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