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John Ernest Nicholus

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John Ernest Nicholus

Birth
West Bend, Washington County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
21 Mar 1962 (aged 82)
Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
Plot
A-6-2-2
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JOHN E. NICHOLUS
(1880 - 1962)

John E. Nicholus, 82, of 408 S. 30th St., Manitowoc, died Wednesday afternoon at his home. He had been ill several months.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at First German Lutheran Church, Manitowoc, with the Rev. L. H. Koeninger officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.

He was born Feb. 14, 1880, at West Bend, son of the late John and Augusta Kraus Nicholus. He attended West Bend schools and the family moved to Milwaukee when he was 15 years old. He was employed by the Chicago and North Western Railroad for six years and then learned the butcher trade. He operated his own shop at 3463 North Richard St., Milwaukee, for 35 years. In 1939 he moved to Manitowoc where he purchased and operated the shore Hill Orchard on South 10th Street until 1947. He was employed for 11 years as a door man at the Capitol Theater until his retirement three years ago. He married Zetta Rathsak Sept. 18, 1913, at Milwaukee.

Among survivors are his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Joseph Stanul and Mrs. Earl Retzlaff of Manitowoc and five grandchildren, John, James and Daniel Terry and Earline and Jeanine Retzlaff of Manitowoc.

Friends may call after 4 p.m. Friday at Mittnacht Funeral Home, Manitowoc, until 11 a.m. Saturday when the casket will be moved to the church where the body will lie in state until the hour of service.

Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., March 22, 1962 P. 14

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▪ died 03-21-1962
▪ buried 03-24-1962
▪ age 82 years
▪ buried on Walter Rathsack lot

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JOHN E. NICHOLUS
(1880 - 1962)

John E. Nicholus, 82, of 408 S. 30th St., Manitowoc, died Wednesday afternoon at his home. He had been ill several months.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at First German Lutheran Church, Manitowoc, with the Rev. L. H. Koeninger officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.

He was born Feb. 14, 1880, at West Bend, son of the late John and Augusta Kraus Nicholus. He attended West Bend schools and the family moved to Milwaukee when he was 15 years old. He was employed by the Chicago and North Western Railroad for six years and then learned the butcher trade. He operated his own shop at 3463 North Richard St., Milwaukee, for 35 years. In 1939 he moved to Manitowoc where he purchased and operated the shore Hill Orchard on South 10th Street until 1947. He was employed for 11 years as a door man at the Capitol Theater until his retirement three years ago. He married Zetta Rathsak Sept. 18, 1913, at Milwaukee.

Among survivors are his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Joseph Stanul and Mrs. Earl Retzlaff of Manitowoc and five grandchildren, John, James and Daniel Terry and Earline and Jeanine Retzlaff of Manitowoc.

Friends may call after 4 p.m. Friday at Mittnacht Funeral Home, Manitowoc, until 11 a.m. Saturday when the casket will be moved to the church where the body will lie in state until the hour of service.

Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., March 22, 1962 P. 14

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▪ died 03-21-1962
▪ buried 03-24-1962
▪ age 82 years
▪ buried on Walter Rathsack lot

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