Funeral services for Fred W. Eberlein [1], 58, of Green Bay, will be held Friday afternoon at 1:30 at the Redeemer Lutheran Church in Green Bay, with burial in the Woodlawn cemetery at Shawano. Mr. Eberlein died on Tuesday morning following a short illness.

He was born in Shawano, was a graduate of Shawano High School, attended Lawrence College, and was a veteran of World War I. He worked with the Green Bay and Western Railroad since 1921 and was assistant general auditor at the time of his death. In 1922 he married the former Edna Baewald.

Mr. Eberlein was a member of the Redeemer Lutheran Church and was very active in church affairs, being president of the church choir and a member of the church board of education. He was also a member of the Green Bay Traffic Club.

SURVIVORS are his wife; two daughters, (Louise) Mrs. Dean Batha, Tonawanda, N.Y.; (Carol) Mrs. Gerald Christensen, Green Bay; four grandchildren; his father, Charles D. [sic] Eberlein, Shawano, and sisters (Kathryn) Mrs. Charles Raddant, Shawano, and (Edna) Mrs. Walter Ladwig, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Friends may call at the Findelsen-Greiser Funeral Home from 7 p.m. Wednesday until 11 a.m. Friday and then at the Redeemer Lutheran Church until time of service. The Rev. Harold Brauer will officiate.

Source: Unidentified clipping, hand-dated 18 February 1958, in the collection of the Family History Center, Shawano, WI.

[1] Son of Charles Otto Eberlein (1866-1968) and Bertha Foesch. Grandchild of Frederick John Eberlein (1834-1895) and Catherin Goerner (1841-1906).