JACOB MAURER
Jacob Maurer, 79, of Rt. 1, Kiel, retired Town of Schleswig farmer, died early Friday night at St. Nicholas Hospital, Sheboygan, where he was a patient for one day.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Meiselwitz Funeral Home, Kiel, the Rev. Vernon E. Jaberg, pastor of St. Peter United Church of Christ at Kiel, officiating. Burial will be in Kiel Cemetery.
Mr. Maurer was born March 23, 1882, in the Town of Schleswig, son of the late Frank and Anna Severin Maurer. He was educated in the district schools and was employed as a carpenter. On Dec. 2, 1911, he married Ella Dickmann of the Town of Schleswig and the couple farmed in the township until Mr. Maurer retired in 1947.
Mr. Maurer was a former Manitowoc County deputy sheriff.
Survivors include two sons, Harvey of St. Nazianz and Daniel of Kiel; three sisters, Mrs. Leroy Laack of Plymouth, Mrs. Walter Stoeckigt of Rt. 1, Newton and (private) of Denver, Colo.; a brother, Arthur of Stratford; 13 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife in April, 1929, a son, a sister and five brothers.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Monday.
Manitowoc (Wis.) Herald-Times, Sat., March 10, 1962
Two Rivers Reporter, page M-9.
(Note from researcher: Additional info: the three sisters were actually daughters, of whom only (private) is still
living. All others mentioned in obit are deceased