Walter C. Brendel Sr., 77, died at his home in Howards Grove at 3:15 a.m. today after being sicken with a heart attack.
Born in the Town of Herman on Dec. 5, 1888, a son of Herman and Wilhelmina (Grunewald) Brendel, he was married to Caroline Zimmermann on June 20, 1913.
He was employed at the Howards Grove and Millersville box factories until his retirement in 1957. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church of Howards Grove.
Survivors are his wife; five sons and three daughters, Ervin, Harold, Roland, Walter Jr., Willard, Mrs. Arno (Verona) Prange, Mrs. Anthony (Marian) Champeau and Mrs. Raymond (Mildred) Van Sluys, all of Sheboygan; a sister, Mrs. Clara Winkel; 20 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, two sisters, a son and three daughters.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Howards Grove with the Rev. John F. Potratz, pastor, officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery.
Friends may call at the Walter H. Ahrens Funeral Home in Howards Grove from 4 p.m. Friday to noon Saturday and then at the church until the time of services.
A memorial fund is being established in Mr. Brendel's name.
The Sheboygan Press, Thursday, Jan 27, 1966
Walter C. Brendel Sr., 77, died at his home in Howards Grove at 3:15 a.m. today after being sicken with a heart attack.
Born in the Town of Herman on Dec. 5, 1888, a son of Herman and Wilhelmina (Grunewald) Brendel, he was married to Caroline Zimmermann on June 20, 1913.
He was employed at the Howards Grove and Millersville box factories until his retirement in 1957. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church of Howards Grove.
Survivors are his wife; five sons and three daughters, Ervin, Harold, Roland, Walter Jr., Willard, Mrs. Arno (Verona) Prange, Mrs. Anthony (Marian) Champeau and Mrs. Raymond (Mildred) Van Sluys, all of Sheboygan; a sister, Mrs. Clara Winkel; 20 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by three brothers, two sisters, a son and three daughters.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Howards Grove with the Rev. John F. Potratz, pastor, officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery.
Friends may call at the Walter H. Ahrens Funeral Home in Howards Grove from 4 p.m. Friday to noon Saturday and then at the church until the time of services.
A memorial fund is being established in Mr. Brendel's name.
The Sheboygan Press, Thursday, Jan 27, 1966
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