WIGenWeb Archives Project Shawano County, Wisconsin Obituary

SHAWANO COUNTY ADVOCATE
Tuesday, Oct. 28, 1919

Very sad news reached the home of Herman Nordwig Tuesday morning stating that their son Walter was very ill. They left at once for Kenosha and reached there at 9:00 Tuesday evening. Wednesday morning at 10:00 he breathed his last.

Walter was born in Seneca August 21, 1899 and lived all his childhood days at home, was confirmed 6 years ago by Rev. Stubenvoll and after that spent his days on the farm with his father. Last fall when the great epidemic Spanish Influenza was around he took sick with it and has been in poor health since. This fall on the 9th of September he was taken to Willowbrook Sanitarium at Kenosha to cure the sickness. He was there five weeks when the family received the call saying he was very ill. He died Wednesday morning Oct. 15 at the hospital. The remains were sent home Thursday for burial. The funeral was held Saturday at the Johannes Lutheran church at Seneca, The funeral was very largely attended and the flowers were beautiful. Rev. Stubenvoll delivered the sermon. The pall bearers were Cortland Watters, Arthur Wiskow, George Brunner, Carl Watters, Edward Peters and Arthur Maas.

Walter reached the age of 20 years, 1 month and 27 days. He leaves to mourn his parents Mr. & Mrs. Herman Nordwig, four sisters, Mrs. Rhinard Jesse, Meta, Emgard and Selma and the three brothers, Gilbert, Emil and Marvin.

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