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Note: [07092006_Schildt_Tobeck_Yezek .FTW] Obituary - Wheaton Gazette, Friday, September 30, 1960 Page 5 Services Held for John Henry Tobeck Sept. 27 Funeral services for John Henry Tobeck were held at Ave Maria Cath ol ic c hu rch Sept. 27 with the Rev. Harold Pavelis officiating. Mus ic w as by t he c hoir and organist. Pallbeareres were Lloyd Bruns, Fredolph Anderson, Lester Worne r, Au gu st Sc humacher, Leo Muellenbach and Harold Krauth. Honorary bea re rs we re Verg il Tobeck, Milton Schmidt, Donald Schildt, Louis Stiba l, Art hur Sn ider, He rman Schildt and Liberat Vathroder. Burial w as in the Cat holic s ect or of Wildwood cemetery. Mr. Tobeck died of a heart attack at his home about 11 p.m. Se pt 2 4, w hi le watching a television show. Note from Diane - remembe rs m om sa yi ng it was a wrestling match. He was born Feb 23, 1891 at Crescent City, ILL., the son of M r. a nd Mr s. C hrist Tobeck. He attended elementary school there. He l iv ed in Fair bur y, ILL until he was 12 when he came to the Wheaton vi ci ni ty whe re he ma de his home since. He farmed until his retirement. He was a member of Ave Maria church, was a member of the board of d ir ec to rs of the Federal Land Bank, had served on his local scho ol bo ar d. He w as a baseball player at one time, enjoyed hunting, fishi ng a nd a ll spor ts . On March 26, 1913 he was united in marriage with Clara L. Y ez ek at S t. P e ter's church in Dumont. To this union nine childre n, a ll of whom s urvive d, were born: John M., Breckenridge; August L ., New B righton; Mr s. Arth ur M. Olsen, Minneapolis; Vincent E., St. Pau l, Freder ick W. and N orm an F. , Wheaton; Mrs. E. E. Stoddard, Mound; Ke nneth J ., Spring Par k; Kath leen R., Mound; also 14 grandchildren, thr ee sister s, Mrs. Arth ur Snider a nd Helen Tobeck, St. Paul; Mrs. Louis S tibal, Lid gerwood, N .D ., and a bro ther Henry Tobeck, Beardsley. His wife died in November 1955. He was also preceeded in dea th by t hr ee b rothers, Herman, Ed, and Phillip. He was married to Rosalie Mackovec Feb. 12, 1957 at Ave Mar ia ch ur ch in Wh eaton. She also survives. All of his children and his s iste rs a nd broth er came for his funeral. Also present at the funeral w ere M r. a nd Mrs. Jo hn Reber, Winneconne, Wis. Notes: from Eunice Tobeck JOHN HENRY TOBECK Born: Feb 25, 1891 in Crescent City, IL. Confirmed: 1906 at St. John's Ev. Lutheran Church in Whea to n, MN by Pa st or Faedtke. He later joined the Catholic Church. Moved: to Wheaton in 1904 with his parents to a farm 3 mil es N. of Wh ea to n, MN Married: March 26, 1913 in Dumont, MN to Clara Loui se Y ez ek b. 7 -2 8- 18 92 in Manley, Iowa. died 11-20-1955 at age 63 yr s. Bu ri ed in Wild wood Cemetery, Wheaton, MN. They had 9 childre n. He remar ri ed Feb 12, 19 56 to Rose Makovec. John died Sept. 24, 196 0. Buri ed in Wil dwood Cemete ry in Wheaton. He farmed on several far ms in Traver se Count y. He purchas ed land East of Wheaton and remain ed there until h is deat h. Later sons, Fr ed & Norman bought it.
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