Matilda Pingel

Matilda Pingel

• Father: Henry C. Pingel b. circa 1863
• Mother: Johanna Hartmann b. circa 1859

• Matilda Pingel was born on 18 March 1892 in Rhine, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, or 1892.
• She married Peter Nauth, son of George Nauth and Phoebe Lite, on 14 January 1911 in Rhine, Wisconsin.
• Peter Nauth and Matilda Pingel appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Rhine Township, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. Other members of the household included Lorena M. Nauth and Daniel G. Nauth.
• The following appeared in in a local newspaper: Friends and neighbors were shocked to hear of the death of Mrs. E. [Nelda] Dexheimer, who died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Pingel, Saturday morning, at the age of 28 years. A short, but severe illness of only 5 days duration preceded her death. At her side mourn her husband and two children, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pingel; two sisters; and one brother, Philip. She was born in the town of Rhine, June 3, 1896. There she grew up and was married to Ernst Dexheimer, Aug. 14, 1918. Two children were born to them; Henry, age 5, and Marzella, age 3. She was a devoted wife and lovable mother. Her death is a great loss to all who knew her. The funeral was held at the home of H. Pingel on Tuesday at 1:30 p. m., followed the burial in the Rockville cemetery. Six members of Kasper Post American Legion acted as pallbearers.
• The following appeared on 12 February 1925 in The Sheboygan Press: Kiel--Members of the Kiel post of the American Legion were pallbearers at the funeral of Mrs. Enrst Dexheimer, which was held Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Dexheimer's death Saturday morning was a shock to friends and neighbors, as she had been ill only five days. /P/ Mrs. Nelda Pingel Dexheimer was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pingel. She was born in the town of Rhine on June 3, 1896, and she grew to young womanhood there. On August 14, 1918, she was married to Ernst Dexheimer, a son of Mr. and Mrs. William Dexheimer of Sheboygan. The went to live on the Pingel farm, where she died. She was an ambitious and devoted wife and mother, loved and respected by those who knew her. /P/ Mrs. Dexheimer is survived by her grief-stricken husband, two children, Henry, 5, and Marcella, 3, her parents, two sisters, Mrs. Peter Nauth and Miss Meta Pingel, and a brother, Phillip. /P/ Mr. Dexheimer, husband of the deceased, is a member of the Kiel post of the American Legion, which furnished the pallbearers. Interment was made in the Rockville cemetery. Arvin Dexheimer of Detroit, Mich., attended the funeral.
• Peter Nauth and Matilda Pingel appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Rhine Township, Wisconsin. Other members of the household included Lorena M. Nauth and Daniel G. Nauth.
• Matilda Pingel became a widow at the 14 June 1959 death of her husband Peter Nauth.
• She was interred at Kiel Cemetery, Kiel, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
• Matilda Pingel died on 10 January 1972 at age 79 in Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, at Memorial Hospital.
• The following appeared on 14 January 1972 in the Manitowoc Herald Times: Mrs. Mathilda Nauth, 80, of the Town of Rhine, Sheboygan County, died
  Thursday at Memorial Hospital, Manitowoc. /P/ Funeral services will be 2:30 p.m. Monday at Meiselwitz Funeral Home, Kiel. The Rev. Allen Bowe will officiate and burial will be in Kiel Cemetery. /P/ Mrs. Nauth, nee Mathilda Pingel, was born March 18, 1892, in the Town of Rhine, daughter of the late Henry and Johanna Hartmann Pingel. She attended Millhome district school. She was married to Peter Nauth Jan.
  14, 1911, in the Town of Rhine. They operated a farm in the Town of Rhine. Her husband preceded her in death June 14, 1959. /P/ Survivors include a son, Daniel, of Rt. 1, Elkhart Lake, two daughters, Mrs. Marvin (Lorena) Sonnenburg, of Rt. 3, Manitowoc, and Mrs. Lester (Gladys) Hennings, of Rt. 2, Elkhart Lake, a sister, Mrs. Ernst Dexheimer, of Rt. 1, Elkhart Lake, seven grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. /P/ Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Sunday.

• Last Edited: 22 Mar 2010