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Matthew J Wettstein

Male 1904 - 1967  (63 years)


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  • Name Matthew J Wettstein 
    Born 19 Feb 1904  Harrison, Calumet Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 18 Oct 1967  Sheboygan, Sheboygan Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I300149  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 18 Aug 2012 

    Father Albert Carl Wettstein,   b. 22 May 1884, Stockbridge, Calumet Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Sep 1966, Stockbridge, Calumet Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Helen Holzer,   b. 15 May 1882, Calumet County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 05 Aug 1919, Stockbridge, Calumet Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
    Married 18 Feb 1904  Stockbridge, Calumet Co, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F117722  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Matthew Wettstein

      Matthew J. Wettstein, 63, of 1504 Illinois
      Avenue, died Wednesday morning at St.
      Nicholas Hospital following a two week
      illness.
      Mr. Wettstein retired from the Rway
      Furniture Co. a year ago after suffering
      a heart-stroke July 11, 1966. He had been
      working there for 23 years.
      He was born February 19, 1904, in the
      town of Harrison, Calumet County, son of
      the late Albert and Lena Wettstein.
      On July 16, 1935, he married the former
      Miss Mary Dikancic at St. Augustine Church
      in Chilton. The couple moved to Sheboygan
      in 1941.
      Mr. Wettstein was a member of St. Clement's
      Catholic Church; the United Furniture Workers,
      Local 806; The Loyal Order of Moose, Lodge
      438; and the Legion of Moose, Fox River
      Valley Council 142.
      He is survived by his wife; two sons, Robert
      of Sheboygan Falls, and Roger of Popular Grove,
      Illinois; three daughters, Mrs. William(Marlene)
      Meyer and Mrs. James (Nancy) Sachse, both of
      Sheboygan, and Mrs. Rosemary Oney of Palatka,
      Florida; his stepmother, Mrs. Minnie Wettstein of
      Stockbridge; a brother, Norman of Kaukauna; and
      two sisters, Mrs. Alfred(Mabel) Oakley of Sheboygan,
      and Mrs. Catherine Scott of Milwaukee.
      He was preceded in death by a brother, a sister
      and a grandson.
      The requiem Mass will be celebrated by the Very
      Rev. Msgr. Vernon J. Kuehn at 10 a.m. Friday in
      St. Clement's Church following brief family rites at
      9:30 in Gerends's Funeral Home.
      Friends may call at Gerend's Funeral Home after
      4 p.m. today.
      A parish vigil will be held there at 7 p.m. The
      Moose Lodge will conduct a memorial service
      at 8 p.m.