Lester D. Meiselwitz, 78, a former Kiel resident, died Tuesday afternoon at Calumet Homestead Nursing Home, New Holstein, where he had lived for the past six months.
He was born Aug. 6, 1903, in Kiel, a son of Arthur and Emma Roeh Meiselwitz. He graduated from Kiel High School in 1922. On Sept. 11, 1928, he married Lillian Mattes in Kiel. She died in 1956. He married Dorothy Casper Broeckert Aug. 18, 1967, in Manitowoc. Mr. Meiselwitz was employed at Kiel Woodenware Co. and at Stoelting Brothers Inc. for 30 years until retiring in 1967. He was an honorary member of the Kiel Fire Department, and a member of the Kiel Fish and Game Club, the School Hill Sportsman's Club, and the Crystal Lake Sportsman's Club.
Survivors are his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Donald (Jennelle) Krieucke, of Brookfield; a son, Arthur, Route 2, Elkhart Lake; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Roger (Emiliee) Gutschow, of Sheboygan, and Mrs. Roman (Yvonne) Woefel, Route 3, Sheboygan; 16 grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter.
Funeral services will be held Friday at Meiselwitz Funeral Home, Kiel. The Rev. Joe V. Anderson, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Kiel, will officiate. Burial will be in Kiel Cemetery.
Lester D. Meiselwitz, 78, a former Kiel resident, died Tuesday afternoon at Calumet Homestead Nursing Home, New Holstein, where he had lived for the past six months.
He was born Aug. 6, 1903, in Kiel, a son of Arthur and Emma Roeh Meiselwitz. He graduated from Kiel High School in 1922. On Sept. 11, 1928, he married Lillian Mattes in Kiel. She died in 1956. He married Dorothy Casper Broeckert Aug. 18, 1967, in Manitowoc. Mr. Meiselwitz was employed at Kiel Woodenware Co. and at Stoelting Brothers Inc. for 30 years until retiring in 1967. He was an honorary member of the Kiel Fire Department, and a member of the Kiel Fish and Game Club, the School Hill Sportsman's Club, and the Crystal Lake Sportsman's Club.
Survivors are his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Donald (Jennelle) Krieucke, of Brookfield; a son, Arthur, Route 2, Elkhart Lake; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Roger (Emiliee) Gutschow, of Sheboygan, and Mrs. Roman (Yvonne) Woefel, Route 3, Sheboygan; 16 grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter.
Funeral services will be held Friday at Meiselwitz Funeral Home, Kiel. The Rev. Joe V. Anderson, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Kiel, will officiate. Burial will be in Kiel Cemetery.
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