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/1562 Message Board Post: Sheboygan paper, dated October 1,1945 Nicholas J. Weber is called to Rest Suddenly on Monday: Nicholas J. Weber, 49, of 1934 N. Eleventh Street, passed away suddenly Monday morning at St. Nicholas Hospital. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Weber SR, the deceased was born at Nordheim, Wisconsin April 12,1896 and attended Holy Name parochial school in Sheboygan. The late Rt. Rev. Msgr. D.F.Thill performed his marriage to Miss Marie Schinabeck of this city, Jan 12, 1918 at Holy Name Church. Mr. Weber took considerable pride in his home and garden and always was anxious to give a helping hand to his sons. He was employed for a number of years at the Ross Glove company and later accepted a position at the Kohler Company, where he had been employed for 22 years. The deceased was a faithful member of the Holy Name parish, taking an active part in the many church activities throughout the year. He was a member of the Holy Name Society of that parish and the Catholic Order of Foresters, holding the office of recording secretary of the C.O.F. for a number of years until 1932. He also held the same post with the Lakeshore C.O.F. association, being elected as its secretary when the group was organized. Active in the activities of the Catholic Order of Foresters, Mr. Weber served as chairman of the State Court convention, which was held in Sheboygan in 1933, and was also named a delegate to the International convention in Milwaukee the following year. Due to his keen interest and wide spread activities in the order, he was awarded the Legion of Honor by the High Court, a tribute to the important role he played in C.O.F. activities. Survivors include his wife, Marie, five sons, Sgt. Clemens with the Army in Italy, Fireman 1/c Frederick, on naval sea duty in the Pacific, Pfc. Bernard at Camp Campbell, KY, Norman, recently honorably discharged from the army air corps and Richard at home. One daughter, Mrs. Carlos Loritz of Sheboygan; two grandchildren, Marilyn and Jerry Loritz; his mother, Mrs. Sophia Weber; two brothers, Joseph and Norbert Weber of Sheboygan and one sister, Mrs. John Juckem, also of this city. Funeral services will be held at 8:30 am Saturday at the Robert H. Kroos Funeral home and at 9:30 am at Holy Name church with a solemn requiem high mass. The Rev. C.A. Altenbach, Mukwonago will be the celebrant, the Rev. George Haen, Milwaukee, Deacon, and the Rev. Louis F. Koren, subdeacon. Interment will be made on the family lot in Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from Thursday morning until the time of services Saturday. Four societies of the parish will conduct vigils for Mr. Weber while his body is lying in state at the funeral home. The Women?s Catholic Order of Foresters will hold a vigil at 7:30pm Thursday, the Holy Name society at 8 PM Thursday, and the Ushers society at 8:30 PM Thursday, and members of the Catholic Order of Foresters will hold a vigil at 7:30 PM Friday. October 1,1945 Impressive Funeral Rites Held for Nicholas J. Weber: At Holy Name church Saturday morning, with hundreds of mourners filling the church to capacity. Impressive funeral service was held for Nicholas J. Weber, 49, who died suddenly Monday morning at ST Nicholas hospital. Celebrating the solemn requiem high mass was the Rev. Conrad A. Altenbach, pastor of St James Parish in Mukwonago, who was assisted at the altar by the Rev. Louis F. Koren, Pastor of St Cyril and Methodius church, as deacon; the Rev. Edward Ziegler, curate of Holy Name church as subdeacon, and the Rev. Robert Schmidbauer, Sheboygan, master of ceremonies. Brief rites at 8:30 am at the Robert H. Kroos Funeral home preceded the church services, with the Rev. Father Altenbach officiating. The Reverend fathers conducted the burial rites at the grave in Calvary Cemetery. Pallbearers were Frank Warner, Michael Strysick, Anton Biederwolf, Joseph Klein, Edmund Lutz and Hugo Trilling. The school children of the Holy Name School sang the requiem mass music under the direction of Prof. August Zohlen, and Miss Irene Harff played several appropriate selections at the organ, including Handel's 'Largo' and 'Ave Maria' by Bach-Gounod, during the services at the funeral home. Indicative of the interest, Mr. Weber maintained in church work and parish activities; the funeral home was filled to capacity Thursday evening when members of the Women?s Catholic Order of Foresters, the Holy Name society and the Usher's society gathered to recite the rosary in three separate vigils. The Catholic Order of Foresters held a vigil Friday evening. Many beautiful spiritual bouquets and floral pieces banked the casket as the body lay in state. Among them were tributes from the following organizations; the neighbors, officers and directors of Citizens State Bank, the Kohler Worker?s association, the Kohler Company, employee of the Citizen?s State Bank and Dick?s Club. Attending the rites from out of town were the Rev.Father Altenbach of Mukwonago; Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Weber and Louis and Michael Weber of Kaukauna; Mrs. Sylvester Van Schyndel and Mrs. Ted Lorenz of Appleton; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Heinzen, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Menting and Mrs. Al Keppel, Phlox, Wisconsin; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wergin, Kewaunee; Mrs. Joseph Peters, Auburndale, Mr. and Mrs. Othmar Gilsdorf, Sherwood; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Specht and family, Mr. and Mrs. Anton Maier and family and Mrs. Anna Peters, Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. Godfried Meyer and Mrs. Henry Baer, St. Nazianz; Mr. and Mrs. John Buhl, Mr. and Mrs. George Lax and Al Meyer of Chilton; Mr. and Mrs. John Wagner, and Mrs. Hugo Wagner, St Wendel. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------