Wallace 'Wally' O. Karsteadt, 82, formerly of Rockville, (Kiel) died Tuesday afternoon, April 6, 2004, at Calumet Medical Center, Chilton, where he was a patient for one day. He had been a resident of Calumet Homestead Rehabilitation Center, New Holstein, since spring of 2003.
He was born April 1, 1922, in the town of Meeme, son of the late Harry and Frieda Rautmann Karsteadt. Wally served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II in the European-African Middle Eastern Theater.
On Aug. 6, 1966, Wally married Evelyn M. Peterson in Superior. She preceded him in death on Sept. 1, 1988.
Wally worked for a number years for Ehnert & Sons Silo, Inc., Kiel, and retired from Gilson Bros., Plymouth.
He was a member of St. Peters United Church of Christ, Kiel, a lifetime member of the Kiel VFW Post 6707 and a former member of the Kiel Redmen and the Kiel Senior Citizens.
He enjoyed woodworking, gardening, hunting and was a Packer fan.
Survivors include his children, Elizabeth Drews (James) Wieck of Kiel, and Dennis (Marlene Rhodes) Peterson of Superior; four grandchildren, Michael Peterson of Superior, Brian Peterson of Eau Claire, Steven (Julie Dotin) Drews of Naperville, Ill., and Lisa Drews of Kiel; and one sister, Julie Firkus, Abbottsford. He was preceded in death by one brother, Donald Karsteadt; four sisters, Marion Winter, Gloria Henning, Glendora Brocker and Virginia Retlich; and son-in-law, Donald Drews.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 10 at the Meiselwitz-Vollstedt Funeral Home, 815 Sixth St., Kiel, with the Rev. Raymond C. Coombs officiating. Burial will take place in the Schleswig Cemetery, Rockville.
Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday, April 9 from 5 until 8 p.m. and at the funeral home on Saturday from 9 a.m. until the time of service.
Kiel VFW Post 6707 will conduct a memorial service at 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
A memorial has been established for St. Peters United Church of Christ.
SHEBOYGAN PRESS OBIT on April 8, 2004
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He was born April 1, 1922, in the town of Meeme, son of the late Harry and Frieda Rautmann Karsteadt. Wally served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II in the European-African Middle Eastern Theater.
On Aug. 6, 1966, Wally married Evelyn M. Peterson in Superior. She preceded him in death on Sept. 1, 1988.
Wally worked for a number years for Ehnert & Sons Silo, Inc., Kiel, and retired from Gilson Bros., Plymouth.
He was a member of St. Peters United Church of Christ, Kiel, a lifetime member of the Kiel VFW Post 6707 and a former member of the Kiel Redmen and the Kiel Senior Citizens.
He enjoyed woodworking, gardening, hunting and was a Packer fan.
Survivors include his children, Elizabeth Drews (James) Wieck of Kiel, and Dennis (Marlene Rhodes) Peterson of Superior; four grandchildren, Michael Peterson of Superior, Brian Peterson of Eau Claire, Steven (Julie Dotin) Drews of Naperville, Ill., and Lisa Drews of Kiel; and one sister, Julie Firkus, Abbottsford. He was preceded in death by one brother, Donald Karsteadt; four sisters, Marion Winter, Gloria Henning, Glendora Brocker and Virginia Retlich; and son-in-law, Donald Drews.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 10 at the Meiselwitz-Vollstedt Funeral Home, 815 Sixth St., Kiel, with the Rev. Raymond C. Coombs officiating. Burial will take place in the Schleswig Cemetery, Rockville.
Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday, April 9 from 5 until 8 p.m. and at the funeral home on Saturday from 9 a.m. until the time of service.
Kiel VFW Post 6707 will conduct a memorial service at 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
A memorial has been established for St. Peters United Church of Christ.
SHEBOYGAN PRESS OBIT on April 8, 2004
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Wallace 'Wally' O. Karsteadt, 82, formerly of Rockville, (Kiel) died Tuesday afternoon, April 6, 2004, at Calumet Medical Center, Chilton, where he was a patient for one day. He had been a resident of Calumet Homestead Rehabilitation Center, New Holstein, since spring of 2003.
He was born April 1, 1922, in the town of Meeme, son of the late Harry and Frieda Rautmann Karsteadt. Wally served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II in the European-African Middle Eastern Theater.
On Aug. 6, 1966, Wally married Evelyn M. Peterson in Superior. She preceded him in death on Sept. 1, 1988.
Wally worked for a number years for Ehnert & Sons Silo, Inc., Kiel, and retired from Gilson Bros., Plymouth.
He was a member of St. Peters United Church of Christ, Kiel, a lifetime member of the Kiel VFW Post 6707 and a former member of the Kiel Redmen and the Kiel Senior Citizens.
He enjoyed woodworking, gardening, hunting and was a Packer fan.
Survivors include his children, Elizabeth Drews (James) Wieck of Kiel, and Dennis (Marlene Rhodes) Peterson of Superior; four grandchildren, Michael Peterson of Superior, Brian Peterson of Eau Claire, Steven (Julie Dotin) Drews of Naperville, Ill., and Lisa Drews of Kiel; and one sister, Julie Firkus, Abbottsford. He was preceded in death by one brother, Donald Karsteadt; four sisters, Marion Winter, Gloria Henning, Glendora Brocker and Virginia Retlich; and son-in-law, Donald Drews.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 10 at the Meiselwitz-Vollstedt Funeral Home, 815 Sixth St., Kiel, with the Rev. Raymond C. Coombs officiating. Burial will take place in the Schleswig Cemetery, Rockville.
Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday, April 9 from 5 until 8 p.m. and at the funeral home on Saturday from 9 a.m. until the time of service.
Kiel VFW Post 6707 will conduct a memorial service at 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
A memorial has been established for St. Peters United Church of Christ.
SHEBOYGAN PRESS OBIT on April 8, 2004
*** MORE INFO AT [email protected] ***
He was born April 1, 1922, in the town of Meeme, son of the late Harry and Frieda Rautmann Karsteadt. Wally served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II in the European-African Middle Eastern Theater.
On Aug. 6, 1966, Wally married Evelyn M. Peterson in Superior. She preceded him in death on Sept. 1, 1988.
Wally worked for a number years for Ehnert & Sons Silo, Inc., Kiel, and retired from Gilson Bros., Plymouth.
He was a member of St. Peters United Church of Christ, Kiel, a lifetime member of the Kiel VFW Post 6707 and a former member of the Kiel Redmen and the Kiel Senior Citizens.
He enjoyed woodworking, gardening, hunting and was a Packer fan.
Survivors include his children, Elizabeth Drews (James) Wieck of Kiel, and Dennis (Marlene Rhodes) Peterson of Superior; four grandchildren, Michael Peterson of Superior, Brian Peterson of Eau Claire, Steven (Julie Dotin) Drews of Naperville, Ill., and Lisa Drews of Kiel; and one sister, Julie Firkus, Abbottsford. He was preceded in death by one brother, Donald Karsteadt; four sisters, Marion Winter, Gloria Henning, Glendora Brocker and Virginia Retlich; and son-in-law, Donald Drews.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 10 at the Meiselwitz-Vollstedt Funeral Home, 815 Sixth St., Kiel, with the Rev. Raymond C. Coombs officiating. Burial will take place in the Schleswig Cemetery, Rockville.
Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday, April 9 from 5 until 8 p.m. and at the funeral home on Saturday from 9 a.m. until the time of service.
Kiel VFW Post 6707 will conduct a memorial service at 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
A memorial has been established for St. Peters United Church of Christ.
SHEBOYGAN PRESS OBIT on April 8, 2004
*** MORE INFO AT [email protected] ***
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