Christian F. Abitz, 1004 S. Eighth Avenue, passed away at his home this morning at 1:00 o'clock. Funeral services will be conducted at the home Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock and at the German Methodist Episcopal Church at 2:00 o'clock, the Rev. H. C. Stahmer officiating, and burial is to be in Pine Grove cemetery.
The deceased was born May 18, 1838, in Germany and was married to Wilhelmina Rease in Monroe on December 24, 1874. He came from Germany to that city in 1868 and moved to Wausau in 1881. Surviving are the widow; five children, William and Otto Abitz of Wausau, Fred Abitz of the town of Flieth, Mrs. R. W. Berger of Waukesha and Mrs. Fred Z. Krueger of Kenosha; one sister, Mrs. Caroline Matzke of Milford, Neb.; two brothers, William Abitz of Paynesville, Minn., and Martin Abitz of Imperial, Neb.; thirteen grandchildren; and four great grandchildren.
Christian F. Abitz, 1004 S. Eighth Avenue, passed away at his home this morning at 1:00 o'clock. Funeral services will be conducted at the home Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock and at the German Methodist Episcopal Church at 2:00 o'clock, the Rev. H. C. Stahmer officiating, and burial is to be in Pine Grove cemetery.
The deceased was born May 18, 1838, in Germany and was married to Wilhelmina Rease in Monroe on December 24, 1874. He came from Germany to that city in 1868 and moved to Wausau in 1881. Surviving are the widow; five children, William and Otto Abitz of Wausau, Fred Abitz of the town of Flieth, Mrs. R. W. Berger of Waukesha and Mrs. Fred Z. Krueger of Kenosha; one sister, Mrs. Caroline Matzke of Milford, Neb.; two brothers, William Abitz of Paynesville, Minn., and Martin Abitz of Imperial, Neb.; thirteen grandchildren; and four great grandchildren.
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