Shawano County,  WI:  OBITUARY of Mrs. Bertha Laedtke PAUTZ

Source: Bonduel Times, Bonduel, Wisconsin
Date:  26 June 1941
Transcribed by: Anne Taylor-Czaplewski
Email: czaplewska@aol.com

Mrs. Bertha Pautz Buried Yesterday

Mrs. Bertha Pautz, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. August Laedtke, was born Sept. 4, 
1859 in Pommern Germany and came to America with her parents in 1865 settling 
near Cedarburg where they lived for one year, when they moved to the town of 
Hartland.  She was united in marriage with Carl Pautz Nov. 2, 1877 at St. 
Paul's Lutheran church.  Mr. Pautz preceded her in death, passing away Oct 
18, 1888, leaving his widow and five small children.

Mrs. Pautz was known as a real pioneer mother in this vicinity, having raised 
her small family to man and womanhood.  She was ill for the past three weeks 
and passed away Saturday afternoon about 6 p.m. while sleeping, at the home 
of her son William.

Funeral arrangements were in charge of the Wendt funeral home and the body 
was taken to the residence Tuesday morning where services were held Wednesday 
at 1:30 p.m. and at the St. Paul's Lutheran church at 2 p.m. with the Rev. W. 
J. Plischke officiating.

She is survived by two daughters and three sons, one child having died in 
infancy.  They are Minnie, Mrs. Herman Bohm, Angelica;  Paulina, Mrs. Robert 
Bohm, Greeley, Colorado; Ernest, Green Valley; William, on the home farm; and 
Paul, Green Valley; 15 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren, one sister, 
Mrs. Anna Neuman, town of Hartland; and one brother Carl Laedtke of Shiocton; 
 The interment was in the church cemetery in Bonduel.

Her grandsons served as pallbearers Edward, Alfred, Harold, and Paul Pautz, 
and Carl and Earhart Bohm.