This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2FC.2ACI/1563 Message Board Post: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Holstein, Wisconsin paper, dated July 1, 1982, Thursday: Theresa Schad: Theresa Schad, 83, a former Town of Schleswig resident, died Saturday evening at the Willowdale Nursing Home in New Holstein. She had lived there for the past four years. The former Theresa Meyer was born Sept 18,1898 in the town of Eaton, a daughter of Michael and Theresa Knier Meyer. She attended St. Gregory School in St Nazianz. Her marriage to Joseph Schad took place Oct 14, 1919 at St. Gregory Catholic Church in St. Nazianz. After marriage, they farmed the homestead in the town of Schleswig until 1949, when Mr. Schad died. Mrs. Schad was a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in School Hill and the Christian Mothers Society. Surviving are five daughters; Mrs. Frank (Gertrude) Litz and Mrs. Glenroy (Anita) Franzen both of rural Kiel, Mrs. Edwin (Josephine) Schaefer of School Hill, Mrs. Ervin (Bernadette) Madson, Mrs. Kenneth (Mary) Schmitz, both of St. Nazianz; six sons; Bernard of Menomonee Falls, Norman, Frank and Roman, all of rural Kiel, Alois of St Nazianz and Raymond of School Hill; 67 grandchildren; 56 great grandchildren; three sisters; Mrs. Agatha Heimann of Chilton, Mrs. Mary Stein of School Hill, and Mrs. Hilda Woelfel of New Holstein; and two brothers; Steve Meyer of Manitowoc and Math Meyer of rural Valders. Two sons and a brother preceded her in death. The funeral Mass was held Tuesday at 10:30am at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in School Hill, with theRev. Reginald Schrimpf, pastor, celebrant. Brief family rites were held at 10am at Meiselwitz Funeral Home in Kiel. Burial was in the church cemetery.