Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Wagenbach, Martin O., 1963 

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MARTIN OTTO WAGENBACH 

   Martin Otto Wagenbach, 66 businessman and building contractor, died in his 
home Saturday night after a long illness.

   A native of Wisconsin, he lived in Franklin since 1939.  He was the husband 
of Mrs. Nellie McFarlane Wagenbach of Barron, Wis.

   He was a member of Franklin High Street Methodist Church, a veteran of World 
War I past commander of the American Legion, Post 73; district committeeman of 
the Boy Scouts, which awarded him his highest honor, the Silver Beaver; and a 
former assistant fire chief of the Franklin Fire Department.

   Besides his wife, he is survived by four sons, James M. Wagenbach, Richard 
C. Wagenbach and Dean F. Wagenbach of Franklin and Harold A. Wagenbach of 
Warren, R.I.; four brothers, Charlie Wagenbach of Grand Rapids, Minn., Lawrence 
Wagenbach and Robert Wagenbach of Remer, Minn., and two sisters, Mrs. Ethel 
Homes of Minnepolis, and Mrs. Rungwell Hansor of Rener.

   The body was taken to the W.J.M. Holland Funeral Home where funeral 
services were conducted at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday by the Rev. Robert D. Fridley of 
High Street Methodist Church.  Burial was in Poplar Spring Cemetery with 
military rites.  The family requested donations be made to the American Cancer 
Society in lieu of flowers.


Martin Otto WAGENBACH, businessman & building contractor, 
Army veteran of WW-I, former asst. fire chief, 
Barron, WI native, d. 3 Aug 1963, at home, Franklin, age 66, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 3, Section B, Plot 29*), Franklin, 
   6 Aug 1963, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Aug. 8, 1963, Sect. II, p. 6 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Poplar Spring list:
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx3.txt 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. #16398. 

Her parents are buried in Sycamore Baptist Church Cemetery - Row 4, Plot 41. 
   SCHS Cemetery Project, Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-42): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 


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