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Wilbert Charles Retzlaff

Male 1918 - 1943  (24 years)


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  • Name Wilbert Charles Retzlaff 
    Born 21 Aug 1918  Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 21 Jan 1943  Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Riverside Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I217117  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 20 Dec 2009 

    Father Reno Lewis Wilburt Retzlaff,   b. 05 Nov 1900, Town of Woodville, Calumet Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Apr 1950, Sioux City, Woodbury Co, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Mother Anna Emilia Louisa Krueger,   b. 17 Sep 1898, Sherwood, Calumet Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jun 1991, Portage, Kalamazoo Co, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Married 1918 
    Family ID F86134  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Dorothy Anne Deltour,   b. 04 Jan 1920, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 1995, Omro, Winnebago Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Gerald Wilbert Retzlaff,   b. 06 Mar 1941, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Mar 2013  (Age 72 years)
     3. Living
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F86135  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Source: Appleton Post Crescent Obituary
      Friday, January 22, 1943
      Appleton Man Takes Own Life
      Wilbert Retzlaff, 24, shoots self at his home Thursday night
      Wilbert Retzlaff, 24, 551 N. Story St., took his own life by shooting himself in the chest with a 12 gauge shotgun shortly before 10 o'clock at his home last night. He had been despondent because of ill health, relatived reported.
      Dr. H. E. Ellsworths, County Coroner, and Oscar J. Schmiege, District Attorney, investigated and said there would be no inquest.
      Born at Woodville August 21, 1918, Retzlaff lived at Appleton the last 16 years.
      Survivors are the widow; two children, Gerald and Roger; mother, Mrs. Anna Retzlaff, Appleton; a brother, Leonard, Appleton; and grandmother, Mrs. Johanna Krueger.
      Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Wichmann Funeral Home with the Rev. F. M. Brandt in charge. Burial will be in the Riverside Cemetery. The body will be at the funeral home from 7 o'clock Saturday evening until the hour of services.