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Ruben J. Oestreich
1906 - 1994
Ruben J. Oestreich, 88, formerly of 1307 Ruth St., Watertown, died
this-morning, Sept. 30, 1994, at Marquardt Memorial Manor following an apparent
stroke.
Funeral services
will be held Monday at 9:30 a.m. at the Hafemeister
Funeral Home and at 10 a.m. at St. Henry Catholic Church with the Rev. Rick Heilman officiating. Burial
will be in the parish cemetery.
Friends and
relatives may call to pay their respects at the funeral home Sunday from 4 to 8
p.m. and Monday until the time of the service. A scripture service is planned Sunday at 8
p.m.
Memorials, if
desired, may be directed to St. Henry Parish Center or St. Henry Youth Group.
Oestreich
was born April 3, 1906 in Ixonia, son of Otto and Emma (Kuester)
Oestreich. On
May 1, 1929 he married the former Frances Weyland in
Gilbertville, Iowa. He was a 1925
graduate of Watertown High School and a graduate of Marquette University in
Milwaukee, where he majored in pharmacy. He had been employed at Behlke
Drug Store in Watertown, and as a nurse and pharmacist at the former St. Mary*s
Hospital in Watertown and Watertown Memorial Hospital for 43 years. Oestreich was a
member of St. Henry Catholic Church, its Holy Name Society, and American
Association of Retired Persons.
Survivors include
his wife; three daughters, Mary (LaVern) Wanke, Rose (Donald) Haznaw and
Joanne (James) Kraemer, all of Watertown; two sons, Richard of Columbus, Ohio,
and James (Judith) of New York, N.Y.; 16 grandchildren; 21 greatgrandchildren;
other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters in infancy.
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