Barron Co., Wisconsin OBIT: Wickenberg SUBJECT: Wickenberg SUBMITTER: Greg EMAIL: greg@eskimo.com DATE: Aug 30, 1999 SURNAMES: Obit - Rice Lake Chronotype, June 12, 1903 - Vol. XXIX, no. 51, Page 8, Died Saturday evening, June 8, in her 19th year, Lilly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.C. Wickenberg after a lingering illness of consumption. Miss Wickenberg was a young lady of very brilliant attainments and stood very high in social affairs, being a member of Eve Lodge D of R, and leaves a large circle of friends to mourn her death. Obit - Barron Co. News Shield - May 1924 - FRANK C. WICKENBERG, HERO OF WAR LAID TO REST - Frank Cleveland Wickenberg, veteran of the World War, in which he served with distinction in France, died at Turtle Lake, Sunday, May 4, after an illness of but a week. He has recently been at Iron Mountain, Michigan, working in the Ford plant. The funeral was held under Legion auspices, the Rev. W.H. Adams officiating. Frank Cleveland Wickenberg was born in Turtle Lake, Nov. 16, 1892. He was among the first quota to answer the call to the colors in 1917 at the beginning of the World War, received his army training at Camp Grant, and Camp Pike, Ark. and served five months in France as corporal with Co. K. 345th Infantry. He was married to Maymie Greene, in 1919, and made his home in Turtle Lake village. He is survived by his wife, two children, June and Norma, his mother, Mrs. Annie Wickenberg, three brothers, Fred, Denisin, Texas; Herbert of Duluth; Edward, Chippewa Falls. Obit - Barron Co. News Shield, Fri. Feb. 8, 1907 - Died F.C. Wickenberg, of Turtle Lake - F.C. Wickenberg, one of the oldest settlers of Turtle Lake, peacefully passed away Sunday evening about 10:30. The funeral was held Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the U.B. church. Rev. Ida Richards preaching the sermon. It was a very cold day but fiends came for miles to pay their last respects until the church was crowded to the utmost. His remains were laid to rest in the Bensend cemetery beside his daughter, who passed away three years ago. He leaves a wife and four sons to mourn his loss; Fred, age 25; Herbert 20; Edward 17; and Frankie 14, who have the sympathy of the entire community. Mr. Wickenberg was born March 5, 1855, near Stockholm, Sweden and came to this country in 1871, and was employed as a cook in many of our neighboring towns and also on a boat down the Mississippi. He was married to Ms. Annie Nelson of Perley, Wis., December 25, 1879, at New Richmond. He went to Sweden in 1883 returning in 1884, when he entered into the mercantile business at this place. He lost his store in 1886 by fire but rebuilt and sold it to A.O. Bilx in 1904. He then took a trip out West but decided there was no place like home, and purchased W.W. West's store in 1905 where he was to ___ when he died. ----------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.