Lancia James Splitt, 67, of 121 River St., Menasha, a former Manitowoc resident,
died Friday evening at Veterans Administration Hospital, Wood, Wis., following
a brief illness.
Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. Monday at Schneider-Mittnacht Funeral Home
and at 9:30 a.m. at Holy Innocents Catholic Church. The Rev. Leo Schmitt will
officiate and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc. Military rites
will be conducted by the V.F.W. Otto-Oas Post No. 659.
Mr. Splitt was born Jan. 21, 1906, at Milwaukee, son of the late Louis F. and
Frieda Schroeder Splitt. The family moved to Manitowoc in 1909 and he attended
local public and high schools.
For many years he was employed by the Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co. He left his
employment to enter the U.S. Air Force March 12, 1942, serving in the European
Theatre of War. He also served on a special duty assignment in the Hague and
Amsterdam, Holland. He was honorably discharged in January, 1946, at Fort Sheridan,
Ill. For many years he was active in veteran affairs and served as adjutant of
Menasha Post for 1970 and 1971. For the past 10 years he had been employed at
Wettengels Sales and Service, Appleton.
Survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Francis M. Kadow, Mrs. Erwin Vieweger and
Mrs. Winfield Waak, of Manitowoc.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday, where a wake service
will be at 8 p.m.
Herald Times Reporter, July 28, 1973 P.10
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[d. at Wood WI/bur. on Francis M. and Lillian I. Kadow lot]
Lancia James Splitt, 67, of 121 River St., Menasha, a former Manitowoc resident,
died Friday evening at Veterans Administration Hospital, Wood, Wis., following
a brief illness.
Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. Monday at Schneider-Mittnacht Funeral Home
and at 9:30 a.m. at Holy Innocents Catholic Church. The Rev. Leo Schmitt will
officiate and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc. Military rites
will be conducted by the V.F.W. Otto-Oas Post No. 659.
Mr. Splitt was born Jan. 21, 1906, at Milwaukee, son of the late Louis F. and
Frieda Schroeder Splitt. The family moved to Manitowoc in 1909 and he attended
local public and high schools.
For many years he was employed by the Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co. He left his
employment to enter the U.S. Air Force March 12, 1942, serving in the European
Theatre of War. He also served on a special duty assignment in the Hague and
Amsterdam, Holland. He was honorably discharged in January, 1946, at Fort Sheridan,
Ill. For many years he was active in veteran affairs and served as adjutant of
Menasha Post for 1970 and 1971. For the past 10 years he had been employed at
Wettengels Sales and Service, Appleton.
Survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Francis M. Kadow, Mrs. Erwin Vieweger and
Mrs. Winfield Waak, of Manitowoc.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday, where a wake service
will be at 8 p.m.
Herald Times Reporter, July 28, 1973 P.10
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[d. at Wood WI/bur. on Francis M. and Lillian I. Kadow lot]
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