JACOB LUDWIG

Jacob Ludwig, 84, 0f 139 School St., Chilton, died Monday afternoon at the Toth Nursing home, Chilton, where he resided the past two months.

Born March 15, 1890 in the town of Stockbridge, he was a son of the late Frank and Magdalena Roell Ludwig. He attended St. Elizabeth Catholic School, Kloten. Mr. Ludwig was a car salesman for the Chilton Ford Garage for many years and also worked as a carpenter and painter.
On March 17, 1915 he married the former Elizabeth Bersch at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church. He was a 50 year member of the Catholic Knights of Wisconsin, Charlestown and a member of the St. Joseph Sick Benefit Society of St. Mary Catholic Church, Chilton.

Survivors include his widow; five brothers, Edmund, Otto and Fred, all of Chilton, Charles, Sheboygan and Andrew, Eagle River, and two sisters, Mrs. Leona Brach, and Mrs. Lorena Dekarske, both of Sheboygan. Three sisters and a brother preceded him in death.

Funeral services will be at St. Mary Catholic Church, Chilton, with the Rev. James Vennix, pastor, celebrant of the requiem Mass. Burial will be in the parish cemetery.
Sheboygan Press – February 4, 1975
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Ludwig, Jacob (March 15, 1890-Feb. 3, 1975 –husband of Elizabeth Bersch [married Nov. 17, 1915 at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Stockbridge, Calumet County –it seems no children came from this marriage] –son of Frank Ludwig [1853-1929] and Magdalena Roell [1867-1920] –born in the Town of Stockbridge, Calumet County –from Oct. 4, 1955 to May 26, 1970, Jacob owned the 2.5-acre lot with house at W1421 Highway 151 in Hayton, Calumet County –" Mr. Ludwig was a car salesman for the Chilton Ford Garage for many years and also worked as a carpenter and painter." –from obit –residence at time of death was 139 School Street. City of Chilton –died from "cerebro vascular accident, 6 minutes –general arteriosclerosis") –buried at the St. Mary Catholic Cemetery, City of Chilton [marriage record Calumet 5-944] [death record Calumet 21-422]