Obituary: Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin: Gertrude BEYER ************************************************************************ Submitted by Michael Petrie, December 2005 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Tuesday July 11, 1967, p. 24 MRS. BEYER DIES AT 83 AT HOSPITAL Mrs. Gertrude Beyer, 83, of 183 Ledgeview Ave., died at 3:25 p.m. Monday at St. Agnes Hospital following a brief illness. She was born Dec. 8, 1883, in Mount Calvary, the daughter of Peter and Anna Schmitz Wagner. She was married to Peter Beyer on June 20, 1905 at Holy Cross Church, Mount Calvary. Her husband farmed in the Mount Calvary area until 1950 when they moved to Fond du Lac. She was a member of St. Mary’s Church, Altar and Rosary Society, Christian Mother’s Society and Third Order of St. Francis at Holy Cross Church. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Hildegard Hitter of Milwaukee and Miss Marian Beyer, city; five sons, Albert, Anthony and Edmund, Mount Calvary, Louis, Cudahy, and Frank, Milwaukee; 10 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband on Aug. 2, 1958, one infant daughter, three brothers and six sisters. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Zacherl Funeral HOme. Funeral services will be held at 8:30 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home and 9 a.m. at St. Mary’s Church, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Henry A. Maurer officiating. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery in Mount Calvary. Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter, Friday July 14, 1967, p. 18 Mrs. Gertrude Beyer Funeral services for Mrs. Gertrude Beyer, who died Monday, were held at 8:30 a.m. Thursday at the Zacherl Funeral Home and 9 a.m. at St. Mary’s Church, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Henry A. Maurer officiating. Members of the Altar and Rosary Society, Christian Mothers Society and Third Order of St. Francis attended the service in a body. Seated in the sanctuary were Rev. Emile Schmeweif, Rev. Crispin Weinberger, Rev. Gale Leifeld, and Rev. Pierre Van Groll; all O.F.M.Cap. Pallbearers were Laverne Beyer, Leo Beyer, Robert Beyer, Paul Beyer, Donald Beyer and Elmer Deitte. Burial was in Holy Cross Cemetery, Mount Calvary. additional comments: Gertrude Wagner, wife of Peter Beyer