OBITUARIES:  John NASER, Almena, Barron County, WI

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From the Barron County News Shield,  dated 1947

JOHN NASER
 
Funeral services were held at St. Matthew's Lutheran church, Almena, on 
Monday afternoon, April 14.  Rev. W.E. Klinkenberg officiating, for John 
Stephen Naser, 88, who died Thursday evening, April 10, at the home of his 
daughter, Mrs. Henry Swansen.
 
Mr. Naser was born in Bavaria, Germany, June 24, 1853, where he grew to 
manhood.  He came to America in 1884 and settled in St. Paul where he was 
married to Miss Katherine Walters, Mrs. Naser died a few years later, leaving 
two daughters, Anna and Emma.  Mr. Naser married Miss Louise Gabriel on Oct 
7, 1893 and in the same year Mr. Naser and his family came to Wisconsin to 
make their home on a farm north of the village of Almena.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Naser retired from farming in 1917 and went to live in the village, which 
was their home until death.
 
Mr. Naser is survived by four sons, George of Santa Barbara, Calif., John of 
St. Paul, Joseph of St. Cloud, Minn., Edward of Eau Claire, and seven 
daughters, Mrs. Joseph Stoeberl, Sr., Mrs. William Effertz and Mrs. Henry 
Swansen of Almena, Mrs. Charles Anderson of St. Paul, Mrs. Perry Mc Cann of 
Eau Claire, Mrs. Bernard Madsen of San Francisco, Calif., and Mrs. Charles 
Rathke of Clayton; 30 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren.  Mrs. Naser 
died Dec. 29, 1937.  Two daughters also preceded him in death, Mrs. Henry 
Ruhlin, on Feb. 23, 1922 and Mrs. Fred Yousten on June 5, 1942.
 
Burial was in Sacred Heart cemetery beside the remains of his wife.
 
Those from away who came for the funeral included Mrs. Charles Anderson, Mr. 
and Mrs. John Naser, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Spies, Mr. and Mrs. John Schaeffer, 
Ben Olson, Mrs. Emma Mulkern, Mrs. Joe Miller, Mrs. Eldora Rooney and son 
John, Louis Kuehn, Mrs. Min Johnson and Gordon, Mrs. Eugene Schmitz, Carl 
Froehler, St. Paul; Mr. and Mrs. Perry Mc Cann and family, Mr. and Mrs. 
Edward Naser, Clyde Knecht, Eau Claire; Mrs. Bernard Madsen, San Francisco, 
Calif.; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rathke, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Plahn, Clayton; Miss 
Bernadette Swansen, Milwaukee, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mc Cann, Mondovi; Mr. 
and Mrs. Henry Brost, Miss Lenore Brost, Mrs. Joseph Kress, Bernard Hirsch, 
Medford; Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Adams, Amery; Mrs. Francis Effertz, Mr. and 
Mrs. Richard Laskowski, Turtle Lake; Mr. and Mrs. Art Knutson, Prairie Farm; 
Mr. and Mrs. Carmen DeNucci, Mr. and Mrs.  Henry ______(unreadable)er, Sr., 
Cumberland.
 
All of Mr. Nasers children with the exception of George came for the funeral.