Amelia Petzold

b. 29 September 1881, d. 16 May 1966
  • Amelia Petzold was born on 29 September 1881 in Rhine, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
  • She married William P. Diefenthaler, son of Jacob Diefenthaler and Elisabeth Weizel, on 2 November 1901.
  • Amelia Petzold became a widow at the August 1949 death of her husband William P. Diefenthaler.
  • The following appeared in a local newspaper: William Diefenthaler Dies Sunday Morning. Death came to William Diefenthaler, 74, at a Sheboygan hospital Sunday morning. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon, Wednesday, from the St. Peter Evangelical and Reformed church here, with the Rev. E. L. Worthman officiating. Interment was made in the church cemetery. /P/ The deceased was born in the town of Rhine in 1875, the son of Jacob and Elizabeth Diefenthaler. He was married to the former Miss Amalia Petzoldt on Nov. 2, 1901. /P/ The couple were residents of Kiel for seven years following their marriage, and then moved to the town of New Holstein, where they resided for 39 years. They have been living at their present home, in Kiel, for the past two years. /P/ Survivors include the widow; four sons, two daughters, 8 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
  • Amelia Petzold died on 16 May 1966 at age 84 in Chilton, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, at Toth Nursing Home.
  • She was interred at Kiel Cemetery, Schleswig Township, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
  • The following appeared on 16 May 1966 in The Sheboygan Press: Mrs. Amelia Diefenthaler, 84, of ___ North St, Kiel, died this morning at the Toth Nursing Home in Chilton. /P/ The former Amelia Petzold, she was born Sept. 29, 1881, in the Town of Schleswig, a daughter of the late Gustave and Paulina Petzold. On Nov. 2, 1901, she was married to William Diefenthaler of the Town of Rhine. /P/ The couple resided in Kiel for seven years before moving to a farm in the Town of New Holstein, which they operated for 39 years. They retired and returned to Kiel in 1947. Mr. Diefenthaler died in August of 1949. Mrs. Diefenthaler lived with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. William Diefenthaler Jr., before going to the nursing home. /P/ She was a member of St. Peters United Church of Christ, Kiel, and a member of the Frauen Verein of the church. /P/ Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. Frank (Alma) Brotkowski of Sheboygan Falls, and Mrs. Ralph (Norma) Jorgensen of Sheboygan; four sons, William Jr., and Elmer of Kiel, Harold of New Holstein, and Roland of Manitowoc; nine grand-children, 16 great-grandchildren, and one brother, Carl Petzold of Sheboygan. /P/ Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at St. Peters United Church of Christ, Kiel, the Rev. Vernon E. Jaberg, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the Kiel Cemetery. /P/ Friends may call at the Meiselwitz Funeral Home, Kiel, after 3 p.m. Tuesday until 11 a.m., Wednesday and at the church from noon until time of services.
  • Last Edited: 16 Mar 2010