Melvin A. Gerlach
b. 1895, d. 1952
- Father: Peter Gerlach b. 3 December 1859, d. 31 July 1912
- Mother: Ida Hermina Jockmann b. 3 May 1869, d. 31 August 1963
- Melvin A. Gerlach married Norma Fluhr.
- He was born in 1895 in Kiel, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
- Melvin A. Gerlach died in 1952 in Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin.
- He was interred at Kiel Cemetery, Kiel, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
- The following appeared on 1952 in a local newspaper: Melvin A. Gerlach, 57, a former Kiel resident, passed away Friday at Wausau. /P/ Born in Kiel, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gerlach, he married Norma Fluhr of Kiel and had operated a grocery store in Elkhart Lake and at Princeton before moving to Wausau in May. /P/ Survivors are his wife and a son, two grandchildren; and his mother, Mrs. Ida Schoedel of West Bend. His father and a brother preceded him in death. /P/ Services will be held in Kiel Tuesday at 2 p.m. Friends may call at the Meiselwitz Funeral Home from 2 o'clock Monday until the time of rites.
- The following appeared on circa 5 September 1963 in a local newspaper: Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Gerlach Schoedel, 94, former Kiel and West Bend resident, who died Saturday at Wild Rose, Wis., were Tuesday afternoon at Meiselwitz Funeral Home, Kiel. The Rev. Vernon E. Jaberg of St. Peter United Church of Christ, Kiel, officiated and burial was in Kiel Cemetery. /P/ Mrs. Schoedel, nee Ida Hermina Jochmann, was born May 3, 1869, in Manitowoc county, daughter of the late Karl and Christina Lieske Jochmann. May 17, 1887, she was married to Peter Gerlach, who died in July, 1912. April 30, 1922 she was married to William Schoedel of Kiel, who preceded her in death July 14, 1955. /P/ Survivors are two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Keppler of Wild Rose and Mrs. Lena Krueger, of Sheboygan, a grandson and two great grandchildren. Two sons, Arvin and Melvin Gerlach, also preceded her in death.
- Last Edited: 14 Mar 2010