Martin Wenzel
Aug. 21, 1863-May 9, 1943
Niles Daily Star, Monday, May 10, 1943, page 2, col. 8, microfilm Niles District Library
INFECTION FATAL TO MARTIN WENZEL
Ill three weeks of blood poisoning, Martin Wenzel, Sr., 79, of 318 Woodruff street, died Sunday morning at 5 in Pawating hospital. The poisoning spread from an infection of undetermined origin in his right foot.
He was preceded in death by two sons who died as the result of accident injuries. George Wenzel was killed in an automobile mishap in 1929 and John Wenzel in a train accident in Dowagiac in 1910.
Mr. Wenzel was born in Saxony, Germany, Aug. 21, 1863. He came to Michigan with his parents when eight years old and the family first settled in the community between Buchanan and Galien.
Here Since 1889
He moved to Niles at the time of his marriage to the former Josephine Amon, who survives. The couple was married April 4, 1889 by ..[illegible] of St. John's church. Mr. Wenzel worked several years for the Skalla Furniture company and was employed 21 years by the French Paper company. He retired in 1930.
He also leaves four children, Mrs. Floyd Higgins and Rudolph Wenzel, Niles, and James H. Wenzel and Martin Wenzel, Jr., both of South Bend; five grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Friends may call in the Rutherford funeral home, where services will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2. The Rev. Theo Eisen, pastor of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed church of which he was a member, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, May 12, 1943, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
Wenzel Pallbearers
Serving as pallbearers Tuesday afternoon at funeral services for Martin Wenzel, Sr., 318 Woodruff street, were Henry Geideman, Joseph Sarratore, Frank Schambacher, Edward Erickson, Fred Solloway and Peter Mark. The Rev. Theo Eisen, pastor of St. John's Evangelical and Reformed church, officiated at the rites at 2 in the Rutherford funeral home. Burial was in Silverbrook cemetery.