Obituary: Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin: Carl William A. FRIEDRICH

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Combination of two obituaries January 31, 1913


DEATH COMES TO C.W.A. FRIEDRICH 
Well Known citizen Succumbs to Long illness -
WAS A NATIVE OF GERMANY -
C.W.A. Friedrich Passses Away at His Home on Eleventh Street This
Afternoon.  C. W. A. Friedrich aged 59 years, died at his home, 49 West
Eleventh street at 12:15 o'clock this afternoon, following an illness of
over a year's duration.

Mr. Friedrich closed his career in the same homestead in which he settled
when he came to Fond du Lac, where he took his bride after his marriage to
Miss. Mary Georg in 1877 and where eleven children were born.

Mr. Friedrich was a staunch worker in the Salem's Evangelical church. He
took great pride in the church and was instrumental in seeing the present
edifice erected.  He was a member of the Royal Arcanum, (the male members
of his family were members of the Royal Arcanum from Columbia Council, N.
209, the women were members of the Ladies' Axillary Association of Fond du
Lac, Court no. 28. -  an insurance organization) for thirty years, of the
E. F. U., the U. C. T. and the Bagmen of Bagdad.  He was also a trustee of
Estabrooks cemetery. 

He was born Jan 22, 1856 in Carzig, Brandenberg, Germany.  He came to the
U.S. 1869 and settled in Red Wing, MN, In 1873 he moved to Fond du Lac  WI,
and married Miss Mary Georg in 1877.  He took his bride to 49 West Eleventh
Street , they had eleven children, seven whom are still living.

Besides the widow there are two daughters, Lillian and Viola, both at home;
and five sons, Edward B., Louis A., Benjamin E. of this city, George W., of
Morris Ill., and Herbert V., of Sheboygan.  He also leaves two brothers,
F.J. Herman Friedrich and Rev. G.H. Friedrich, both of Milwaukee.

Mr. Friedrich was a manufacturer of medicine and in his work as a salesman
of his product he became widely and favorably known through the state and
northwest, particularly in Marinette and Escanaba where he has many
friends.  A year ago last fall he was stricken with an illness that was
pronounced rarer to be incurable.  His decline was steady and this morning
a marked change for the worse was apparent and members of his family were
summoned to his bedside.

Throughout his illness Mr. Friedrich evidenced a spirit of optimism and
cheerfulness that was remarkable.  His faith in his church and his religion
eliminated the fear of death from him and although he knew that he could
not recover, not a word of regret, other than that he did not wish to leave
his family, escaped him.  The Friedrich home has been a synonym for
hospitality in the community and the news of Mr. Friedrich's death was
productive of deep sympathy.  He closed his career in the same homestead in
which he settled when he came to Fond du Lac."