William Baier
1858 - 1930 (72 years)-
Name William Baier Born 08 Apr 1858 Czechoslovakia 
Gender Male Died 16 Jul 1930 Oshkosh, Winnebago Co, Wisconsin Person ID I465395 Little Chute Genealogy Last Modified 16 Oct 2015
Father Mathias Baier, b. 05 Mar 1806, Bohemia, Czech Republic Mother Franziska Tomschy, b. 15 Apr 1806, Bohemia, Czech Republic , d. 22 Apr 1872, Bohemia, Czech Republic (Age 66 years) Married 23 Oct 1826 Strazny Kuschwarda, Czech Republic Family ID F192290 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Theresa Pauline Graff, b. 08 Jun 1858, Germany , d. 19 Jan 1929, Oshkosh, Winnebago Co, Wisconsin (Age 70 years) Married 1888 Children 1. Louis Aloys Baier, b. 14 Jun 1889, Czechoslovakia , d. 20 Feb 1957 (Age 67 years)2. Frank Baier, b. 28 Mar 1890, Germany , d. 17 Feb 1966, Oshkosh, Winnebago Co, Wisconsin (Age 75 years)3. Theresa Baier, b. 01 Aug 1897, Bohemia, Czech Republic , d. 17 Nov 1925, Oshkosh, Winnebago Co, Wisconsin (Age 28 years)4. Adolph Baier, b. 04 Jul 1900, d. 02 Apr 1964, Oshkosh, Winnebago Co, Wisconsin (Age 63 years)5. George Joseph Baier, b. 20 Feb 1904, Oshkosh, Winnebago Co, Wisconsin , d. 17 Sep 1928, Oshkosh, Winnebago Co, Wisconsin (Age 24 years)Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 Family ID F172456 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - William Baier, 72 years old, 1016 Wall street, was found dead, hanging by a rope in the basement of his home late Monday afternoon. Police were called and declared the case an evident suicide. Baier, who was found by his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Frank Baier, shortly before 5 o'clock when she went to the basement to get potatoes for supper, had been alone in the house during the day. It was stated Baier had been depressed mentally since the death of his wife a year and a half ago. He had also been in ill health for some time.
Mrs. Baier said she left the house at 10:30 o'clock in the morning and did not return until late in the afternoon. Her husband, son of the deceased, reached home shortly after she did and he was in the house when she found the body, she said. Baier used a rope which had been a washline, it was stated.
Mr. Baier was born in Germany, April 8, 1858. He came to Oshkosh directly from Germany thirty-two years ago. He is survived by three sons, Louis Baier, Oconomowoc, and Frank and Adolph Baier, both of Oshkosh. There are fifteen grandchildren.
The prayer services will be held at the Lucas Stockinger home, 1033 Eighth street at 8:30 o'clock Thursday morning. Friends may view the remains there at any time prior to the services. Funeral services will be at the Sacred Heart church at 9 o'clock Thursday morning with Rev. M. J. Schmitz officiating. Interment will be at Riverside cemetery. The pallbearers were Lucas Stockinger, John Selwitschka, Michael Troiber, Frank Bauer, Ludwig Seibold and Joseph Baier.
- William Baier, 72 years old, 1016 Wall street, was found dead, hanging by a rope in the basement of his home late Monday afternoon. Police were called and declared the case an evident suicide. Baier, who was found by his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Frank Baier, shortly before 5 o'clock when she went to the basement to get potatoes for supper, had been alone in the house during the day. It was stated Baier had been depressed mentally since the death of his wife a year and a half ago. He had also been in ill health for some time.