Michael Benzschawel
1876 - 1953 (77 years)-
Name Michael Benzschawel Born 18 Jul 1876 Ockfen, Trier-Saarburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany 
Gender Male Died 09 Dec 1953 Manitowoc, Manitowoc Co, Wisconsin Person ID I13215 Little Chute Genealogy Last Modified 12 Jan 2020
Father Michael Benzschawel, b. 06 Feb 1835, Germany , d. 17 Jan 1910 (Age 74 years) Mother Maria Margarete Schmitt, b. 06 Jan 1837, Irsch, Trier-Saarburg, Rheinland-Palatinate, Germany , d. 04 May 1925 (Age 88 years) Married 21 Jan 1862 Family ID F14869 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Helen Gosz, b. 04 Mar 1886, Harrison, Calumet Co, Wisconsin , d. 15 Apr 1912 (Age 26 years) Children 1. George Paul Benzschawel, b. 23 Mar 1903, d. 08 Apr 1997 (Age 94 years) 2. Paul Benzschawel, b. 27 Jan 1905 3. Helen Benzschawel, b. cir 1910 Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 Family ID F128877 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Helena Lamers, b. 14 Jul 1874, Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin , d. 24 Dec 1950 (Age 76 years) Married 21 Oct 1925 Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 Family ID F4375 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Michael Benzschawel, 78, retired municipal employee, died unexpectedly Wednesday afternoon at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc, where he had been just admitted as a patient. He had been in ill helath for several years.
Funeral sevices will be conducted at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Reedsville Funeral Home and at 10 a.m. at the St. Mary Catholic Church, Reedsville. The Rev William Koutnik will officiate and burial will be in St. Michael Cemetery, Whitelaw.
Benzschawel was born July 19, 1875, in German and came in the United States when seven with his parents. He married Helen Gosz, who died 41 years ago and in 1926 married Helen VanDomelen of Appleton. She died in 1950. Since that time, he had been residing with a son, Paul, at Reedsville. He was employed by the city of Appleton, where he lived for many years until his retirement.
Survivors include two sons, Paul of Reedsville and George of Manitowoc; three step-sons, William and Jake VanDomelen of Green Bay and George VanDomelen of St. Petersburg, Fla.; two step-daughters, Sister Jeanette of Milwaukee and Sister Lillian of Racine; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Friends may call at the funeral home Friday afternoon. The rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Friday.
- Michael Benzschawel, 78, retired municipal employee, died unexpectedly Wednesday afternoon at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc, where he had been just admitted as a patient. He had been in ill helath for several years.