This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ploetz Kellner Sauer Koerner Gartman Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2FC.2ACI/1759 Message Board Post: Sheboygan (WI) Press, Mon, Sept 20, 1948, p10 Mrs. Ella Ploetz Mrs. Ella Ploetz, 58, wife of Paul Ploetz, 2121 Cleveland avenue, passed away at St. Nicholas hospital Saturday noon after a brief illness. She was born in this city on September 9, 1890, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank [(Gartmann)] Kellner. Her marriage to Paul Ploetz was solemnized at Holy Name church on May 8, 1912 by the late Msgr. D.F. Thill. A faithful member of St. Dominic's parish she was also actively affiliated with the St. Ann's Christian Mothers society, the Third Order of St. Francis and the Sunshine Bridge club, and the Auxiliary of the Sheboygan Gymnastic society. Survivors are her husband: five sons, Herbert and James of Sheboygan, Major Fred Ploetz, Marshfield, Calif, Robert in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Francis stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash.; two daughters, Mrs. Joseph (Marion) Sauer, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Quirine at home; eight grandchildren also survive. Also remaining are a brother, William Kellner, and a sister, Mrs. Arthur (Erna) Koerner, Sheboygan. Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at 9:30 at Gerend's Funeral home followed by a requiem high mass at 10:00 at St. Dominic's church. Father George J. Knackert will be the celebrant and burial will take place in Calvary cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of the services. Members of the St. Ann's Christian Mothers society of St. Dominic's church will hold a vigil at Gerend's Funeral home this evening at 7:30 for Mrs. Paul Ploetz. At 7:00 this evening the Third Order of St. Francis will hold a vigil at Gerend's for Mrs. Ploetz. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Funeral - Sheboygan (WI) Press, Tues, Sept 21, 1948, p10 Mrs. Paul Ploetz Funeral services for Mrs. Paul Ploetz, 58, of 2121 Cleveland avenue, who died Saturday at St. Nicholas hospital, were held at 9:30 a.m. today at Gerend's Funeral home and at 10 a.m. at St. Dominic's church. Celebrant of the requiem high mass was the Rev. George J. Knackert, pastor. The Rev. Ignatius Staskunas, curate, conducted the rites at the grave in Calvary cemetery. Pallbearers were Ben Fetterer, Joseph Gonering, George Konrad, Donald, Jerome and Kenneth Kellner. Honorary pallbearers, all members of the Christian Mothers' society of St. Dominic's parish, were Mrs. Ed Wamser, Mrs. Frank Bersch, Mrs. Tony Reinboldt, Mrs. Math Eberhardy, Mrs. Phillip Stalter and Mrs. Ben Fetterer. Members of the Third Order of St. Francis and St. Ann's Christian Mothers' society attended the services in a body. Both groups held vigils at the funeral home Monday evening. Members of the Turner Ladies' auxiliary also attended the rites in a body. Among the many floral pieces which banked the casket while the body lay in state were tributes from members of Friendship club, the Sheboygan Gymnastic society, Wisconsin Telephone company employes of Sheboygan Falls, teachers of the Central Fairmont school and the Theodore Roosevelt school of Cincinnati, Ohio, the Cincinnati chapter of Phi Epsilon Kappa, Sheboygan employes of the Wisconsin Telephone company, Turner Ladies' auxiliary, Painters union local No. 316, and the assistant chief inspector and members of Engine company No. 1. Attneding the services from away were Major Fred Ploetz, Marshfield, Calif., Francis Ploetz, Fort Lewis, Wash., Mrs. Joseph Sauer and Robert Ploetz, Cincinnati, Mrs. Ben Staib and Mrs. John Smith, Chicago, Mrs. Fred Drollinger, Milwaukee, and Mr. and Mrs. William Ploetz, Durand, Ill.