The Daily Telegram, February 5, 1960
KUMMETZ--Funeral services Monday for Wilbert Kummetz
Funeral services will be held Monday for Wilbert E. Kummetz, 45, of 2618 18th street, who died Thursday afternoon in St. Mary's hospital following several months' illness.
The Rev. Karl Gigstad will officiate at 1:30 p.m., at the Gass Funeral chapel and at 2 p.m. in Good Shepherd Lutheran church. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Gass chapel after 11 a.m. Sunday.
Mr. Kummetz, who was employed by the Behlen Manufacturing company the last three years, previously farmed near Columbus, Monroe, Newman Grove and St. Edward.
He was born in Boone county April 1, 1914, the son of Herman and Olga Tetzlaff Kummetz, and received his education at Albion and St. Edward.
He married Arlene Stenzel on Dec. 30, 1942 at Monroe. They have made their home in Columbus the past three years.
Mr. Kummetz was a member of the Good Shepherd Lutheran church.
A lover of sports, he was especially interested in baseball and softball, and played in the local leagues as a young man.
Surviving are his wife; four children, Janet, Janell, Jane and Wilbert, jr., (Billy), all at home; one brother, Norman, and two sisters, Eva and Audrey, all of Columbus.
He was preceded in death by his parents, infant sister, Vera, and a brother, Owen, who died at the age of 19.
The Daily Telegram, February 5, 1960
KUMMETZ--Funeral services Monday for Wilbert Kummetz
Funeral services will be held Monday for Wilbert E. Kummetz, 45, of 2618 18th street, who died Thursday afternoon in St. Mary's hospital following several months' illness.
The Rev. Karl Gigstad will officiate at 1:30 p.m., at the Gass Funeral chapel and at 2 p.m. in Good Shepherd Lutheran church. Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Gass chapel after 11 a.m. Sunday.
Mr. Kummetz, who was employed by the Behlen Manufacturing company the last three years, previously farmed near Columbus, Monroe, Newman Grove and St. Edward.
He was born in Boone county April 1, 1914, the son of Herman and Olga Tetzlaff Kummetz, and received his education at Albion and St. Edward.
He married Arlene Stenzel on Dec. 30, 1942 at Monroe. They have made their home in Columbus the past three years.
Mr. Kummetz was a member of the Good Shepherd Lutheran church.
A lover of sports, he was especially interested in baseball and softball, and played in the local leagues as a young man.
Surviving are his wife; four children, Janet, Janell, Jane and Wilbert, jr., (Billy), all at home; one brother, Norman, and two sisters, Eva and Audrey, all of Columbus.
He was preceded in death by his parents, infant sister, Vera, and a brother, Owen, who died at the age of 19.
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