Wetzstein Rites Held Monday
Lake View Business Man Died Thursday At Storm Lake
Emmanuel Lutheran church was filled to overflowing Monday
afternoon for the C. C. Wetzstein funeral rites. The service was held at
2 o'clock with Rev. M. W. Lilie in charge. All the stores were closed
from 2 to 3 out of respect for the family and the late Mr. Wetzstein.
Mr. Wetzstein died Thursday noon last week at Storm Lake where he
had been hospitalized the past few weeks.
Casket bearers were Karl Staab, Hans Schmidt, Herbert Miller, A.
B. Canady, Charles Anderson, Elmer Nelson, George Dresselhuis and Art Wagner.
Those acting as honorary bearers were Joseph Nyby, Fred Kelch, D.
C. Williamson, Fred Wells, Wilmer Hanson, and Albert Lille.
A quartet, Mesdames E. P. Hackbarth, Ernest Walters, Donald Hill
and Donald Hawks, sang "Abide With Me" and "There is An
Hour of Peaceful Rest." They were accompanied at the organ by Mrs. Walter Schramm.
Interment was in Ferguson cemetery with Krouch Funeral Home in
charge of arrangements.
Charles Christian Wetzstein, son of Johanna and Chris Wetzstein,
was born on a farm in Cook township, Sac county, Iowa, on December 30,
1880, and died in a hospital at Storm Lake, Iowa at 12:30 p.m. on June
4, 1953 at the age of 72 years, five months and five days.
He attended rural schools near his home. Further education was
received at Walther College in St. Louis, Missouri.
At the age of 13 he was confirmed in the Lutheran church in Cook
township, and was at the time of his death a member of the Emmanuel
Lutheran church in Lake View, Iowa.
On September 16, 1903, he was married at Dorsey, Illinois to Lora
L. Strong of Sac City, Iowa.
To them were born three children: Helen, Mrs. Ralph Wicker of
Fort Dodge, Iowa; Lois, Mrs. William H. Redenbaugh of Lake View, Iowa;
and Harland also of Lake View.
Shortly after his marriage in 1904 he moved to Early, Iowa where
he established a concrete products business.
With the view in mind of expanding and because of abundant
deposits of gravel and sand at Lake View, he decided to move the plant
to that locality, where he has for the past forty years operated under
the name of Lake View Concrete Tile Company.
At one time he served the community as councilman and as park
commissioner. In this capacity, and because of his interest in civic
improvement, he was instrumental in influencing the Chicago and North
Western Railway Co. to build a new depot at Lake View, Iowa. He also
assisted with the securing for the town, of the grounds for Speaker Park.
He was preceded in death by his parents. He died very suddenly,
as only minutes before, his son and son-in-law had been with him and
heard him say that he expected to come home in a few days.
Those surviving are his widow, Lora; his three children, Helen,
Lois and Harland; and the following sisters and brothers: Bertha, Mrs.
Fred Schulz of Minneapolis, Minn.; Anna, Mrs. Ray Giddle of Van Nuys,
Calif.; George, also of Van Nuys, Calif.; Ernest of San Francisco,
Calif.; and the Rev. Christ Wetzstein of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Also surviving are three grandchildren and one great grandson
besides many relatives and friends.
Relatives from out of town who attended the funeral were Mr. and
Mrs. Clair Strong, Des Moines; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Strong, Sac City; Mrs.
Harold Ingram, Lake City; Benton Isbel and son Donald, Spencer; Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Lange, Odebolt; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Warriner, Schaller; Mr.
and Mrs. Will Lange, Sioux City; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stock and Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Weitzel of near Lake View.
Those who came as house guests at the Mrs. C. C. Wetzstein home
were Mrs. Fred Schulz, Minneapolis, Minn.; Mrs. Ray Giddle, Van Nuys,
Calif.; Rev. C. T. Wetzstein, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada; Ernest
Wetzstein, San Francisco, Calif.; George Wetzstein, Van Nuys, Calif.;
Rev. and Mrs. Waldemar Wetzstein, Vandalia, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Wicker of Fort Dodge.
(June 1953) |
