Ozaukee Obituary Mrs. Lois Maechtle

Sheboygan Press
September 14, 1955

Mrs. Lois Maechtle

Funeral services for Mrs. Lois Maechtle, 91, of Cedarburg,former Port Washington resident, were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Methodist Church,Cedarburg. The Rev. Alfred Hoad officiated at the last rites.

Interment was made at the Cedarburg Zur Ruhe Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers wereClaude Behling, Ellsworth Behling, Dale Behling, Everett Maechtle, Leo Zirbes andEmery Voland.

Mrs. Maechtle, nee Sizer, was born Feb. 22, 1864, in the town of Saukville whereher childhood was spent. On Oct. 5, 1882, she was married at Saukville to Jacob Maechtle.They lived in the town of Port Washington, city of Port Washington and then at Cedarburg.

She died of a stroke and old age on Sept. 8 at the home of a daughter, Mrs. GeroldCarter, in Cedarburg.

Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Otto (Nettie) Behling of Port Washington, Mrs.Gerold (Josie) Carter of Cedarburg, Mrs. Emil (Eunice) Behling of Oconto Falls; oneson, Dewey Maechtle of Sheboygan; also eight grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.Her husband and four children preceded her in death. She was the last of the Sizerfamily.

Mrs. Maechtle was a member of the Methodist Church, active in W.S.C.S. work and Sundayschool teaching until her health failed, the last member of the Cedarburg War Mothers,and a past president of the Cedarburg Woman's Club.