1864 ▸ August 17. Born in Uebeschi, Canton Bern, Switzerland
1893 ▸ February. Immigrated to America, from Havre to Port of New York. Settled Horicon, WI
1896 ▸ March 5. Marriage to Anna Wyss at Randolph, Wisconsin. They met in Switzerland. They owned and operated a cheese factory in Fox Lake, Dodge Co, WI
1896 ▸ November 24. Birth of daughter, Clara Emma. Randolph, Dodge Co, WI
1898 ▸ September 3. Birth of son, Arthur Walter. Lost Lake, Dodge Co, WI
1900 ▸ CENSUS. June 12. Calamus Twp, Dodge Co, WI. Household includes Gottfried and wife, Annie with children Clara and Arthur
1901 ▸ August 17. Birth of daughter, Laura Helena Leona. Calamus, Dodge Co, WI
1901 ▸ November. Move to Taylor county and settle in Medford, Browning Twp
1902 ▸ November 28. Gottfried and Rudolph Baehler purchase property together in Medford, Browning Twp, Taylor Co, WI. (Township 31 N., Range 2 E., Section 34.) from Frederick and Augusta Ott.
1903 ▸ May 4. Birth of son, Elmer Alfred. Medford, Browning Twp, Taylor Co, WI
1904 ▸ June 16. Birth of daughter, Hilda Bertha. Medford, Browning Twp, Taylor Co, WI
1905 ▸ CENSUS – Wisconsin. June 1. Browning Twp, Taylor Co, WI. Household includes Gottfried (39) with wife Anna (33) and children Clara (8), Arther (6), Laura (4), Elmer (2) and Hilda (1).
1905 ▸ August 29. Birth of daughter, Lydia Edna. Medford, Browning Twp, Taylor Co, WI
1906 ▸ November 16. Birth of son, Walter Gottfried. Medford, Browning Twp, Taylor Co, WI
1909 ▸ January 5. Birth of son William Otto. Medford, Browning Twp, Taylor Co, WI
1909 ▸ August 13. Rudolph and Emma Baehler sold to Gottfried Baehler ??
1910 ▸ CENSUS. April 16. Browning Twp, Taylor Co, WI. Household includes Gottfried (45) with wife Anna (36) and children Clara EM (13), Arthur W (11), Lora H (8), Elmer A (6), Hilda B (5), Lydia E (4), Walter J (3) and Willie O (1).
1910 ▸ August 30. Birth of son, Alfred (Fred). Medford, Browning Twp, Taylor Co, WI
1913 ▸ May 21. Birth of son, Herman Gilbert. Medford, Browning Twp, Taylor Co, WI
1913 ▸ August 18. Death of Anna Wyss, aged 39. She is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Medford, Taylor Co, WI.
1920 ▸ CENSUS. January 11. Browning Twp, Taylor Co, WI. Household includes Gottfried (55) with children Arthur W (21), Laura H (18), Elmer A (16), Hilda B (15), Lydia E (14), Walter G (12), William O (10), Fred A (9), and Herman G (6).
1930 ▸ CENSUS. April 4. Browning Twp, Taylor Co, WI. Household includes Gottfried (65) with son Herman (16), son-in-law Harold Clemans (23), daughter Lydia (24) and grandson Harold Jr (4/12).
1936 ▸ August 16. Death of Gottfried, age 70. Medford City, Taylor Co, WI. He is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Medford, Taylor Co, WI.
Anna Wyss
1872 ▸ August 18, born Thierachern, Verwaltungsdreis Thun, Canton Bern, Switzerland
1894 ▸ Immigrated to America
1913 ▸ August 10. Death of Anna Wyss Baehler. She is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Medford, Taylor Co, WI, with her husband.
Children of Gottfried Baehler & Anna Wyss
Gottfried Baehler’s naturalization card from Oshkosh Area, Wisconsin, Naturalization Index, 1840-1970.
1905 Wisconsin Census shows the Gottfried and Rudolph Baehler families. On 28 November, 1902, Gottfried and his brother, Rudolph purchased a farm: The South West Quarter of Section Number thirty-four (34) in Township number Thirty-one (31) north, of Range two (2) east containing 160 acres more or less according to Government survey. As of 1993 the farm had been divided up with the small piece on which the house rested separated from the barn and acreage. The remaining 78 acres was incorporated into a larger farm.
1896
Juneau Telephone
Juneau, Wisconsin
Friday, 31 January, 1896
pg 3
Cheese Men Meet.
And take steps toward organizing an Insurance Company.
Last Monday, a number of cheese makers, from all parts of the County, met in this city for the purpose of organizing a mutual insurance company, for the protection of cheese factories and cheese.
Geo. W. Morse was elected chairman of the meeting and Frank Schujahn, of Huelsberg, was elected secretary.
The following gentlemen were elected trustees, to serve until the first annual meeting of the Company.
Henry Moldenhauer, Lebanon
John Jossi, Hustisford
Louis Orth, Juneau
Gottleib Gassner, Horicon
Bartley Jonley,
Herman Bilgrien, Iron Ridge
Michael Fitzgerald, Lebanon
Jacob Jossi, Watertown
Peter Peters, Juneau.
Two plans of organization were submitted to the directors; one known as the state plan, requiring 100 members and $100,000 guaranteed insurance, and the other, the county plan requiring 25 members and $25,000 insurance. They selected the latter, which however gives the company the right to insure cheese factories not only in Dodge County but also in adjoining counties as authorized under the county system.
Before adjournment the cheese men present signed a petition to the State Commissioner of Insurance and pledged themselves to take insurance to the amount of $27,500.
The Board of Directors is considering the question of a constitution and by-laws, which will be presented to a second meeting to be held here next Monday. In the mean time an effort is being made to interest all the cheese makers in Dodge County and induce them to become members of the Company. No creameries will be insured, as the risk on them is considered greater than on cheese factories. There are, at present, 104 cheese factories in Dodge county.
Among those present at the meeting were Frank Schujahn, Huelsberg; Herman Bilgrien, Iron Ridge; Henry Moldenhauer, Lebanon; John Jossi, Hustisford; Ernest Brahmer, Hustisford; Gottleib Klossner, Hustisford; Martin Sette, Clyman; Louis Orth, Juneau; Christ. Indermuel, Oak Grove; Emil Dornfield, Hustisford; G. Baehler, Randolph; Rudolph Schultz, Lebanon; M. Hueblein, Fox Lake; Gottleib Gassner, Horicon; Frank Zache, Martin Vollmer and Peter Peters, of Juneau.
Beaver Dam Argus
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
Thursday, 19 March, 1896
pg 3
Our Folks and their Friends.
Mr. Gottfried Baehler and Miss Anna Wyss, were married at Randolph, March 5th.
Dodge County Citizen
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
Thursday, 19 March, 1896
pg 3
Matrimonial.
Mr. Gottfried Baehler and Miss Anna Wyss, were married at Randolph, March 5th.
NOTE: Assume Baehler Bros. to be Gottfried and Rudolph Baehler.
The Dodge County Independent-News
Juneau, Wisconsin
Friday, 4 September, 1896
pg 5
Court Notes.
Friday, August 28th, was a busy day in Justice Lewis’ court. The three farmers who reside in the neighborhood of Randolph, who were arrested on complaint of Ass’t. Dairy and Food Commissioner Chadwick for furnishing Baehler Bros., cheese manufacturers, with adulterated and skimmed milk, were to be tried on that charge. The first case called was that of the State vs. William Porth. While protesting his innocence, Mr. Porth said he would plead guilty as the cheapest way out of the matter. He was required to pay a fine of $10 and the cost which figured up to $30.48, making in all $40.48.
The case against Mr. Joseph Fuhring was next called and Mr. Fuhring entered a plea of not guilty and demanded a trial by jury. The jurors empaneled were Chase Hawks, Ered T. Juechenberg, G.W. Adams, Emil Gensmer, I. Downing, and J.S. Barber. W.W. Chadwisk, the complaining witness, was placed on the stand and testified that he made a test of a number of evenings’ and mornings’ milk of the defendant and that the mornings’ milk tested about 402 and the evenings’ 206, a fact which tended to show that the milk had been skimmed. State Chemist Mitchell, who made the chemical analysis, testified to the result of his test. Baehler, the cheesemaker, also testified that the milk was skimmed. Mr. Fuhring claimed that he had no knowledge that the milk was skimmed or adulterated by any persons under his control. He said that when he was informed that he was suspected he requested his accusors to go and milk his cows, test the milk and compare it with formers tests, and they refused. His neighbors testified to his good character. Under the old law the state had to prove, in order to convict, that the accused had guilty knowledge of the adulteration of the milk. Under the late law a man must know what kind of milk he delivers to a cheese factory. This beat Mr. Fuhring and the jurors found him guilty. Mr. Fuhring was fined $10 and the costs amounted to $71.03, which he paid.
The case against Thomas King was called and Mr. King stated to the Court that he was not guilty but he was unable to fight the state and its efforts and asked to have his plea changed from “non guilty” to “guilty.” He was fined $10 and costs, amounting to $28.43. District Attorney Sloan appeared for plaintiff and M.E. Burke for the defendant.
The trial of the lawsuit of John F. Leitzke, a Hustisford merchang, against Patrick Moher, a farmer of that neighborhood, commenced before Court Commissioner Lawrence last Friday and the testimony was closed last Monday. The case was originally tried before Justice Thos. P. Perkins, of Hustisford, on April 4, 1896, and judgment against the defendant for $24.69 (the amount claimed by plaintiff) and $10.65 costs rendered. An appeal to the County Court was taken and the case was referred to Court Commissioner F.M. Lawrence, of Mayville, to hear, try and determine. Mr. Leitzke’s complaint alleges that Mr. Moher owes him a balance of $24.69 on a store account, the items of which are made of merchandise delivered to the defendant and members of his family, between August. 3, 1889, and October. 22, 1892. Mr. Moher answers that the case was not properly brought for the reason that Wm. Leitzke was the plaintiff’s partner at the time mentioned in the complaint. He claims the plaintiff owes him $16 over and above all legal setoffs. The further trial was continued for two weeks when arguments will take place. J.E. Malone appears for the defendant and M.L. Lueck for the plaintiff.
1899
NOTE: Assume Baehler Bros. to be Gottfried and Rudolph Baehler.
NOTE: Fred Wyss may be Frederich Wyss (b. May 19, 1870 in Switzerland. Immigrated to America and was in California in the early 1900’s as per Walter Wyss 1974.)
Juneau Telephone
Juneau, Wisconsin
Friday, 6 October, 1899
pg 3
Caught in Ohio.
Sheriff Lehner went down to Ohio last week and arrested Fred Wyss at Meyersville, in the Eastern part of that state. Wyss is charged with having embezzled $206 from Baehler Brothers, butter makers at Randolph and Cambria, for whom he worked. One of the Baehler Bros. gave Wyss the money to give to the other brother. Wyss took the train and skipped. He was located, caught and brought back to Juneau last Saturday and is now in the county jail.
Dodge County Citizen
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
Thursday, 12 October, 1899
pg 3
Brevities.
Sheriff Lehner has secured from eastern Ohio the person of Fred Wyss, wanted on the charge of embezzling $206 from Baehler Bros., of Randolph, June 29th last.
1900
Juneau Telephone
Juneau, Wisconsin
Friday, 16 February, 1900
pg 3
Criminal Calendar.
Frederick Wyss was brought into Court in the afternoon and pleaded guilty to the charge of embezzlement. Wyss took some $100 belonging to Baehler Bros., cheesemakers, at Randolph, and was subsequently arrested in Ohio by Sheriff Lehner, and brought back to Juneau. Judge Dick sentenced him to serve six months in the county jail.
1901
Beaver Dam Argus
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
Thursday, 10 January, 1901
pg 13
Report No. 1 of the committee on justices and constables’ accounts:
To the Honorable County Board of Supervisors of Dodge County:
Your committee on justices and constables’ accounts, to whom was referred the following accounts have examined the same and would respectfully recommend the adoption of the following resolution:
RESOLVED, That the County Clerk be and he is hereby directed to draw orders on the County Treasurer in favor of the following named persons for the several amounts set opposite their respective names, as allowed, to-wit:
Name and Am’t Am’t
Nature of Claim. Claimed Allo’ed.
[list follows]
Gottfried Baehler, witness .. 2 48 2 48
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The Dodge County Independent-News
Juneau, Wisconsin
Friday, 11 October, 1901
pg 5
Goodwin On Trial.
The State Presents Case Against Thos. E. Goodwin, Charged with Attempting to Drown His Wife — Other Notes.
When court convened Monday morning the first case taken up was the case of the State against Thomas E. Goodwin of Lost Lake, which has excited as much interest as any murder case tried in Dodge county.
The panel was exhausted before noon and the Judge ordered a special venire of twelve names. At 2 o’clock p.m. the following persons were selected as a jury to try the case:
Frank Fisher, Williamstown.
Ferd. Roethle, Rubicon.
Richard Irving, Clyman.
Terrence Clark, Lomira.
Ernst McDermott, Hustisford.
John May, Lowell.
John Roach, Elba.
Leonard Welch, Lomira.
Bernard Miller, Trenton.
Thomas Barry, Oak Grove.
Emil Hoese, Horicon.
George Leslie, Oak Grove.
M.L. Lueck, district attorney of Dodge county, and Harlow Pease, of Watertown, appeared for the prosecution while Hon. M.E. Burke of Beaver Dam, and ex-District Attorney Sloan appeared for the accused.
After the jury was selected the defense asked that the jury be permitted to view the premises on which the alleged crime was committed. The defense argued that it would be better for the jury to view the premises after hearing the testimony. Judge Dick thought differently and ordered the jury to go to Lost Lake and view the premises before the introduction of any testimony. Emil A. Roseler, under sheriff, was designated as the person to have charge of the jury and Will McGill of Beaver Dam was appointed as official reporter. Attorneys M.L. Lueck and M.E. Burke were appointed to represent their respective sides on the taking of the view. The jurors returned Tuesday evening and were in court Wednesday morning when the taking of testimony was commenced.
After the opening statements of the attorneys, Mrs. Mary Goodwin, the complaining witness, was placed on the stand. Thereupon Mr. Sloan made formal objection to the competency of the witness for the reason that at the time of the commencement of the prosecution the witness was the wife of the defendant. Judge Dick promptly denied the motion. The direct examination of Mrs. Goodwin occupied but a few minutes.
She testified that on the evening of May 29, 1900, she was at home in Lost Lake and that T.E. Goodwin, the defendant, was then her husband. (They were divorced afterwards.) That her husband was at Columbus that day and returned before 6 p.m. She retired that evening at about 9:30 o’clock. After she went to bed she heard Tom come up with one George Townsend and put him to bed. He then came to her room and told her that he had a sick horse in the barn and asked her to hold the lantern for him while he attended to it, which she consented to do. She placed her wrapper over her night clothes and came down. Tom then told her it was in the old barn. She said she supposed it was in the barn near the house and was surprised and suspicious when he said the sick horse was in the old barn some distance away. On the way he told her that there were some eggs in the weeds which they must take home when they returned. As they came to a certain point in the weeds Goodwin said he would show her the nest of eggs. He took hold of her hands as if to lead her to the nest. Then he grabbed her and threw her into the well, which is very deep and boarded on the sides. Mrs. Goodwin says she struggled hard but was so frightened that she was unable to make an outcry, and that her husband threw her into the well. She struggled and cried for some time. She called for her brother Louis, who lived near by, and finally some persons came to her relief. She thought she recognized Eddie Goodwin, her stepson. Her brother Louis and other persons came and took her out of the well. As soon as she became able to speak she state that her husband threw her into the well. During almost the remainder of the day Mrs. Goodwin was subjected to a very severe and thorough examination by Senator Burke, but her testimony was not shaken. She admitted that she had trouble with her husband on account of the alleged criminal intimacy with the two Sonnenberg girls. After being taken home her condition was serious and she had large bruises on her arm and body. She stated in her testimony that she did not know where the barn and well stood.
Julius Biselex and Frank Biel testified that they came to Goodwin’s from a dance at a neighbor’s place and heard cries from the direction of the well. They went to Goodwin’s and found the door locked and Goodwin inside. The cries came from the direction of the well and seemed to be calling for his brother Louis and Mr. Baehler. The door was locked when they went to Goodwin’s saloon. They called to Goodwin and told him what was up. He first said he would get his revolver and see. He then said he mislaid his keys and went to opening the door with a screw driver. The lantern was setting on the floor lit. After coming out of the saloon he lead them to the coal shed and then afterwards the cries were located in the well. Then they found Mrs. Goodwin in the well.
Louis Biel, a brother of Mrs. Goodwin, stated that he was called and came to the well. He saw his sister in the well. He secured a rope and descended and took her out. He helped carry her home. On the way he said to his sister: “Mary, for God’s sake, how did you get in there?” She replied, “Tom threw me in.” Turning to Tom, witness said “Tom, this looks suspicious,” and defendant replied, “By G-d, you can’t prove it!” Mr. Biel testified that when he came to the well he told Tom to descend and take her out, as he was husband and nearest to her. This Tom declined to do, and Louis went into the well. When he took hold of his sister she exclaimed “Oh! my God, I am saved!”
Mr. Baehler, a neighbor who frequented the grounds on which the well is located, testified that the well was boarded over at 1 p.m. on the day of May 29th. The State attaches much importance to the covering of the well and the boards.
August Hilgendorf of this city made a plat of the place and gave his testimony this (Thursday) afternoon. As we go to press Mr. Goodwin, the defendant, is on the stand.
The Dodge County Independent-News
Juneau, Wisconsin
Friday, 18 October, 1901
pg 3
Circuit Court.
Goodwin Convicted
The Jury Pronounces Him Guilty of Attempting to Murder His Wife.
The trial of Thomas E. Goodwin of Lost Lake, charged with an attempt to murder his wife, Mary Goodwin, by throwing her into a well on the night of May 29, 1900, and which attracted much attention, especially in the vicinity of his home in the town of Westford, was concluded last Saturday evening in the circuit court. At 6:55 p.m., when the ringing of the court house bell announced that the jury had reached a verdict, people who had listened to the trial for five days, hastily assembled in the court room to hear the result. The room was filled to overflowing in less time than it takes to tell the story, and Judge Dick, before the jury was brought down, cautioned the audience not to manifest any indication of either approval or disapproval, when the verdict was returned.
In response to the inquiry of the Court: “Gentlemen of the jury, have you agreed on a verdict?” Mr. Ernest McDermott, foreman of the jury arose and replied, “We have,” and at the same time stepped up to the bench and handed a paper to Judge Dick, who read the verdict, as follows:
“We the jury, duly empaneled and sworn in this action to try the issues therein, find the defendant, Thomas E. Goodwin, under the information made and filed in this action, guilty of an attempt to commit a crime of murder, in and upon Mary Goodwin, at the time and place stated in the information, and in the manner and form as alleged in such information.
Ernest McDermott, Foreman.”
As soon as the verdict was announced, the jury was discharged, and Senator Burke, attorney for Goodwin, made a motion in arrest of judgment and for a new trial, which later motion will be argued before the Court at some convenient time. When the verdict was announced, it did not seem to have any effect on the defendant, Goodwin, who sat beside his counsel; although the punishment for the offense of which he was convicted, is imprisonment in the State prison for a term of not less than one nor more than ten years. Goodwin was permitted to leave the court room with his attorneys, and returned to his home at Lost Lake, he still being under bonds of $10,000.
The trial of Thomas E. Goodwin began on Monday of last week, and was quite fully reported in THE TELEPHONE of last week up to the closing of court on Wednesday night, at which time Louis Biel, one of the brothers of Mrs. Goodwin was on the stand. He was the young man who went down into the well and assisted his sister in coming up. According to his testimony, which fully corroborated the testimony of the witnesses who had preceded him, as to what happened at the well after Mrs. Goodwin was found in it, there were several persons around the well, at the time, one of whom was Tom Goodwin, the defendant, but he did not offer to go down into the well to rescue his wife.
JJ.R. Marvin, Gottlieb Baehler, F.J. Lee, Herman Sommerfeld, and Rev. Sebastian Rohr, the Catholic priest at Lost Lake, who was called to the bedside of Mrs. Goodwin, after she was taken from the well and removed to the house, were among the other witnesses for the State. All the witnesses for the State told, practically the same story of the occurrence, so far as they had witnessed it and the immediate neighbors who were in a position to know, agreed that Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin did not live happily as husband wife for many years. In the opinion of the witnesses for the State, Mr. Goodwin was almost entirely to blame for the domestic disturbances.
Architect August Hildendorf, of this city, who made a diagram of the Goodwin home, for District Attorney Lueck, was called to the witness stand to explain the drawing, and County Judge John A. Barney was placed on the stand to testify in regard to the county court records, which show that at one time Mrs. Goodwin, upon the application of her husband and two neighbors, was examined for insanity and was found not to be insane.
The first witness for the defense was Thomas Goodwin, the defendant. He testified that on the day of May 29th, 1900, he went to Columbus to attend a stock fair and returned to his home at Lost Lake about 6 o’clock in the evening. That he remained at home the entire evening and that his wife retired to her room about 9:30 o’clock. He said that he knew nothing more of her whereabouts until he was called from his saloon, as he was about to retire, by the three boys who were returning from a dance, about 10:30. He said that the boys told him that there was some unusual noise down near the old shed, and that they said they thought they heard some one calling who seemed to be in distress. He said that he took his revolver from the money till, went to the shed with the boys and soon discovered that his wife was in the well, near the shed.
In reply to the cause of his not going into the well to get his wife out, he stated that he was afflicted with cramps and his physician had forbidden him to put his legs in cold water.
A large number of other witnesses were put on the stand in behalf of Goodwin, the principal ones on whom he relied being Millie and Tillie Sonnenberg, two girls who had worked as domestics in the Goodwin home from time to time, during the past two or three years. They testified that Mrs. Goodwin was nervous and irritable and was constantly finding fault with her husband. It was brought out in cross-examination that Mrs. Goodwin objected to the presence of those girls in her house, but her husband insisted on their staying there. And this appeared, throughout the trial, to be at the bottom of the trouble between Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin. Among the witnesses who were summoned to testify for the defense, and who were placed upon the stand, were Robert Achteberg, Rev. J. O’Donovan, William Gadow, Thomas King, Thomas Kennedy, Michael McDonald, and J.D. O’Brien. Additional witnesses sworn in the case, were Mrs. Theresa Goodwin, Justice R.D. Calkins, of Randolph, Kate Peskie, Mrs. Moix, Peter Garvin and Eddie Goodwin.
A number of physicians were called to testify as the effect of hysteria and the probable action and conduct of persons afflicted with it. One of the points upon which the defense relied was the fact that Mrs. Goodwin was afflicted with hysteria, and that while suffering from an hysterical attach, she attempted to commit suicide by throwing herself into the well. It was also claimed by counsel for the defense that Mrs. Goodwin had on one or two occasions threatened to end her life.
The doctors who testified in the case were Talbert, McDonald and North, of Beaver Dam; Schwalbach, of Juneau, all for the defense, and Hallock, of Juneau, and Feld, of Watertown, for the State. The doctors for the State testified that hysterical persons never attempt to injure themselves, nor do they ever put themselves in danger. On the other hand the doctors called by the defense said that hysterical persons might attempt to commit suicide.
The evidence was closed Friday evening, before supper, and Judge Dick announced that he would hold an evening session to allow two of the attorneys to make their pleas. The evening was occupied by Lawyer Pease of Watertown, for the State, and Attorney Sloan of this city, for the defense. On Saturday morning, Attorney Burke delivered a two-hours speech in behalf of Goodwin, and he was followed by District Attorney Lueck, who made the closing argument for the State. We have not sufficient space at our disposal to review the speeches made, but can say that seldom have stronger please been made to a jury. At 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, the jury retired, after having listened to the clear and concise charge of Judge Dick, and deliberated until 6:55 p.m., at which time, as above stated, the verdict was brought in. The jury consisted of Frank Fischer of Williamstown, Fred Roethle of Rubicon, Richard Irving of Clyman, Terence Clark of Lomira, Ernest McDermott of Hustisford, John May of Lowell, John Roach of Elba, Leonard Welsch of Lomira, T.J. Barry of the town of Oak Grove, Emil Hoese of Horicon, Bernard Miller of Trenton, and George Leslie of Juneau.
1902
The Dodge County Independent-News
Juneau, Wisconsin
Friday, 10 October, 1902
pg 5
Goodwin Again On Trial.
The Noted Case on Trial in the Circuit Court for the Second Time.
On Monday morning, Judge Dunwidde of Janesville presiding, the case of the State of Wisconsin vs. Thomas E. Goodwin of Lost Lake was taken up. The case was tried at the September term one year ago and the defendant found guilty by the verdict of the jury. Judge Dick sentenced him to serve a term of five years in the state prison and the defendant appealed to the Supreme court. That tribunal reversed the judgment of the Circuit court and remitted the case with the direction that a new trial be granted.
Goodwin is charged with assault with intent to kill his wife, Mary Goodwin, on May 29, 1900.
A jury was secured about 3 o’clock in the afternoon. The twelve men in whose hands the fate of Goodwin rests are: George Waas, farmer, Le Roy; Andrew Hetzel, farmer, Rubicon; William Kleinmann, farmer, Lowell; Julius Martell, farmer, Le Roy; Samuel Leslie, farmer, Ashippun; H.A. Banghart, grocer, Horicon; Herman Printz, Jr., farmer, Williamstown; Vincent Kreuziger, farmer, Emmet; Herman Bilgrien, farmer, Hubbard; Charles Block, carpenter, Watertown; Aug. Koehler, farmer, Hustisford; Marcus Sterr, saloon keeper and cigar manufacturer, Waupun.
After the jurors were sworn District Attorney Lueck asked the court for an order for a view of the premises by the jury. Defendant’s attorneys coincided with Mr. Lueck in his position that the premises should be viewed, but Judge Dunwidde stated that he was unable to see the necessity of such a course. Finally the court entered the order and the jurors, accompanied by the sheriff, under sheriff and the attorneys, drove to Lost Lake Tuesday and took the view.
Mr. Burke’s request that the jurors be kept together under the charge of the officers during the trial was granted on account of the seriousness of the charge and the importance of the case. Sheriff Solon and Under Sheriff Roeseler were sworn to take charge of the jurors.
District Attorney Martin L. Lueck with Harlow Pease of counsel, is conducting the prosecution and Michael E. Burke, with H.W. Chynoweth of Madison of counsel, is defending.
The taking of testimony commenced Wednesday morning at 9 o’clock and Mrs. Mary Goodwin was sworn as a witness. She testified that she was married to Mr. Goodwin on May 29, 1890, — just 10 years before the time she alleges she was thrown in the well. They had five children, the oldest at that time being nine years of age and the youngest eight months old. She was home on the 29th day of May, 1900, and retired that evening at half-past nine. About half an hour afterwards her husband came up and put an intoxicated man to bed. He then came into the room where she was and told her that a horse was sick in the barn and he wanted her to help him and hold the lantern. He told her to stay there until he rapped for her and that she must make no noise in coming down the stairs. After some time Mrs. Goodwin stated that she thought she would not wait for the raps and put on her skirts and went down and sat in the kitchen. He came in and told her to put on her dress as he was not ready yet. She then went up stairs and lay with the baby until she heard the raps. Then she came down stairs and he gave her the lantern.
He said that the horse was in an old and unfrequented barn. Mrs. Goodwin says that when she was told this she hesitated and felt queer. He said “you will have to bring the eggs along.” She testified “That was on the going down. I walked along by the side of the barn to the east corner and he hesitated: I went on the south side of the barn or old shed. I walked along the south of the barn until I got to the east corner and he hesitated there and says “I will show you where the eggs are now” and took me by the hand and we walked along a little ways and there was weeds there and he put my hands in the weeds, and then grabbed me and threw me into the well. I struggled with him for a while but was overpowered. I remember the struggle and remember landing in the water. I remember the splash of the water. My head and feet were east and west and my head was pressed up against the curb and my feet pressed up against the other side. I screamed for help as well as I could and help came after a while. Men came there. I thought I knew my step-son Eddie Goodwin. I do not remember that I knew any of the others. I was finally taken out of the well. My brother Louis came down in the well and got me out. He had a rope around him and they put the rope around me and I was pulled out. After I was taken out I was taken to the house of Mr. Goodwin. Witness also testified to the marks on her arms, legs and body. She further testified that she never knew that there was a well there and that she had never been out to the old barn or shed.
Mrs. Goodwin was subjected to a most searching cross examination by attorney Burke. She gave an account of the troubles that she and her husband haad between them and also the charges in relation to his intimacy with Tillie and Millie Sonnenberg. Unlike in the former trial the defendant’s attorney did not ask that Mrs. Goodwin be required to submit to an examination to determine whether or not she is afflicted with hysteria. Julius Biselx, who with Eddie Goodwin, and Frank Biel, was returning from a dance at Jerrard’s and heard Mrs. Goodwin hollering in the well, was produced and sworn as a witness on the part of the state. He testified that he and the other boys heard the screams and Eddie Goodwin told his father about it and suggested that he get the revolver and a lantern and go out and see what the trouble was about. After considerable delay, occasioned by the defendant’s inability to find his keys they started in the direction of the sound. When they reached the well Eddie Goodwin held the lantern and looked into the well, remarking “It’s ma.” Goodwin and his son went to get a ladder and witness went for other help to get Mrs. Goodwin out of the well. He was present when she was taken out of the well.
Frank Biel, a brother of Mrs. Goodwin, testified that he was with Eddie Goodwin and Biselx when they heard the screams. It sounded to him as if someone was calling for his brother Louis. After he went there with Goodwin and others to the well Louis Biel, another brother, came and went into the well. He had a rope around him and was let down into the well. He took hold of his sister by the hand and both of them were pulled out. Witness heard Louis ask her how she got in and she said: “Tom threw me in.” A little further on he heard Tom say: “By God, you can’t prove it!”
Louis Biel, another brother of Mrs. Goodwin, game some very damaging testimony against the accused. He went into the well and helped Mrs. Goodwin out. He went into the well and helped Mrs. Goodwin out. He testified that when she got out he asked her how she got into the well and she answered: “Tom threw me in.” “He pushed me in.” I turned to Tom and says “it looks suspicious,” and he says “By God, you can’t prove it.” I told him “we will have to try.” Witness further testified that the well was a very deep one and was not in use. Two boards were nailed on the curling and one on top. The boards were pulled up from the curbing and from all appearances the same was done but a very short time before Mrs. Goodwin was found in the well.
Damaging testimony was also furnished by Gottfried Baehler, a cheesemaker who resides near Goodwin’s. He passed by the well every day looking for eggs and on the afternoon of the 29th day of May noticed that the boards were nailed on the curbing of the well.
Mrs. Goodwin testified that for some time prior to that date her hands were in a helpless condition and that she could not raise a pail of water and the theory of the State is that she could not possibly have raised the boards.
Mr. Baehler further testified that Tom refused to go down into the well to get his wife out and Louis Biel had to go into the well.
J.R. Merwin and F.J. Lee, two Randolph men who stopped at Goodwin’s on the night in question, testified that they arrived there at 10 o’clock and that Mr. Goodwin’s place was locked but the curtains were drawn down and a light inside.
Herman Sommerfled, a witness for the state, testified that he examined the well shortly after May 29th and found considerable hay in it and several pieces of wood and lumber. The well was 28 feet deep with eleven feet of water in it. The curbing runs down 16 or 17 feet.
Other evidence was produced to show that Goodwin had made an attempt to have his wife committed to an insane asylum a few weeks previous.
This closed the testimony for the prosecution and as we go to press the defendant, Thomas E. Goodwin, is testifying. His defense rests upon evidence tending to show the whereabouts of the defendant at all periods between 10 and 11 o’clock of that night, and up to the time when the alarm was brought to him, and he confessedly went with others to the rescue of his wife. The theory of the defense is that the wife, being, if not insane, in a highly disturbed and hysteric mental condition, had either wandered to the region of this well and fallen in, or had attempted suicide. There will be considerable medical testimony offered and it is probably that the testimony will not be in until tonight.
1913
Obituary for Anna Wyss, wife of Gottfried Baehler
The Star News
Friday, August 15, 1913
Medford, Wisconsin
Mrs. Gottfried Baehler died at her home in the town of Browning Sunday after a six weeks illness following a stroke of paralysis. Deceased was born in Switzerland and was forty years of age. The funeral was held from the Evangelical church Wednesday, Rev. Bizer officiating. She leaves, besides her husband, ten children the youngest but a few months old. The family have the sympathy of the community in their sad affliction.
The Wood Messenger
Saturday, 16 August, 1913
Medford, Wisconsin
Organ for the German colony in northern Wisconsin
After some six weeks of illness, for which we had already sent well wishes, the wife of Mr. Gottfried Baehler died last Sunday, the tenth of August midday at 12:15 pm. in the town of Browning. On Wednesday the burial was held at the German Evangelical Church under the direction of the Rev. J. Bizer who delivered a moving eulogy. The internment had a great number of attendees, particularly many neighbors of the deceased, who represented by themselves very strongly the upright Swiss. May the deceased rest in peace.
Anna Baehler, born Wyss, caught sight of the light of the world on September 18, 1873 in Bern, Switzerland and came to America in 1894. Two years later she married Gottfried Baehler, which marriage produced ten children, all of whom are alive. The deceased was a housewife, a consort, a mother in the ideal meaning of the words, which was why she was esteemed and greatly loved by all whom she knew and by her next of kin, from whom she was taken away all too early. Besides the husband and ten children, four brothers and four sisters also grieve. Of the brothers, one is a fellow citizen the butter-maker, John Wyss, while of the other three, Mr. Christian Wyss lives in the state of Ohio, Mr. Wilhelm Wyss lives in the state of Montana, and Mr. Alfred Wyss lives in Monroe County, Wisconsin. On the other hand the four sisters live over in the old fatherland. Husband and children, brothers and sisters and relatives of the deceased our sincere sympathy.
1915
The Marshfield News and Wisconsin Hub
Marshfield, Wisconsin
Thursday, 24 June, 1915
pg 1
Miss Baehler Married To Fred Hahn June 15
Miss Lucile E. Baehler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Baehler of the town of McMillan and Fred Hahn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hahn of the same town, were united in marriage at the Lutheran parsonage June 16. Rev. A. Patz, pastor of the McMillan Lutheran church, performed the ceremony at 7:30 a.m.
Miss Clara Baehler, of Medford, cousin of the bride, was the bridesmaid, and Robert Hahn, brother of the groom, was the best man.
Mr. and Mrs. Hahn will enjoy a brief wedding trip to Milwaukee, Oshkosh and other places. They will make their home on the farm of the groom in the town of McMillan. Both of the young people have the hearty good wishes of many friends for a long and happy wedded life.
The Marshfield News and Wisconsin Hub
Marshfield, Wisconsin
Thursday, 24 June, 1915
pg 10
Staadt.
Miss Clara Baehler of Medford came last Saturday to attend the wedding of her cousin, Miss Lucile Baehler.
1919
The Marshfield News and Wisconsin Hub
Marshfield, Wisconsin
Thursday, 2 October, 1919
pg 5
McMillan.
Miss Laura Baehler from Medford is staying at the John Baehler home. She will be employed at Marshfield for the coming winter.
1922
Marshfield News-Herald
Marshfield, Wisconsin
Thursday, 16 November, 1922
pg 3
McMillan
Sam Suter and Gottfried Baehler of Medford visited at the homes of the latter’s brother John Baehler. Miss Lydia Baehler who has been here for two weeks returned home with them.
1927
The Journal Times
Racine, Wisconsin
Thursday, 22 September, 1927
pg 29
Wisconsin News Notes
Medford.—The annual meeting of the Taylor County Holstein Breeders’ association will be held at the farm of Gottried Baehler, near Medford, Oct. 4.
1928
The Sheboygan Press
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Thursday, 5 January, 1928
pg 8
Engagements
Rutkoski-Baehler
The engagement of Miss Helen Rutkoski of Berlin, Wisconsin, to Elmer Baehler of Sheboygan Falls, was announced recently. Mr. Baehler, who is employed at Kohler, was formerly of Medford, Wisconsin.
Marshfield News-Herald
Marshfield, Wisconsin
Saturday, 30 June, 1928
pg 7
Personal Mention
Mr. and Mrs. John Baehler and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hahn and son, Route No. 4, visited recently at the Godfrey Baehler home at Medford.
1930
Marshfield News-Herald
Marshfield, Wisconsin
Tuesday, 27 May, 1930
pg 2
McMillan
Mr. and Mrs. John Baehler and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hahn and son, Luzern, visited Sunday with relatives at Medford.
Marshfield News-Herald
Marshfield, Wisconsin
Wednesday, 24 September, 1930
pg 8
McMillan
Mr. Rudolph Baehler and daughter, Mrs. J. Schambert of Milwaukee, visited Saturday at the John Baehler home. From here they went to Medford.
Marshfield News-Herald
Marshfield, Wisconsin
Tuesday, 7 October, 1930
pg 2
McMillan
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Clemmons and son and Gottfried Baehler of Medford visited recently at the Fred Hahn home.
Marshfield News-Herald
Marshfield, Wisconsin
Tuesday, 14 October, 1930
pg 3
McMillan
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hahn and Mr. and Mrs. John Baehler visited Sunday at the Clemmens home at Medford.
Marshfield News-Herald
Marshfield, Wisconsin
Tuesday, 4 November, 1930
pg 2
McMillan
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hahn and son, Luzern, and Herman Baehler visited Friday at Unity.
1931
Marshfield News-Herald
Marshfield, Wisconsin
Tuesday, 15 September, 1931
pg 7
McMillan
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Baehler and family of Great Falls, Mont., visited at the John Baehler and Fred Hahn homes last week.
Marshfield News-Herald
Marshfield, Wisconsin
Wednesday, 9 December, 1931
pg 3
McMillan
Herman Baehler has returned to his home at Medford after a visit with relatives in this vicinity.
Wausau Daily Herald
Wausau, Wisconsin
Friday, 11 December, 1931
pg 9
McMillan
Herman Baehler of Medford visited his uncle, John Baehler, the past ten days.
1936
Obituary for Gottfried Baehler
Marshfield News-Herald
Marshfield, Wisconsin
Wednesday, 15 July, 1936
pg 7
Medford Hospital Notes
Gottfried Baehler, Medford, July 12. Heat prostration.
Obituary for Gottfried Baehler
Marshfield News-Herald
Marshfield, Wisconsin
Monday, 17 August 1936
pg 6
Illness Fatal To Gottfried Baehler
Town of Browning Resident Dies at Medford Sunday Morning
(By Staff Correspondent)
Medford—Gottfried Baehler, since 1901 a resident of the town of Browning, died at about 10 a.m. Sunday at the Medford hospital. Mr. Baehler had been ill with paralysis the past several months. His condition became worse in July, when he suffered a heat stroke.
Mr. Baehler would have been 81 years old today, having been born on Aug. 17, 1865, at Uebeschi, Canton Bern, Switzerland.
He came to the United States in February, 1893, settling at Horicon, Wis. In March, 1896, he was married to Miss Anna Wyss at Randolph. The couple moved to Taylor county in November, 1901, settling in the town of Browning, where they continued to reside. Mrs. Baehler died in August, 1913.
Surviving are 10 children: Mrs. Clara Larson, Des Plaines, Ill.; Arthur, Great Falls, Mont.; Laura, Chicago; Elmer, Sheboygan Falls; Mrs. Hilda Hess, Ringwood, Ill.; Mrs. Lydia Clements, Medford; Walter, Cascade, Mont.; William, Milwaukee; and Fred and Herman, at home; two brothers, Rudolph Baehler, North Lake, and Jacob Baehler, Seymour; and 15 grand-children.
Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday at 1 p.m. from the Pflughoeft-Hartwig funeral home and at 2 p.m. at the Community Evangelical church, with the Rev. J.J. Hoffman officiating. Burial will take place in the Medford cemetery.
NOTE: The obituary for Gottfried Baehler mentions only two living brothers, Jacob and Rudolph.
Mrs. Arnold Larsen was Gottfried’s eldest child, Clara Emma.
Laura (Mrs. Charles C. Seidel) was Gottfried’s second-oldest daughter.
Hilda (Mrs. Frank Hess) is incorrectly identified. Lydia Baehler was married to Harold Clemans.
Out of town people –
Rudolph, a brother of Gottfried, and Rudolph’s son Werner
Mrs. Henry Dallman?
Jacob a brother of Gottfried, and Jacob’s sons Hugo and Louis.
Mr. and Mrs. John Baehler and his daughter Lucile (Mrs. Fred Hahn) attended the funeral. According to social items from newspapers, John Baehler was a brother to Gottfried.
Mrs. Arnold Larsen, again, Clara Baehler.
Laura Baehler (Mrs. Charles C. Seidel) was Gottfried’s second-oldest daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Baehler, son of Gottfried.
Mrs. Frank Hess, Gottfried’s daughter Hilda.
Mr. and Mrs. William Baehler, Gottfried’s son.
Arthur and Walter Baehler of Great Falls are both sons of Gottfried’s who had relocated to Great Falls, MT.
Unknown newspaper
20 August 1936
pg
Gottfried Baehler Dies Here After Long Illness
Gottfried Baehler of the town of Browning died Sunday morning at the age of 72 years, lacking one day, at the Medford hospital of apoplexy, after being in poor health for the past five years.
Mr. Baehler was born in Uebeschi, Canton Bern, Switzerland, on August 17, 1865. On March 5, 1896, he married Miss Anna Wyss at Randolph Wis. At that time he owned and operated a cheese factory at Fox Lake but in November 1901 he came to this county, settling on a farm in Section 34 of the town of Browning where he lived until the time of his death. Mrs. Baehler died on August 10, 1913.
Surviving the deceased are nine children, 15 grandchildren, two brothers and several nephews. Daughters are: Clara, now Mrs. Arnold Larsen, Des Plaines, IL; Laura of Chicago; and Hilda, now Mrs. Harold Clemens, Medford.
Sons are: Arthur, Great Falls, MT; Elmer, Sheboygan Falls; Walter, Cascade, MT; William, Milwaukee; and Fred and Herman at home.
The two brothers are Jacob Baehler, Seymour, and Rudolph, North Lake.
Out of town people attending the funeral services at 1:30 from the Medford Funeral home and at 2 pm from the Evangelical church with the Rev. J.J. Hoffman officiating were Rudolph and Werner Baehler, North Lake; Mrs. Henry Dallman, Oconomowoc; Jacob, Hugo and Louis Baehler from Seymour.
Mr. And Mrs. John Baehler and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hahn, Marshfield; Mrs. Arnold Larsen, Des Plaines, IL; Mrs. Laura Baehler, Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Baehler and family, Sheboygan Falls; Mrs. Frank Hess, Ringwood, IL; and Mr. and Mrs. William Baehler, Milwaukee.
Arthur and Walter Baehler of Great Falls and Cascade MT, respectively, were unable to attend but had visited their father here two weeks before his death.
Pallbearers were Herman Loertscher, Fred Ruesch, Henry Suter, Fred Widmer, Ernest Abegglen, and John Camper.
Mr. Baehler was a member of the Sweitzer Verein and of the local Evangelical Community Church.
Note: The article is incorrect in stating that Hilda is Mrs. Harold Clemens. Hilda married Frank Hess. The sister Lydia, not mentioned above, married Frank Clemens.
Obituary for Murial Young, 1st wife of Herman G. Baehler – Son of Gottfried Baehler
Marshfield News-Herald
Marshfield, Wisconsin
Saturday, 5 December, 1936
pg 6
Body Is Returned To Montana For Burial
Medford—The body of Mrs. Herman Baehler, who died in Medford Dec. 3, following the birth of a child, was sent to Great Falls, Mont. Friday night.
Besides her husband she leaves her parents. The latter arrived from Montana a few days ago and accompanied the body home.
1949
The Sheboygan Press
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Tuesday, 3 May, 1949
pg 6
Personals
Mrs. P.J. Bush left Monday for Cedar Rapids, Ia., after spending several days with Mrs. Christ Hert, 1513 N. Twentieth street, and Mr. Elmer Baehler, Sheboygan Falls.
1961
Marshfield News-Herald
Marshfield, Wisconsin
Thursday, 17 August, 1961
pg 4
25 Years Ago Today
Marshfield temperatures—At noon today, 79. Maximum yesterday, 88. Minimum during the night, 50…A grass fire near Luis Hotel, S. Central avenue, was extinguished by the Marshfield fire department shortly after 1:30 p.m. today…Gottfried Baehler, who was born in Switzerland 81 years ago today, and lived since 1901 in the town of Browning, Taylor county, died yesterday in the Medford hospital. — (Marshfield News-Herald, Aug. 17, 1936.)
1974
Obituary for Alfred (Fred) Baehler – Son of Gottfried Baehler
Marshfield News-Herald
Marshfield, Wisconsin
Tuesday, 17 September, 1974
pg 13
Deaths and Funerals
Fred Baehler
Dorchester—Fred Baehler, 64, of route 1, Abbotsford, town of Holton, died of an apparent heart attack while leveling silage in the silo, which was being filled on his farm. He was found by a neighbor about 5 p.m. Monday.
Marathon County Coroner Marvin Nelles investigated the death.
The Rev. Milton G. Petzold, pastor of Peace United Church of Christ, will conduct services at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Kraut-Maurina Funeral Home in Dorchester. Burial will be made in Evergreen cemetery, Medford.
Friends may call at the funeral home beginning at 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Mr. Baehler, a farmer in the town of Holton for the past 27 years, was born Aug. 30, 1910, in the town of Browning, Taylor County. He also worked from 1960 until 1972 for Neal Smith Incorporated at Dorchester.
He was married Nov. 24, 1934, at Chicago to the former Elnore Kunz, who survives him.
Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Marvin (Mary Ann) Leader, Medford, and Miss Cheryl Baehler, at home; four sons, Gilbert, Omaha, Neb., Robert, Chicago, James, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Donald, Papillion, Neb., five brothers, Arthur, Walter and Herman, all of Great Falls, Mont., Elmer, Sheboygan, and William, Milwaukee; two sisters, Mrs. Frank (Hilda) Hess, Willard, and Mrs. Harold (Lydia) Clemans, Medford; and eight grandchildren.
Two sisters preceded him in death.
Wausau Daily Herald
Wausau, Wisconsin
Tuesday, 17 September, 1974
pg 6
Obituaries
Fred Baehler
Fred Baehler, 64, Town of Holton, died of a heart attack at 5 p.m. Monday while leveling silage.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the Kraut-Maurina Funeral Home, Dorchester. The Rev. Milton Petzold, pastor of United Church of Christ, will officiate. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Medford. Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Mr. Baehler was born Aug. 30, 1910, in Taylor County. He married Eleanor Kunz Nov. 24, 1934, in Chicago. He farmed in Holton for the past 27 years and worked for Neals Smith, Inc., Dorchester, from 1960 to 1972.
Survivors besides the wife include four sons, Gilbert, Omaha, Neb.; Robert, Chicago; James, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Donald, Papellon, Neb.; two daughters, Mrs. Marvin Leader, Medford, and Cheryl, at home; five brothers, Arthur, Walter, and Herbert, Great Falls, Mont.; William, Milwaukee; and Elmer, Sheboygan; two sisters, Mrs. Harold Clemans, Medford, and Mrs. Frank Hess, Willard; and eight grandchildren.
1975
Obituary for Elmer Baehler – Son of Gottfried Baehler
The Sheboygan Press
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Monday, 6 October, 1975
pg 12
Obituaries
Elmer A. Baehler
Elmer A. Baehler, 72, of R. 3, Sheboygan Falls, died Saturday afternoon shortly after being admitted to St. Nicholas Hospital.
Mr. Baehler a former Kohler Co. employe for 39 years, was also a mink rancher for many years.
A native of Medford, he was born May 4, 1903, a son of the late Gottfried and Ann Wyss Baehler. He moved to the Sheboygan Falls area about 1926.
His marriage to Helen Rutkowski took place at Berlin, Wis., Aug. 27, 1928.
He was a member of the Kettle Moraine Mink Breeders Association and Kohler Quarter-Century Club.
Survivors are his widow; a daughter, Mrs. Arnold (Joyce) Meyer of R. 3, Falls; a son, Richard of Marcellone, Mich.; three grandchildren; four brothers, Arthur, Walter and Herman of Great Falls, Mont., and William of Milwaukee, and two sisters, Mrs. Hilda Hess of Willard, Wis., and Mrs. Harold Clemans of Medford.
He was preceded in death by two brothers and two sisters.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Huehns Funeral Home in Sheboygan Falls, with the Rev. Donald Peters officiating. Burial will be in Falls Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. today and until the time of services Tuesday.
Marshfield News-Herald
Marshfield, Wisconsin
Tuesday, 7 October, 1975
pg 17
Obituaries
Elmer Baehler
Medford—Services were held this morning at Sheboygan Falls for Elmer Baehler, 72, of Sheboygan Falls, formerly of the Medford area. He died Saturday afternoon at a Sheboygan Falls hospital.
Mr. Baehler was born May 4, 1903 in the Town of Browning.
He is survived by his wife, a son, Richard, and a daughter, Mrs. Arnold Meyer, all of Sheboygan Falls; four brothers, Arthur, Walter and Herman, all of Great Falls, Mont., and William, Milwaukee; two sisters, Mrs. Hilda Hess, Willard and Mrs. Harold Clemans, Medford, and three grandchildren.
1979
Obituary for Herman Baehler – Son of Gottfried Baehler
Great Falls Tribune
Great Falls, Montana
Thursday, 24 May, 1979
pg 14
Deaths and funerals.
Herman G. Baehler
Herman G. Baehler, 66, Lincoln, retired manager of the Beacon Sun River Inn, died Wednesday afternoon at a local hospital.
Born in Medford, Wis., he came to Montana in 1927 and lived in the Eden area until entering the U.S. Army in 1940. Baehler served with the 163rd Field Artillery in the Pacific theater. He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
He married Alice V. Zeiter in 1946. For 11 years he worked for Carl Weissman and Sons, then took over management of the Beacon Sun River Inn, retiring in 1976. He had lived the past two years in Lincoln.
His wife survives with two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Karen) Gusdal, Lynnwood, Wash.; and Mrs. Ronnie (Kathy) Ford, Great Falls; a stepson, Andy Bobbett, and a stepdaughter, Barbara Loveland, both of Great Falls; 11 grandchildren; his brothers, Art and Walter Baehler, both of Great Falls, and William Baehler, Milwaukee, Wis.; and two sisters, Hilda Hess, Greenwood, Wis.; and Lydia Clemens, Medford, Wis.
Services will be Friday at 3 p.m. at Croxford and Son’s Mortuary. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery.
Great Falls Tribune
Great Falls, Montana
Thursday, 24 May, 1979
pg 14
BAEHLER—Services for Herman G. Baehler, 66, Lincoln, will be Friday at 3 p.m. in Croxford & Sons’ Rose Room. Burial in Highland Cemetery veterans section.
1983
Obituary for Arthur Baehler – Son of Gottfried Baehler
Great Falls Tribune
Great Falls, Montana
Sunday, 11 December, 1983
pg 14
Deaths/funerals
Art Baehler
[photo with caption Arthur W. Baehler]
Former Eden rancher Arthur W. “Art” Baehler, 85, 1109 6th Ave. N., died Friday in a Great Falls hospital.
He was born in Lost Lake, Wis. and raised in Medford, Wis. He attended agricultural school and worked in lumber camps in Wisconsin before working in grainfields and a dairy farm in North Dakota.
He came to Montana in 1920. In 1921 he married Bertha E. Marxer in Great Falls. He worked for the Colby Sheep Co. and lived at Clark Creek on the Colby Ranch for a year. He leased ranches for several years before buying his own ranch in Eden. He retired in 1972 and moved to Great Falls, where they resided at the time of his death.
He is survived by his wife, Great Falls; five daughters, Mrs. Emil (Doris) Nygard, Great Falls; Mrs. Lloyd (Marge) Barr, Long Beach, Calif.; Mrs. John (Eleanor) Lindroth, Seattle; Shirley Bedlow, Las Vegas; and Mrs. R.E. (Barbara) McDermid, Washington, D.C.; a son, Gene A. Baehler, Shepherd; two brothers, Walter Baehler, Great Falls, and William Baehler, Milwaukee, Wis.; two sisters, Hilda Hess, Anaheim, Calif., and Lydia Clemens, Medford, Wis.; 13 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Hillcrest Mausoleum Chapel.
1991
Obituary for Harold Clemans, Husband of Lydia Baehler – Daughter of Gottfried Baehler
Marshfield News-Herald
Marshfield, Wisconsin
Wednesday, 18 September, 1991
pg 13
Death here
Harold Clemans Sr., 85, Medford, died at 11:18 a.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph’s Hospital; admitted earlier in the day.
Marshfield News-Herald
Marshfield, Wisconsin
Thursday, 19 September, 1991
pg 20
Obituaries
Harold Clemans Sr.
Medford—Services for Harold P. Clemans Sr., 85, town of Medford, who died at 11:18 a.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield, will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Hemer Funeral Home, Medford.
The Rev. Stephen Rohloff will officiate. Burial will be in Medford Evergreen Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
He was born June 28, 1906, in Waukesha County, to Luther and Edna L. (Himebauck) Clemans. He attended Waukesha County schools.
He married Lydia Baehler April 4, 1928, in Medford. They celebrated their 63rd wedding anniversary in April.
He moved to Taylor County in 1924 and was employed on area farms and as a cook at the Ideal Cafe. He also owned and operated a trucking company during World War II and delivered fuel products for the Farmers Union. He later worked for Peterson & Sons and Mueller Bros. Trucking. He wa employed as a mechanic by Handel Motor Co. from 1951 until retiring in 1968. After retirement, he drove school bus on a part-time basis and did some auto mechanic work. He had been admitted to the hospital earlier in the day Tuesday.
He is survived by his wife who resides in the Long Term Care Unit at Memorial Hospital of Taylor County; two sons, Harold Jr. of Wauwatosa and William G. of Greendale; one brother, Frank of Hartfoed; one sister, Mrs. Myrtle Hanson of Hartford; six grandchildren; and six great-grandsons.
He was predeceased by one brother and one grandson, John, who died in 1967.
1993
Obituary for Helen Rutkowski, Wife of Elmer Baehler – Son of Gottfried Baehler
The Sheboygan Press
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Wednesday, 10 March 1993
pg 2
Obituaries
Helen Baehler, 83, of Meadow View Manor Nursing Home in Sheboygan, died on Tuesday, March 9, 1993, at Meadow View, where she has resided for many years.
Mrs. Baehler was born on May 20, 1909 in Berlin, Wis., the daughter of the late Anton and Frances Berczewski Rutkowski.
She married Elmer Baehler in Berlin, Wis. on August 27, 1928. He preceded her in death on Oct. 4, 1975.
She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Sheboygan Falls.
Survivors include one daughter, Joyce (Arnold) Meyer, Sheboygan Falls; one son, Richard (Vera) Baehler, Kalska, Mich.; three grandchildren and two great-grandsons; and two brothers. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, brothers and sisters.
Graveside services will be held at the Sheboygan Falls Cemetery.
The Huehns Funeral Home in Sheboygan Falls is serving the family.
Obituary for Hilda Baehler – Daughter of Gottfried Baehler
Marshfield News-Herald
Marshfield, Wisconsin
Friday, 9 April, 1993
pg 6
Obituaries
Hilda Hess
Greenwood—Hilda Bertha Hess, 88, Anaheim, Calif., formerly of the Marshfield area, died Wednesday.
Graveside services are pending. Burial will be in the Greenwood Cemetery.
She was born June 16, 1904, in Medford, to Gottfried and Anna Baehler. She attended schools in Medford. She was married to Frank Hess in April 1925, and he died in December 1968.
She lived in the Willard area from 1966-77 and in the Marshfield area from 1977-81. She then moved to California. She was a member of the United Methodist Church of Marshfield.
Survivors include four daughters, Elaine Stuart of Texas, Marion Kairis of Arizona and Bonnie Hess and Barbara Teitelbaum, both of Anaheim; two brothers, Walter Baehler of Montana and William Baehler of Milwaukee; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
She was also predeceased by her parents, three sisters and four brothers.
1996
Obituary for Lydia Baehler – Daughter of Gottfried Baehler
Marshfield News-Herald
Marshfield, Wisconsin
Sunday, 9 June, 1996
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Obituaries
Lydia Clemans
Medford—Lydia Edna Clemans, 86, died at 1 a.m. Sunday at Memorial Nursing Home of Taylor County, Medford, where she had resided for the past five years.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Hemer Funeral Home, Medford, with the Rev. Stephen Rohloff officiating. Burial will be in Medford Evergreen Cemetery.
Visitation will be from noon until service time Wednesday at the funeral home.
She was born Aug. 29, 1905, in the town of Browning, Taylor County, to the late Gottfried and Anna (Wyss) Baehler. She attended school in the town of Browning. She was married to Harold P. Clemans Sr. April 4, 1928, in Medford, and he died Sept. 17, 1991.
She was a member of Community United Church of Christ, Medford, and a past member of G.U.G. Germania.
Survivors include two sons, Harold Jr. of Wauwatosa and William of Greendale; two brothers, Walter Baehler of Great Falls, Mont., and William Baehler of Milwaukee; one sister, Mrs. Hilda Hess of Anaheim, Calif.; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
She was also predeceased by four brothers, Fred, Herman, Art and Elmer, two sisters, Laura and Clara, and one grandson, John, in 1967.