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Dr Harold R. Fehland

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Dr Harold R. Fehland

Birth
Death
6 May 1959 (aged 59)
Burial
Merrill, Lincoln County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 26 Row 15 Stone 2
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Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in the Schram funeral home for Dr. Harold R. Fehland, 59, of 919 Hamilton street, Wausau, a native of Merrill, who died yesterday morning at the cottage on Clear Lake in the town of Bradley. The Rev. Carlton Fischer of Wausau will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park.

Dr. Fehland formerly chief of staff of St. Mary's hospital, Wausau, and chief of surgery at the time of his death, had been ill for two years.

He was born May 23, 1899, in Merrill to Herman and Anna Lehrke Fehland. He was married to Edith Walsh in Merrill in 1926.

Dr. Fehland practiced medicine in Wausau since 1930, after spending five years at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., on a fellowship. He was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, and of the University of Minnesota School of Medicine.

Dr. Fehland was a member of the American Medical Association; the State Medical Society; Marathon County Medical Society; a fellow of the American College of Surgeons; a vice regent of the International College of Surgeons, and was certified by the American Board of Surgery.

He was a member of the Wausau Chamber of Commerce, the Wausau Club, and the Elks Lodge of Wausau.

Surviving are his widow, Edith; a daughter, Mrs. Eugene (Susan) Lamer, Tomahawk; two sisters, Mrs. W. E. Zelisch, and Mrs. E. W. Ehlert, both of Minneapolis, and two granddaughters.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother.

There will be no visitation hours at the funeral home. The family has asked that flowers be omitted and expressed a desire instead for memorials for heart or emphysema research.

The Merrill Daily Herald May 7, 1940
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon in the Schram funeral home for Dr. Harold R. Fehland, 59, of 919 Hamilton street, Wausau, a native of Merrill, who died yesterday morning at the cottage on Clear Lake in the town of Bradley. The Rev. Carlton Fischer of Wausau will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park.

Dr. Fehland formerly chief of staff of St. Mary's hospital, Wausau, and chief of surgery at the time of his death, had been ill for two years.

He was born May 23, 1899, in Merrill to Herman and Anna Lehrke Fehland. He was married to Edith Walsh in Merrill in 1926.

Dr. Fehland practiced medicine in Wausau since 1930, after spending five years at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., on a fellowship. He was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, and of the University of Minnesota School of Medicine.

Dr. Fehland was a member of the American Medical Association; the State Medical Society; Marathon County Medical Society; a fellow of the American College of Surgeons; a vice regent of the International College of Surgeons, and was certified by the American Board of Surgery.

He was a member of the Wausau Chamber of Commerce, the Wausau Club, and the Elks Lodge of Wausau.

Surviving are his widow, Edith; a daughter, Mrs. Eugene (Susan) Lamer, Tomahawk; two sisters, Mrs. W. E. Zelisch, and Mrs. E. W. Ehlert, both of Minneapolis, and two granddaughters.

He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother.

There will be no visitation hours at the funeral home. The family has asked that flowers be omitted and expressed a desire instead for memorials for heart or emphysema research.

The Merrill Daily Herald May 7, 1940


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211163118/harold_r-fehland: accessed ), memorial page for Dr Harold R. Fehland (23 May 1899–6 May 1959), Find a Grave Memorial ID 211163118, citing Merrill Memorial Park, Merrill, Lincoln County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by Eric (contributor 47337874).