Mon 19 Aug 1957 Manitowoc Herald-Times
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Adolph Wilda, 84, who has been making his home at Shady Lane in Manitowoc for the past three years, died there Saturday night following a lingering illness.
Funeral services will be at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, Manitowoc, and at 9 a.m. at the St. Paul Catholic Church, Manitowoc. The Rev. Clement Kern officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
He was born Dec. 24, 1872, in the Town of Kossuth, the son of late Wencil and Mary Granite Wilda. Sixty-four years ago he married the former Emma Hill in Kossuth and the couple settled in Manitowoc where Mr. Wilda was employed at the Aluminum Goods Mfg. Co. He retired 24 years ago. His wife died in 1942.
Survivors include three sons, Ervin, Raymond and Kenneth of Manitowoc; two daughters, Mrs. Reuben Aumann of Manitowoc and Mrs. Victoria Erickson of Chicago; brother Edward of Manitowoc; two sisters Mrs. Emma Maresh and Mrs. Julia Krummel both of Manitowoc; 20 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral home where the Rosary will be recited at 8:30 p.m. Monday.
