Obituary of F.C. WICKENBERG

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Surnames:  WICKENBERG, NELSON

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 friends 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.