Ernest E. Cotherman
Nov. 28, 1874 – February 25, 1957
Rites Held Here for Ernest E. Cotherman
Funeral services for Ernest E. Cotherman, 82 years of age, Monroe, who passed away at
6:05 a. m. Monday in the St. Clare hospital after an illness of six weeks, were held at 2
Wednesday afternoon at the Voegeli funeral home here.
The Rev. Paul J. Gibson, pastor of the Evangelical United Brethren church, Monroe,
officiated, and burial was in Highland cemetery here. Pallbearers were Alfred E. Aeberhard,
Monticello, Harrison Butenhoff, John R. Cotherman, Henry C. Elmer, Jr., Richard Theiler,
Monroe, and Eugene Theiler, Juda.
Monroe Township Native
A native of Monroe township, Mr. Cotherman was born Nov. 28, 1874, the son of Thomas
and Susan Ball Cotherman, a pioneer farm family in this area. He attended Hillside rural
school. On June 20, 1900, he was united in marriage to Rose Wittenwyler. They farmed in
Washington township, a few miles south of Monticello, until 1945, when they retired to
Monroe.
Mr. Cotherman is survived by his wife; two sons, Thomas, Monticello, and John, Route 4
Monroe; four daughters, Mrs. Edwin Theiler, Juda, Mrs. Alfred Aeberhard, Monticello, Mrs.
Edward Weiss, New Glarus, and Miss Rose Cotherman, Madison; two sisters Mrs. John Geigel
and Mrs. Frank Pierce, Monroe; 11 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. He was
preceded in death by two brothers and four sisters, and one grandson, Carlyle Cotherman, in
1930.
Ernest E. Cotherman
Nov. 28, 1874 – February 25, 1957
Rites Held Here for Ernest E. Cotherman
Funeral services for Ernest E. Cotherman, 82 years of age, Monroe, who passed away at
6:05 a. m. Monday in the St. Clare hospital after an illness of six weeks, were held at 2
Wednesday afternoon at the Voegeli funeral home here.
The Rev. Paul J. Gibson, pastor of the Evangelical United Brethren church, Monroe,
officiated, and burial was in Highland cemetery here. Pallbearers were Alfred E. Aeberhard,
Monticello, Harrison Butenhoff, John R. Cotherman, Henry C. Elmer, Jr., Richard Theiler,
Monroe, and Eugene Theiler, Juda.
Monroe Township Native
A native of Monroe township, Mr. Cotherman was born Nov. 28, 1874, the son of Thomas
and Susan Ball Cotherman, a pioneer farm family in this area. He attended Hillside rural
school. On June 20, 1900, he was united in marriage to Rose Wittenwyler. They farmed in
Washington township, a few miles south of Monticello, until 1945, when they retired to
Monroe.
Mr. Cotherman is survived by his wife; two sons, Thomas, Monticello, and John, Route 4
Monroe; four daughters, Mrs. Edwin Theiler, Juda, Mrs. Alfred Aeberhard, Monticello, Mrs.
Edward Weiss, New Glarus, and Miss Rose Cotherman, Madison; two sisters Mrs. John Geigel
and Mrs. Frank Pierce, Monroe; 11 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. He was
preceded in death by two brothers and four sisters, and one grandson, Carlyle Cotherman, in
1930.
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