brotherhood and also served on the church board of deacons for six years. In
the tailoring field he had been affiliated with the National Merchant Tailors
Assn. as a member of the Milwaukee chapter. For more than 15 years he was a
member of the Izaak Walton League of America, and served on the state board of
directors for two years.
Survivors
Besides his wife, the former Mary K. Belau, whom he married at Two Rivers Jan. 23,
1922, he leaves a daughter, Miss Frances, a school teacher at Kenosha and a son
Richard, an automation engineer with Goodyear Atomic Corp. of Waverly, Ohio, who
resides at nearby Portsmouth. Six brothers and two sisters preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Grace Congregational Church, the
Rev. Reed Forbush officiating. Burial will be in Pioneers’ Rest Cemetery.
Friends may call at Klein and Stangel Inc., Funeral Home after 5 p.m. Thursday
where memorial services will be conducted by the Elks Lodge at 7 p.m.
Manitowoc Herald Times, August 28, 1968 P. 12
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(10 Mar 1890/Aug 1968/SSDI)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Marriage of Joseph/Mary Soit
The marriage of Jos. Soit and Miss Mary Belau, popular young people of this city occurred Monday, the ceremony being performed by Judge Chloupek at the Court House, Manitowoc. The couple immediately took the train south on a honeymoon sojourn. Mr. Soit has charge of the tailoring department of the Schneider Clothing Store. He is an affable and accommodating gentleman and his bride a lady of refinement and many good qualities. For a number of years she was employed in the dental office of Dr. Eggers.
The Reporter, Thurs., Jan. 26, 1922
Contributor: Shari Milks (49043446) • [email protected]
Joseph Soit, Civic Leader, Is Dead at 78
TWO RIVERS—Joseph W. Soit, 78, of 2611 Adams St., a Point Beach State forest
promoter, long active in civic and fraternal circles and who operated a tailoring
business here for more than 45 years, died early Tuesday morning at Two Rivers
Municipal Hospital. He had been in failing health in recent weeks.
A native of Austria where he learned the tailoring trade, Soit had long served
as chairman of the parks and forests committee of the Two Rivers Chamber of
Commerce after he had led a movement which resulted in the establishment of
Point Beach State Forest. In 1952, the former Wisconsin Conservation Dept.
recognized him for his contributions in the field of conservation.
Active in Elks
Soit was active for years in the Two Rivers Elks Lodge No. 1380, serving in the
mid-1930s as exalted ruler and later was its treasurer. In the 1930s, he served
as president of the Two Rivers Community Club, predecessor of the Chamber, at a
time when a movement got underway to establish the state forest north of Two
Rivers.
Born at Karten, Austria, son of the late Lorenz and Ursula Soit, he attended
public schools there for seven years and learned the tailoring trade in 30-1/2
years at a trade school at Villach, Austria. As a journeyman tailor, he went to
Klagenfurt, Austria, and then to Gratz, where he attended a clothing designing
school.
In 1913, he immigrated to the United States, settling at Milwaukee where he
attended night school to learn the English language. In 1915, he came to Two
Rivers to become tailor for the late Simon Schneider, operator of a clothing
store at 16th and Washington streets, now Scheurell’s. He established his own
tailoring business in 1927 and had been in semi-retirement in recent years. In
1958, he made an extended visit to his homeland.
A golfer, Soit had served as president of the Two Rivers Golf Assn. A longtime
member of Grace Congregational Church, he was a former president of the Men’s
Brotherhood and also served on the church board of deacons for six years. In
the tailoring field he had been affiliated with the National Merchant Tailors
Assn. as a member of the Milwaukee chapter. For more than 15 years he was a
member of the Izaak Walton League of America, and served on the state board of
directors for two years.
Survivors
Besides his wife, the former Mary K. Belau, whom he married at Two Rivers Jan. 23,
1922, he leaves a daughter, Miss Frances, a school teacher at Kenosha and a son
Richard, an automation engineer with Goodyear Atomic Corp. of Waverly, Ohio, who
resides at nearby Portsmouth. Six brothers and two sisters preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Grace Congregational Church, the
Rev. Reed Forbush officiating. Burial will be in Pioneers’ Rest Cemetery.
Friends may call at Klein and Stangel Inc., Funeral Home after 5 p.m. Thursday
where memorial services will be conducted by the Elks Lodge at 7 p.m.
Manitowoc Herald Times, August 28, 1968 P. 12
*******
(10 Mar 1890/Aug 1968/SSDI)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Marriage of Joseph/Mary Soit
The marriage of Jos. Soit and Miss Mary Belau, popular young people of this city occurred Monday, the ceremony being performed by Judge Chloupek at the Court House, Manitowoc. The couple immediately took the train south on a honeymoon sojourn. Mr. Soit has charge of the tailoring department of the Schneider Clothing Store. He is an affable and accommodating gentleman and his bride a lady of refinement and many good qualities. For a number of years she was employed in the dental office of Dr. Eggers.
The Reporter, Thurs., Jan. 26, 1922
Contributor: Shari Milks (49043446) • [email protected]
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