George G. Nauth

George G. Nauth

• Father: George Nauth b. circa 4 November 1849, d. 19 September 1924
• Mother: Phoebe Lite b. 25 April 1856, d. 23 January 1892

• George G. Nauth was born on 21 July 1885 in Rhine, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
• George Nauth and Katherine Adam appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Rhine, Wisconsin, living near George's brother Michael.. Other members of the household included George G. Nauth, Peter Nauth, Daniel Frederick Nauth, Louis Michael Nauth and Frieda K. Nauth.
• He was working on the farm, according to the 1900 census.
• George Nauth and Katherine Adam appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Rhine, Wisconsin. Other members of the household included George G. Nauth, Peter Nauth and Frieda K. Nauth.
• He was working on the farm, according to the 1910 census.
• He married Mary A. Spindler, daughter of Fred Spindler and Pauline Schwalenberg, on 9 November 1912 in Herman, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, at Bethel United Church of Christ.
• George G. Nauth registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, while living with his wife Mary on RFD 3 in Elkhart Lake, and self-employed there as a farmer.
• George G. Nauth and Mary A. Spindler appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Rhine Township, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. Other members of the household included Eugene D. Nauth.
• He was a dairy farmer, according to the 1920 census.
• George G. Nauth became a widower at the 18 September 1968 death of his wife Mary A. Spindler.
• The following appeared on circa 15 November 1969 in a local newspaper: (Kiel) Funeral services will be held Thursday for Dr. Daniel F. Nauth, a physician and surgeon here the past 62 years. He was 90. /P/ Dr. Nauth, who resided at 501 River Terrace, died Tuesday afternoon at Maple Crest Sanatorium and Hospital, Whitelaw. /P/ He practiced medicine in Kiel from 1907 until his hospitization 11 days ago. /P/ Services will be held at 3 p.m. at the Meiselwitz Funeral Home, with the Rev. John F. Baumann, pastor of St. Peter United Church of Christ, officating. /P/ Masonic rites will be conducted at the grave in the Kiel Cemetery. /P/ Dr. Nauth was born on March 30, 1879 on a farm about one mile north of Rhine Center, a son of the late George and Phoebe Lite Nauth. He taught school in the Town of Rhine following his graduation from the Plymouth High School to earn money for his medical education. /P/ He enrolled at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. in 1899, received his doctor's degree in 1906 and served as an assistant at the Rockford, Ill. City Hospital for a year before starting his practice at Kiel. /P/ Dr. Nauth founded Citizens State Bank of Kiel in 1914, serving as its president until a year ago when he became chairman of the board. He also was a director and vice president of the A.A. Laun Furniture Co. He was a member of the Sheboygan County Medical Society and the Medical Society of Wisconsin. /P/ He also was a member of F & AM Lodge 336, Kiel; a 32nd Degree Mason; the Tripoli Shrine, Milwaukee, and the Scottish Rite. He was a member of St. Peter United Church of Christ, Kiel, and a charter member of the Kiel Chamber of Commerce. /P/ The chamber honored Dr. Nauth at a testimonial dinner in 1958 for his service to the community, and the Kiel Kiwanis Club selected him "Man of the Year" in 1964. /P/ Dr. Nauth married the former Lola May Harvey at Rockford, Ill., on Sept. 23, 1907. She died Oct. 3, 1955. /P/ Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Donald (Lois) Weidenfeller of Milwaukee; two grandchildren, and two brothers, George of Kiel and Louis of Peoria, Ill. /P/ Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. today. A memorial has been established in Dr. Nauth's name at Sheboygan Memorial
  Hospital, Sheboygan.
• George G. Nauth died on 9 August 1974 at age 89 in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, at Sheboygan Memorial Hospital.
• He was interred at Kiel Cemetery, Kiel, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
• The following appeared on 10 August 1974 in The Sheboygan Press: George G. Nauth, 89, of R. 2, Kiel, a retired Town of Rhine farmer, died Friday night at Sheboygan Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient the past month. /P/ He was born July 21, 1885 in the Town of Rhine, son of the late George and Phoebe Lite Nauth. He attended district school in the township. /P/ On Nov. 9, 1912, he married Mary Spindler at Bethel United Church of Christ in the Town of Herman. /P/ The couple farmed in Rhine until 1944 when they moved to Kiel. They have lived at their present home since 1958. They observed their golden wedding anniversary in 1962. Mrs. Nauth died Sept. 18, 1968. /P/ Mr. Nauth was a member of St. Peter United Church of Christ, Kiel. /P/ Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. William (Georgine) Pfeiffer of New Holstein; two sons, Howard of Brookfield and Eugene of Kohler; nine grandchildren and
  two great-grandchildren, and a brother, Louis of Peoria, Ill. /P/ He was preceded in death by two sisters and two brothers. /P/ Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in St. Peter UCC, with James Corby, assistant to the pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Kiel Cemetery. /P/ Friends may call at the Meiselwitz Funeral Home, Kiel, from 4 p.m. Monday until 11 a.m. Tuesday and at the church from noon.
• LaVona Muriel Wood became a widow at his death.

• Last Edited: 22 Mar 2010