OBITUARIES:  Henry DIETZ, Rice Lake, Barron County, WI

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From the Barron County News Shield dated Thurs., Jan 14, 1937
 
HENRY DIETZ 
 
Henry Dietz, 83, last of the three sons of John Dietz Sr., John, William and 
Henry, died Jan. 7 at Rice Lake after an illness with pneumonia.  His funeral 
was held Sunday at the Rice Lake M.E. church with internment in Meadow Creek 
cemetery where his parents and brothers are buried.
 
He came to Rice Lake with his father in 1869 and the next spring they bought 
the rest of the family from Winneconne in a covered wagon, driving livestock, 
and made their home in a log cabin with shake roof.  John F. Dietz, of 
Thornapple dam fame, was the only pupil in the Meadow Creek school in 1870.
 
Henry was a supplyman for early logging companies, farmed and was in the 
livestock business.  Like his two brothers, he was a powerful man and served 
as a peace officer, engaging in many combats with fighting lumberjacks.
 
He is survived by six sons and two daughters: Henry of Amherst Junc., 
Clifford of Danbury, Lester of Waupaca, Roy of North Dakota, Mrs. Gil Rutzen 
of Milwaukee, Walter, Harold and Mrs. Florence Stafford of Rice Lake.