Person:Adam Faust (1)

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Name Adam A. Faust
Gender Male
Birth? 6 Nov 1887 Schleswig Township, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
Baptism? 4 Dec 1887 St. Anna, Calumet County, WisconsinSt. Ann's Catholic Church
Census? 20 Jun 1895 Schleswig Township, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
Death[1] 9 Nov 1961 Rhine Township, Sheboygan County, WisconsinCause: of a Stroke
Burial? 11 Nov 1961 Kiel, Manitowoc County, WisconsinSs. Peter and Paul Cemetery
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  1. Obituary:
    Adam A. Faust, 74, R. 1, Elkhart Lake, a well known Town of Rhine farmer, died at 3 AM today at his home. He had been in ill health for the past five years.
    He was born November 6, 1887, in the town of Schleswig, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Faust, pioneer settlers of that township.
    He married the former Mary Dorn of New Holstein on November 4, 1912, at Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Kiel. The couple lived in Kiel for a few years before moving to the farm where they resided for the past 48 years.
    Mr. Faust was a member of the Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church at Kiel, the Holy Name Society of that church and the Catholic Knights of Wisconsin.
    Survivors include his widow; seven daughters, Sr. Mary Phyllis, East Bristol, Wisconsin; Sr. Mary Georgene, Milwaukee; Sr. Mary Frederick, Bloomer, Wisconsin; Mrs. Joseph (Elizabeth) Melger, R. 2 New Holstein; Mrs. Wilfed (Gertrude) Heimann, Kiel, and Mrs. Ed (Margaret) Steinert and Mrs. Norman (Jane) Ludowissi, both of West Bend; six sons, Joseph, R. 1, Elkhart Lake, Alvis, Kiel, Benedict, Plymouth, Alphonse, R. 2, Elkhart Lake, and Leo and Leon, New Holstein, and 34 grandchildren.
    He is also survived by four sisters, Mrs. Joseph Meyers, Detroit, Michigan, Mrs. George Diels, Sheboygan Falls, Mrs. Frank Neumann, New Holstein, and Mrs. Sylvin Konz, Sheboygan, and three brothers, Peter, Sheboygan, Raymond, Kiel, and Bennie, R. 1, Elkhart Lake.
    One Son, Peter, preceded him in death in 1955.
    The Rev. Frederick M. Dorn, a brother of Mrs. Faust, will officiate at the requiem high mass at Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church Saturday at 10 AM. Burial will be in the parish cemetery.