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| BORN: | June 26, 1912 in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac Co, Wisconsin 16 36 |
| DIED: | December 6, 1996 in St. Francis Home, Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac Co, Wisconsin. 36 |
| PARENTS: | Helen Seurer and William Friedel 16 36 |
| MARRIAGE: | Leone Marie Wood (Dec. 24, 1915-Dec. 14, 1994) on November 26, 1936 in St. Louis, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, daughter of Pearl Field and Elmer Wood. 16 36 |
| NAME | BORN | DIED | SPOUSE | NUMBER OF CHILDREN | NOTES |
| Mary Therese FRIEDEL | Jan. 5, 1955 | Jan. 5, 1955 in St. Agnes Hospital, Fond du Lac, Wis. | |||
| LIVING |
| NOTES: |
(Copy of Birth Record) Name of Child - Michael Norbert Friedel, William Friedel & Marie Seurer, parents.
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(Ron Friedel - 1997) When Norb and Leone first got married in 1936, they lived in Peebles. They may have lived in the small apartment above the Mengel Gas Station on the corner of Hwys 149 and 151. They probably lived there through 1937. Norb worked as a substitute mail carrier in Fond du Lac. He held this job from September of 1936 to January of 1937 Later, they moved to 29 W Arndt St, Fond du Lac. That is the address on my birth certificate. By about 1938, Norb was working as a bartender for his father-in-law, Elmer Wood. 36 (Wright - 1940) Norb and Leone lived at 484 Garfield Ave and Norb was a bartender for Elmer J Wood's Tavern, 261 N Main, FDL. 36 (Wright - 1951) Norb and Leone live at 15 W Bank (formerly 15 N Sibley) in Fond du Lac with their four sons, Dick, Ronnie, Bill and John (not listed). Their home telephone number is 1557. Norb owns Wood's Tavern at 261 N Main St, FDL. The telephone number for the tavern is 215. Also working at the tavern at this time are Pete Weinshrott, married to Arlene and living at 155 S Military, and Art Grunwald, married to Verna and living at 150 E Rees St. 36 (Wright - 1957) Same information as above except that now Julie has been born. The home telephone number is 921-2117 and the tavern telephone number is 921-1925. Art Grunwald is no longer working for Norbert. Pete still works at the tavern but he and Arline now live at 123 Sibley St. 36 (Obituary) Norbert Michael Friedel, 84, formerly of 15 W. Bank St., passed away peacefully Friday, Dec 6, 1996, at St. Francis Home, Fond du Lac. He was born June 26, 1912 in Fond du Lac, to William and Helen Seurer Friedel. On Nov. 26, 1936, he married Leone Marie Wood at St. Louis Catholic Church, Fond du Lac. Mr. Friedel owned and operated Wood's Tavern for many years. He was employed at the Fond du Lac County Highway Department from 1963 until 1980. He also drove school buses for many years. Mr. Friedel served on the Fond du Lac County Board of Supervisors from 1949 to 1963 and from 1980 to 1992. He was a past member of Knights of Columbus No. 664, Kiwanis and Elks. He enjoyed playing golf and was a lifelong pheasant and deer hunter. He also enjoyed cycling, participating annually in extensive bicycle tours with his son, Ron, and family. Mr. Friedel was a member of St. Louis Catholic Church. Survivors include four sons, Richard N. Friedel and his wife Marlene of Rock Island, Illinois, Ronald J. Friedel and his wife Sandra of Brown Deer, William E. Friedel and his wife Diane of Leetonia, Ohio, and John M. Friedel and his wife Jennifer of Green Bay; a daughter, Julie A. Petrie and her husband Thomas of Fond du Lac; 11 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two sisters, Henrietta Mengel and her husband Erv of Malone, and Mary Helen Campbell and her husband Normand of Waukau; a brother, Roy J. Friedel and his wife Katherine of Fond du Lac; and many nieces and nephews. Preceding him in death were his parents; his wife, Leone, on Dec. 14,1994, an infant daughter, Mary Therese; two brothers, Edmund and Cyril Friedel; and a sister, Ruth Pauly. Services: A Liturgy of Christian Burial will be held at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Zacherl Funeral Home and at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Louis Catholic Church. The Rev. Jerome Wagner will officiate. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery. Visitation: Friends and family may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Zachel Funeral Home in Fond du Lac, where a parish vigil service will be he 36 (Ron Friedel - 1997) Just a note about Norb's cycling career. In 1978, my son Mark, age 10, and I went on the first SAAGBRAW. This was a cross-state bicycle ride starting in LaCrosse and coming back to Milwaukee. It was sponsored by the Milwaukee Sentinel. Mark and I had so much fun on that ride that Norb decided to go along with us in 1979. So, I built up a bike for him and he trained for the 1979 ride. He started riding a bike again the year he turned 67. My family rode with him on that summer ride. Mark, Sandy and David, age 6, rode bikes and I pulled Patrick in a trailer. He rode 5 or 6 more SAAGBRAW rides. In 1982, the year he turned 70, he was in a fund-raising ride on his birthday for the Kiwanis Sunrisers Club. They ran a raffle in which people were to guess the number of miles he would ride in one, 12 hour day. He and I went to the Hardees on West Johnson and at 6 a.m., they recorded his odometer miles and covered the viewing window with masking tape. Then we, and at times, the rest of my family, rode around Fond du Lac for the rest of the day going out to Mt Calvary and then up to Oshkosh. We came home at 5 p.m., showered, and put on clean cycling clothes. We went back to Hardees and when they uncovered his odometer at 6, we found that we had gone 105 miles! That was about as far as I had ever gone in one day up until that time, and I was only 43! 36 |
| SOURCES: | 16 Tony Schmitz |
| 36 Genealogy Report from Ron Friedel, 1997 |