This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Buchholz, Musch, Martalock Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4EC.2ACE/606 Message Board Post: Taken from Wilton Herald Newspaper Caroline Buchholz (nee Musch) was born on November 30, 1853 in the province of Posen, Germany and passed away suddenly on Sunday evening, January 18, 1948 at the son of her son, Phillip, in Kinney Valley near Wilton, at the age of 94 years, 1 month, and 20 days. She came to America with her parents, Louis Musch and Ernestine Martalock Musch, when she was but 8 years old. They settled in Watertown, Wisconsin, later moving to Monroe county. She was married to Wm. Buchholz and they spent all of their married life near Wilton and the last years on the farm in Kinney Valley, where she passed away. Eleven children were born to this union, three girls and two boys preceeding their mother in death. Her husband passed away in 1918. She was a kind and loving mother, neighbor, and friend. Surviving are six sons, Bernard of Ladysmith; Dan of Loyal; George of Winona, Minn; Louis of Madison; Phillip and Clarence of Wilton; 13 grandchilden and 14 gerat-grandchildren; besides a host of friends and relatives. Funeral services were held Wednesday, January 21, at 1:30 pm at the Ferries Funeral Home. Burial in South Ridge Cemetery.