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Louisa May “May” <I>Altwies</I> Rabenhorst

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Louisa May “May” Altwies Rabenhorst

Birth
Swan River Township, Morrison County, Minnesota, USA
Death
1 May 1969 (aged 88)
Belgium, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Sullivan, Jefferson County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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Louisa was the daughter of Peter F. Altwies (1850-1947) & Sarah Rebecca Crosland. May married Benjamin Walter Rabenhorst on 28 March 1907 in Farmington, Jefferson County, Wisconsin. They had 6 daughters & 2 Sons.

OBIT- 1 May 1969 WATERTOWN DAILY TIMES, Watertown, Jefferson Co, Wisconsin
Oconomowoc- Mrs Louisa M. Rabenhorst, 88, of Cedar Beach Road, Belgium, widow of Benjamin Rabenhorst, died this morning. She was born in Minnesota, daughter of Mr and Mrs Peter Altwies.
She was married 22 March 1907. Her husband died 1 October 1951.
Mrs Rabenhorst was a member of St Luke's United Methodist Church, Sheboygan, she was a former member of the W.S.C.S. of the church.
Surviving are six daughters, Miss Alice Rabenhorst, with whom she lived; Mrs William Hein, Mrs Walter Goetsch, Oconomowoc; Mrs Russell Ludeman, Whitewater, Mrs Charles White, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Mrs Paul Johnson, Milwaukee; two sons, Walter, Randleman, North Carolina, and Harold, Whitewater.
Also surviving are 17 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren, one sister, Mrs Emil Vogel, Sullivan, and one brother Ed Altwies, Oconomowoc.
The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Notbohm Funeral Home, Dr T. Perry Jones of Sheboygan will officiate. Burial will be in the Bakertown Baptist Cemetery, town of Concord.

OBIT- 2 May 1969 JANESVILLE DAILY GAZETTE, Janesville, Wisconsin
WHITEWATER- Mrs Benjamin Rabenhorst, 88, former resident, died yesterday in Belgium, Wisconsin, where she had made her home for some time with a daughter, Miss Alice Rabenhorst.
Louisa Altwies was born 1 August 1880, in Minnesota and had lived most of her life in Wisconsin. Her husband died in 1951.
Surviving are eight children, including Mrs Russell Ludeman and Harold Rabenhorst, both of Whitewater; 17 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; a brother, Ed Altweis, Oconomowoc, and a sister, Mrs Emil Vogel, Sullivan.
Services will be at 2 pm Saturday in Notbohm Funeral Home, Oconomowoc, where friends may call after 4 today.

OBIT- 8 May 1969 OCONOMOWOC ENTERPRISE, Oconomowoc, Waukesha Co, Wisconsin
Mrs L May Rabenhorst, 88, died Thursday, May 1 at the residence of her daughter Miss Alice Rabenhorst of Cedar Beach Road, Belgium, with whom she lived. Mrs Rabenhorst was formerly a resident of Concord, and during her lifetime she had also lived in Sheboygan and Milwaukee.
She was born 1 August 1880 in Little Falls, Morrison Co, Minnesota, daughter of Mr and Mrs Peter and Sarah Crosland Altwies.
On 27 March 1907, she married Benjamin Rabenhorst, who preceded her in death on 1 October 1951.
She is survived by six daughters: Mrs William (Ruth) Hein, and Mrs Walter (Rose) Goetsch of, Oconomowoc; Mrs Russell (Frances) Ludeman, Whitewater, Mrs Charles(Caroline) White, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Mrs Paul (Shirley) Johnson, Milwaukee; Alice Rabenhorst, of Belgium; two sons, Walter, Randleman, North Carolina, and Harold, Whitewater; one brother, Ed Altwies, Oconomowoc; and one sister, Mrs Emil Vogel, Sullivan, and 17 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, two brothers, one sister and two grandsons.
She was a member of St Luke's United Methodist Church, in Sheboygan, and a member of the W.S.C.S. of the church.
Funeral Services were held Saturday May 3 at 2 o'clock at the Notbohm Funeral Home, Dr T. Perry Jones of Sheboygan will officiated. Burial will be in the Bakertown Baptist Cemetery, in the town of Concord.
Louisa was the daughter of Peter F. Altwies (1850-1947) & Sarah Rebecca Crosland. May married Benjamin Walter Rabenhorst on 28 March 1907 in Farmington, Jefferson County, Wisconsin. They had 6 daughters & 2 Sons.

OBIT- 1 May 1969 WATERTOWN DAILY TIMES, Watertown, Jefferson Co, Wisconsin
Oconomowoc- Mrs Louisa M. Rabenhorst, 88, of Cedar Beach Road, Belgium, widow of Benjamin Rabenhorst, died this morning. She was born in Minnesota, daughter of Mr and Mrs Peter Altwies.
She was married 22 March 1907. Her husband died 1 October 1951.
Mrs Rabenhorst was a member of St Luke's United Methodist Church, Sheboygan, she was a former member of the W.S.C.S. of the church.
Surviving are six daughters, Miss Alice Rabenhorst, with whom she lived; Mrs William Hein, Mrs Walter Goetsch, Oconomowoc; Mrs Russell Ludeman, Whitewater, Mrs Charles White, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Mrs Paul Johnson, Milwaukee; two sons, Walter, Randleman, North Carolina, and Harold, Whitewater.
Also surviving are 17 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren, one sister, Mrs Emil Vogel, Sullivan, and one brother Ed Altwies, Oconomowoc.
The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Notbohm Funeral Home, Dr T. Perry Jones of Sheboygan will officiate. Burial will be in the Bakertown Baptist Cemetery, town of Concord.

OBIT- 2 May 1969 JANESVILLE DAILY GAZETTE, Janesville, Wisconsin
WHITEWATER- Mrs Benjamin Rabenhorst, 88, former resident, died yesterday in Belgium, Wisconsin, where she had made her home for some time with a daughter, Miss Alice Rabenhorst.
Louisa Altwies was born 1 August 1880, in Minnesota and had lived most of her life in Wisconsin. Her husband died in 1951.
Surviving are eight children, including Mrs Russell Ludeman and Harold Rabenhorst, both of Whitewater; 17 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; a brother, Ed Altweis, Oconomowoc, and a sister, Mrs Emil Vogel, Sullivan.
Services will be at 2 pm Saturday in Notbohm Funeral Home, Oconomowoc, where friends may call after 4 today.

OBIT- 8 May 1969 OCONOMOWOC ENTERPRISE, Oconomowoc, Waukesha Co, Wisconsin
Mrs L May Rabenhorst, 88, died Thursday, May 1 at the residence of her daughter Miss Alice Rabenhorst of Cedar Beach Road, Belgium, with whom she lived. Mrs Rabenhorst was formerly a resident of Concord, and during her lifetime she had also lived in Sheboygan and Milwaukee.
She was born 1 August 1880 in Little Falls, Morrison Co, Minnesota, daughter of Mr and Mrs Peter and Sarah Crosland Altwies.
On 27 March 1907, she married Benjamin Rabenhorst, who preceded her in death on 1 October 1951.
She is survived by six daughters: Mrs William (Ruth) Hein, and Mrs Walter (Rose) Goetsch of, Oconomowoc; Mrs Russell (Frances) Ludeman, Whitewater, Mrs Charles(Caroline) White, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Mrs Paul (Shirley) Johnson, Milwaukee; Alice Rabenhorst, of Belgium; two sons, Walter, Randleman, North Carolina, and Harold, Whitewater; one brother, Ed Altwies, Oconomowoc; and one sister, Mrs Emil Vogel, Sullivan, and 17 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, two brothers, one sister and two grandsons.
She was a member of St Luke's United Methodist Church, in Sheboygan, and a member of the W.S.C.S. of the church.
Funeral Services were held Saturday May 3 at 2 o'clock at the Notbohm Funeral Home, Dr T. Perry Jones of Sheboygan will officiated. Burial will be in the Bakertown Baptist Cemetery, in the town of Concord.


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