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Theodore Kusel
1908 Theodore Kusel
was exhibiting to his friends this week an old clay pipe that the late
"Dick" Jones presented to him on May 4, 1882, the date being printed
on the pipe with a pen the day the pipe was given him. Years ago he placed the pipe in the basement
of the Kusel hardware store,
and it laid there for years till some alterations were being made therein, and
it was found and placed in the care of the late Chris Becker, who prized it
very much as an heirloom of his old friend, Mr. Jones. A few days ago Mr. Kusel had a "pipe dream" about the old pipe and
went to the Becker store in North Water Street and found it in the
odds-and-ends corner of the store. Theodore says that more good fellows and
great men (and Watertown statesmen) have smoked that pipe than the last
congress of the United States contained, and he treasures it very highly. When
Richard Jones conducted a wagon shop in North Water Street, all the statesmen
of the town used to assemble there and they took turns in taking a whiff out of
the old "dugeen." 07 03 WG
Mrs. Theodore Kusel / Cora Sehrt Kusel
1868 - 1915
1915
11 11 Mrs. Theodore Kusel died last week Friday at the home of her mother, Mrs.
Louise Sehrt in Waukesha. She had been in poor health for several
months and some weeks before she died was taken down with pneumonia, from which
she recovered but her condition was so weak that she finally succumbed to heart
failure. A few weeks previous to her
death she went to Waukesha, where she could be under the care of her mother and
sister.
All
that could be done for here by a kind and devoted husband, mother, sisters and
brothers, was done for her but Divine Providence seen fit to call her, and she
passed peacefully away surrounded by her loved ones.
Mrs. Kusel was born in Waukesha, June 23, 1868, her maiden name
being Cora E. Sehrt.
On January 12, 1895 she was married to Theodore Kusel
of this city, and for a time resided at Waukesha, removing later to this
city.
She is
survived by her husband, her mother, and brother, William Sehrt
of Waukesha, and three sisters, Mrs. Nellie Maynard, Milwaukee: Mrs. Albert Goerke, and Mrs. Lilian Chilson of Waukesha.
Mrs. Kusel’s death is sincerely regretted in Watertown, for she
was a lady of charming disposition, mild and ladylike in manner, and ever
mindful of God’s admonition to do unto others as you would be done by. In her death our city has lost a most worthy
citizen and her husband a devoted wife and life companion. In his sorrow he has the heartfelt sympathy
of all our people.
Mrs. Kusel’s funeral was held on Monday from the home of her
mother in Waukesha, the Rev. W. Dielun
officiating. The interment was in
Prairie Home cemetery. A large number of
relatives and friends
from this city attended.
