Mrs. Lester Meiselwitz, 49, of 421 5th St., Kiel, died Monday afternoon of a sudden heart attack at her home. Mrs. Meiselwitz had operated the Kiel Hat Shop on Fremont St., the past 10 years.
The former Lillian Mattes, she was born Jan. 31, 1907, at Collins, Manitowoc County, a daughter of the late Herman and Minnie Duecker Mattes. When a young girl she moved with her family to Kiel were she attended public elementary school and graduated from Kiel High School in 1924. On Sept. 11, 1928, she was married to Mr. Meiselwitz in Kiel. The couple had lived there ever since. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Kiel, and of its Ruth Circle; the GUG Germania Society; and Mid-Century Homemakers Club.
Surviving are her husband; a daughter, Miss Janell, a student nurse in Milwaukee; a son, Arthur, Kiel; and two grandchildren. Also surviving are four brothers, Lester and Philip J. Mattes, Kiel, Henry, Sheboygan, and Woodrow, Brothertown.
Mrs. Lester Meiselwitz, 49, of 421 5th St., Kiel, died Monday afternoon of a sudden heart attack at her home. Mrs. Meiselwitz had operated the Kiel Hat Shop on Fremont St., the past 10 years.
The former Lillian Mattes, she was born Jan. 31, 1907, at Collins, Manitowoc County, a daughter of the late Herman and Minnie Duecker Mattes. When a young girl she moved with her family to Kiel were she attended public elementary school and graduated from Kiel High School in 1924. On Sept. 11, 1928, she was married to Mr. Meiselwitz in Kiel. The couple had lived there ever since. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Kiel, and of its Ruth Circle; the GUG Germania Society; and Mid-Century Homemakers Club.
Surviving are her husband; a daughter, Miss Janell, a student nurse in Milwaukee; a son, Arthur, Kiel; and two grandchildren. Also surviving are four brothers, Lester and Philip J. Mattes, Kiel, Henry, Sheboygan, and Woodrow, Brothertown.
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