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William Reichel Claimed by Death

03 Wednesday Oct 2012

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SUCCOMBS TO INROADS OF AN INSIDIOUS DISEASE AFTER A FIGHT OF TEN MONTHS
FIFTY-ONE YEARS OLD
Funeral Will Be Held Tomorrow Afternoon At House And At St. Jacobi Church

William Reichel died at his home in this city Tuesday afternoon, after an illness which has lasted since March of the present year. His malady was cancer of the thyroid gland. Every possible attempt had been made to restore him to health but to no avail. Mr. Reichel will go down in the memory of the people as an honest, hard-working man, the soul of industry and integrity. His accumulations came to him entirely through thrift and saving by himself and his estimable wife.

William August Reichel was born in Losenstein, Regenwaldt, Germany, April first 1864. He came to America [with] his parents at the age of three, living in New London for two years. There he lost his father, by death. In 1869 he came with his parents to Shawano county and here he has remained. At the age of nine years, the lad lost his mother, and he was left an orphan. In 1885, he was married to Kathryn Anna Eberlein, sister of Fred and M. G. Eberlein. During his early married life he was employed by the railroad as a section man. Even in those days, he and his young wife were able to lay aside each month a portion of their earnings. Eventually he assumed control of the ice business which he ran up to a shot time ago. The children are: Herman, William, Frederick and Emil, and a daughter, Mrs. Franklin B. Sweeny, of Canon City, Colorado. Mrs. Sweeny has been with her father for the last two months, and left for her home in the West the morning on which her father died. Owing to the nervous strain under which she had been under, she was not recalled. All of the other children will be present. Mr. Reichel had two sisters, Mrs. M. Rash, who died in 1889, and Miss Joanna Sumnick who has been with him during his illness.

The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at 1:30 at the house and at 2:00 at the St. Jacobi church of [photocopy is incomplete]

Source: Shawano County Advocate, Thursday, 18 November 1915, page 1

Mrs. Eberlein, 76, Rites Saturday at St. James Church

03 Wednesday Oct 2012

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Funeral services for Mrs. Charles O. Eberlein, 76, of 212 West Third St., will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at St. James Lutheran church with Rev. W. A. Uttech officiating.

Mrs. Eberlein died at 1 a.m. March 24, at Shawano following a long illness.

SHE WAS BORN in Steinhoeffel, Germany, July 14, 1878, as Bertha Foesch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. August Foesch. At the age of 2 she came to the United States with her parents and a younger brother Otto. The family settled in the town of Waukechon.

On July 15, 1897, she was married in Shawano to Charles O. Eberlein and they resided in Shawano since their marriage. Mrs. Eberlein was one of the first members of the St. James Ladies Aid and the Tabitha Society and always took an active part in each organization. She also belonged to the Woodlawn Cemetery Association.

Mrs. Eberlein was known as a devoted mother, an expert seamstress and an ardent flower gardener.

Survivors are Mr. Eberlein, daughters Kathryn Raddant of Shawano and (Edna) Mrs. Walter Ladwig of Cincinnati, Ohio; son Fred W. Eberlein of Green Bay. A son Carl died in 1933.

THERE ARE THREE grandchildren, Mrs. Joseph Fuqua of Green Bay, Mrs. Gerald Christensen of Green Bay and Mrs. Dean Batha of Rochester, N. Y.; six great-grandchildren; five sisters, Mrs. Minnie Beyer of Shawano, Mrs. Anna Unrath of Green Bay, (Clara) Mrs. Louis Wilhelm of Green Bay, (Margaret) Mrs. Frank Ackerman of Seattle, Washington and Mrs. Rosalind Dragoo of Minneapolis, Minn.; two brothers, Henry Foesch of Sheboygan Falls and Charles Foesch of Shawano.

Mrs. Hulda Goergen will be soloist and H. A. Handrich will be organist at the rites Saturday afternoon. Pallbearers will be Stanley Brown, Kenneth Beyer, Allen Voy, Lester Foesch, Frederick E. Eberlein and Walter Foesch.

FRIENDS MAY call at the Karth Funeral Home from 1 p.m. Friday and at the church from 11 a.m. Saturday.

Burial will at the Woodlawn cemetery.

Source: Unidentified clipping from the Eberlein folder at the Shawano Heritage Center

Frances L. Eberlein

03 Wednesday Oct 2012

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France L. Eberlein, 85, of 265 N. Airport Road, Shawano, passed away Saturday, April 18, 1998, in Shawano.

She was born on May 31, 1912, to the late Orin O. and Mabel (Rasmussen) Jorgens at Scandinavia, Wis. She was employed as a telephone operator. She was united in marriage on Feb. 7, 1948 to Frederick Eastman Eberlein in Scandinavia. They owned and operated a fur farm. He preceded her in death on May 11, 1973. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church of Shawano, where she was a member of the Naomi Circle, and a past member of the Alter [sic] Guild.

She was also past president of Woodlawn Cemetery Association of Shawano, past secretary of the Shawano Hospital Auxillary, a 50-year member of the Shawano Order of the Eastern Star, Chapter #167, Shawano VFW Auxillary #2723, Shawano County Homemakers, American Legion Auxillary Post #117. She was also a cook for Birch Hill Nursing Home and a volunteer at the Evergreen Nursing Home.

She is survived by one daughter, Jane K. (Scott) Green, San Diego, Calif., and one Dale Eberlein, Shawano; three grandchildren: Kathryn, Kristen, and Scott; a niece, Merri Beth Nord; a nephew, Dan Jergens; and a sister-in-law, Verna Jergens, Onalaska, Wis.

She was preceded in death by her husband Frederick, and one brother, Glenn Jergens.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m: Tuesday, April 21, at Zion Lutheran Church of Shawano, with the Rev. Peter L. Sherven officiating. Burial will be in the Woodlawn Cemetery.

Friends may call on Monday, April 20, from 4-8 p.m. at the Swedberg Funeral Home of Shawano, and at the church on Tuesday after 10 a.m. until the time of the service. There will be a VFW Auxillary Memorial Service at 7 p.m. on Monday, and an Eastern Star Service at 7:30 p.m., at the funeral home.

Source: Unidentifed clipping, from the Family History Center in Shawano, WI

Frederick Eberlein, Retired Fur Farm Operator, Dies Saturday

03 Wednesday Oct 2012

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Frederick Eberlein, 71, of 1157 E. Green Bay Street Shawano, died Saturday May 12 at his home. He had been ill for about a year.

MR. EBERLEIN was born August 5, 1901 in Shawano, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Eberlein. He spent his early years in Florida and was graduated from the University of Florida at Gainesville with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture May 31, 1927. While at Florida he was with the ROTC and was a member of the Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity. He returned to Shawano in 1930 and became associated with his father in the Shawano Silver Black Fox Company. Later this became the Eberlein Fur Farms Inc., which he operated until retirement in 1964. He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Shawano; Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity; Masonic Lodge of Shawano; Fur Breeders Association; and a past member of the Shawano Chamber of Commerce. His hobbies were reading, gardening, and especially working with fruit trees.

SURVIVORS are his wife, Frances; a daughter, Jane, Shawano and a son Dale, Miami, Florida. He was preceded in death by his father; his mother, the former Kitty King and his step-mother, the former Alwina Duecker.

FUNERAL services will be conducted on Wednesday at 1:30 at Zion Lutheran Church. The Rev. Roger Skatrud will officiate and internment will be in Woodlaw Cemetery. Friends may call at the Karth-Kopitzke Funeral Home, Shawano, aft er 3 p.m. on Tuesday and from 10 a.m. Wednesday at the church until the time of the service. Masonic services will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday evening at the funeral home.

Source: Shawano Leader,  Monday, 14 May 1973

Mrs. F. Eberlein, 83, Dies: Service Monday

02 Tuesday Oct 2012

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Mrs. Alwina Eberlein, 83, of 1157 E. Green Bay, Shawano, died Thursday evening, November 28. She had been in poor health for the past year.

Mrs. Eberlein was born Feb. 22, 1885 at New Holstein and was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Peter Duecker. She was married April 20, 1910, at Racine to Fred A. Eberlein and had lived in Shawano since her marriage. For the past four years she made her home with her son and family. Her husband, Attorney Frederick A. Eberlein, and well known fur farmer, died May 11, 1956. Mrs. Eberlein was a member of Zion Lutheran Church. She especially liked gardening and cultivating flower gardens.

Survivors are one son, Frederick, and her daugher-in-law, Shawano, and two grandchildren, Dale and Jane Eberlein.

FUNERAL SERVICES will be conducted on Monday, December 2, at 1:30 p.m. at Born Funeral Home, Shawano. The Rev. Roger Skatrud will officiate and interment will be in Woodlawn cemetery. Friends may call at the Born Funeral Home after 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon until the time of the service.

Unidentified clipping, from the Family History Center in Shawano, WI. Alwina Duecker Eberlein died in Shawano, WI on 26 November 1968.

Rites Scheduled Monday for Local Lawyer, Farmer

02 Tuesday Oct 2012

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Frederick Augustus Eberlein, pioneer Shawano county fur farmer, died at Shawano at 2:15 o’clock Friday afternoon after a illness of one and one-half years. He was 81.

Mr. Eberlein was born in the town of Herman in Shawano county on March 19, 1875, the son of Frederick and Catherine Eberlein. He lived in the Shawano area all his life and attended schools in Shawano and received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin.

IN NOVEMBER 1900, he was married to the former Kitty King who passed away in 1903. He was married to Alwina Duecker on April 20, 1910, and they spent eight winters in Arizona for reasons of Mr. Eberlein’s health.

Active in civic affairs,  Mr. Eberlein was District Attorney in Shawano county for four years and a member of the Masonic lodge and the Rotary club. A lawyer by profession, he was the senior member of the Eberlein and Eberlein law firm  from 1904 to 1917 and he also served on the Shawano County Board for several years. He practiced with his brother, the late Michael G. Eberlein, who was circuit judge at the time of his death.

Ill health forced him to discontinue the practice of law when doctors advised him to be out of doors. He then (1917) gave up the legal profession for fur farming and cattle raising. He also was interested in potato farming.

He was very active in the Wisconsin Fur Breeders Association, serving as its secretary for many years. He was an optimist by nature and did not allow his physical handicaps to seriously curb him in his work or dim his hopeful outlook on life.

By a strange coincidence, Frederick A. Eberlein was succeeded in the office of district attorney by a nephew 50 years to the date that the elder Eberlein took the office himself.  The nephew is the present district attorney, Frederic C. Eberlein. F. A. Eberlein took over the office January 5. 1903, and “Fritz” assumed similar duties Jan. 5, 1953.

Survivors include his wife and a son by his first marriage, Frederic Eastman Eberlein, a fur farmer at Shawano R. 1. Also surviving are two grandchildren and a brother, Charles Eberlein of Shawano.

FUNERAL SERVICES will be held 2 p.m. Monday at the Schweers Funeral Home in Shawano with the Rev. W. E. Williamson officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery in Shawano. Masonic rites will be held at graveside.

Friends may call at the Schweers Funeral Home from this evening until the time of the service.

Members of Lodge 170 F and A.M. are asked to meet at the Masonic Temple at 1:30 p.m. Monday to prepare for participation in the rites for Mr. Eberlein.

Unidentified clipping, in the Eberlein folder at the Shawano Heritage Center.

Lora Eberlein Dies Wednesday; Rites Saturday

02 Tuesday Oct 2012

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Lora Eberlein, widow of the late Circuit Judge Michael G. Eberlein, died here at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday. She was 76.

Mrs. Eberlein, 125 South Franklin Street, had been in failing health for some time and was seriously ill for the past month.

The former Lora Rather was born at Calumetville, Wisconsin on February 16, 1884, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rather.

She came to Shawano in 1904 and taught at the elementary school in the town of Richmond and at the Lincoln School here for many years after her graduation from Oshkosh Normal.

On July 31, 1906 she was married at New Holstein to Michael G. Eberlein and lived in Shawano ever since. Judge Eberlein preceded her death on September 23, 1952.

She was a member of the St. James Lutheran Church of Shawano where funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday with Rev. W. A. Uttech officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetary.

Mrs. Eberlein was very active in church activities, being a member of the Ladies Aid Society, Valpo Guild and the Tabitha Society and served as president of the Ladies Aid.

She took a high interest in club activities and was a past-president of the Shawano Woman’s Club. and the Shawano Historical Society and was a member of the Shawano school board for several years.

She loved children, taking a high degree of interest in neighborhood youngsters in a way that made them feel they were almost part of the family.

After the death of Judge Eberlein she did considerable travel throughout the south and southwest, enjoying the numerous points of interest.

Survivors include a daughter, Margaret, Mrs. L. G. Volkman of Oshkosh; Michael G. of Shawano; William F. of Rochester, New York; Frederic C. of Shawano and Dr. Walter R. of Philadelphia. One son preceded her in death in 1918.

Also surviving are two eight grandchildren, two sisters Lottie, Mrs. Alfred Joos of Alma Center; Agnes, Mrs. Louis Erbe of New Holstein, and a brother, Maxwell F. Rather of Palm Beach, Florida.

The body will lie in state at the Born-Schweers Funeral Home from 2 p.m. Friday until 11 a.m. Saturday and then at the church until the time of the service.

Source: Shawano Evening Leader, Thursday, 30 June 1960

Obituary: Michael Barry Eberlein

02 Tuesday Oct 2012

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Michael Barry Eberlein

Michael Eberlein

Michael Barry Eberlein, 65, of Fort Smith died Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. Born Nov. 20, 1946, in Ann Arbor, Mich., son of William Frederick Eberlein and Mary Bernarda Barry Eberlein, Mike was a graduate of Shimer College and the University of Wisconsin at Madison, an Army Corps veteran, a retired mechanical engineer (formerly employed by Amana Refrigeration, York International, Carrier and Rheem), and a gunsmith by avocation.

He is survived by his ex-wife, Karen Cushing of Madison, Wis.; a daughter, Laura Eberlein of Duluth, Ga.; a son, William Eberlein of Fayetteville; two brothers, Robert (Stephanie) Eberlein of Glenn Dale, Md., and Patrick (Jennifer) Eberlein of Chapel Hill, N.C.; four sisters, Sarah Wells of Lincoln, Vt., Mary Wells (Steve Schultz) of Carmine, Texas, Kathryn (Steve) Klaber of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and Kristen James Eberlein of Durham, N.C.; a cousin, Liz (Ian) Redpath; and many nieces, nephews and friends.

Memorial donations can be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, an organization devoted to the rehabilitation of seriously wounded war veterans, P.O. Box 758516, Topeka, KS 66675-8516. Inurnment will be at a later date in Shawano, Wis., [and] at Arlington National Cemetery.

Source: Times-Record, 9 September 2012

Patricia J. Eberlein, UB professor, computer science pioneer, dies at 75

01 Monday Oct 2012

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Patricia J. Eberlein, 75, a University of Buffalo professor emerita, mathematician and one of the nation’s earliest female computer scientists, died Tuesday (Aug.11, 1998) in her Buffalo home after a long battle with lung cancer.

Ms. Eberlein was the first and, to date, the only woman to head UB’s computer science department. She was acting chairwoman in 1971-72 and chairwoman from 1981 to 1984.

Born Patricia James in Washington, D.C., she attended the Shipley School and received her bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of Chicago in 1944.

After a stint as a pilot flying planes from manufacturing plants to military bases during World War II, she had a brief career as a fashion model in New York City, then married and operated a ranch in South Dakota.

Divorced and the single mother of two children, she resumed her education and earned a master’s degree and doctorate at Michigan State University.

In 1956, she became a research mathematician for the Institute of Advanced Study’s Electronic Computer Project in Princeton, N.J. The computer created under this project was designed by John von Neumann, the father of modern computing, and now is in the Smithsonian Institution.

In 1957, she went to the University of Rochester, where she was a research associate and then the assistant director of analysis at the university’s computing center.

She joined UB’s new computer science department in 1967 as an associate professor, commuting from Rochester to Buffalo until she moved here in 1976. She became a full professor in 1975 and retired in 1996.

As chairwoman, she significantly increased the amount of sophisticated computer equipment in the department.

Her research specialty was numerical analysis, particularly linear algebra and combinatorial algorithms.

In 1984, she received a Visiting Professorship for Woman Award from the National Science Foundation. In 1988, she was a visiting senior scientist at Argonne National Laboratory.

She was one of the original members of the Gatlinburg group, which now numbers more than 400 researchers.

She served on several national editorial and review boards and was one of the earliest women elected to the Council of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.

As a member of many professional societies, she was active in the Association for Computing Machinery, the American Mathematical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Association for Women in Mathematics.

She often spoke on panels about the need to attract more women to study mathematics and computer science.

She was the widow of William Eberlein, a member of the mathematics faculty at the University of Rochester, who died in 1986.

Surviving are four daughters, Sarah Wells of Oak Park, Ill., Mary Wells of Rochester, Kristen of Durham, N.C., and Kathryn Klaber of Cleveland Heights, Ohio; three sons, Patrick of Chapel Hill, N.C., Michael of Amherst, Ohio, and Robert of Glendale [sic], Md.; a brother, William S. James of Bloomfield Hills, Mich.; 12 grandchildren; and a great granddaughter.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Unitarian Universalist Church, 695 Elmwood Ave.

Source:
The Buffalo News, Friday, 14 August 1998