Obit of William Piehl (b.1863, WI), McLeod Co., MN (Abstract of Article)

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Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Cindy Coffin 
                                            <ccoffin@isd.net>
I would like to contribute the obituary of my great grandfather, William 
Piehl [b. May 25, 1863; d. - - 1930] to the archives for McLeod County.

Here is a copy of the original clipping from a local 1930 newspaper:

Prominent Father Called Suddenly
William Piehl, Esteemed Resident, Succumbs to Heart Attack Friday

William Piehl
Passed away: at 10:30 last Friday morning
cause of Death: attack of heart failure
Age: 67 years, one month and two days
Parents: Frederick and Eve Piehl
Born: Fond du lac County, Wisconsin, May 25, 1863
Age of eleven came with his parents to Sleepy Eye, Minnesota
Marriage: Miss Kate Brandal, 1888
Moved to the farm three miles southeast of Stewart,1888  
Children:
Joseph, of Hewitt
Mrs. Emma Baliman and
Erbin of Stewart
Mrs. Wm. Lipke of Buffalo Lake
Mrs. Fred Pikal of Brownton
Mrs. William Renneke
William and 
Roy of Frazee
Katherine of Cokato
Hazel of Minneapolis
Michael, at home
Wife: Mrs. Kate Piehl
Sisters: 
Mrs. Henry Hagen
Mrs. Gust Hanke 
Mrs. Martha Griebe, All of Brownton
Brothers:
John of Aitkin
Fred of Hutchinson 
Fourteen grandchildren
Funeral services:  Congregational church at Stewart 
Sermon: Rev. J.G. Morgan, pastor, First Congregational church of Glencoe
Menber: Masonic lodge 
Pallbearers:  Geo. T. McCarthy, Richard Barnes, Ed. N. Schmitz, 
C. A. Moore, Lewis Larson and George Smith
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