This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ploetz Becker Themar Sauer Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2FC.2ACI/1769 Message Board Post: Sheboygan Press, Tues, May 18, 1954, p10 James Ploetz James Ploetz, 30, of 1522 Huron Ave., passed away this morning at the Memorial Hospital following a lingering illness. He was born in Sheboygan on Nov. 27, 1923, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ploetz. He attended local schools and was a graduate of North High School. On May 8, 1948, he was married in Sheboygan to Janet Becker. The couple lived in Manitowoc for a short time, but since 1950 have made their home here. He was a cable foreman for the Wisconsin Telephone Company. Survivors include his wife; two children, Thomas and Kristine; his father, Paul Ploetz; two sisters, Mrs. Eugene Themar of Sheboygan and Mrs. Joseph Sauer of Cincinnati, Ohio; and four brothers, Herbert and Francis of Sheboygan, Robert of Cincinnati, and Lt. Col. Frederick Ploetz in Okinawa. He was preceded in death by his mother. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, at the Ballhorn Funeral Chapels. Burial will be made in Wildwood Cemetery. The body will lie in state at the funeral home from Wednesday evening until the hour of services. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Funeral - Sheboygan Press, Sat, May 22, 1954, p6 James Ploetz Funeral services for James Ploetz, 30, of 1522 Huron Ave., who died Tuesday, were held at 9:30 a.m. Friday at the Ballhorn Funeral Chapels and at 10 a.m. at Holy Name Church. The Rev. Anthony J. Knackert, pastor, was the celebrant of the requiem high mass. Committal rites were conducted in Wildwood Cemetery. A large number of Wisconsin Telephone Co. employes from the Eastern Wisconsin district attended the services in a body. The mass was sung by the school children of Holy Name with Sister Juliet at the organ. Pallbearers were Arthur Zittel, Robert Stuefen, Francis, Herbert and Robert Ploetz and Eugene Themar. On Thursday evening, members of the Catholic Order of Foresters held a rosary-vigil at the funeral chapels.