SPECHT, August Henry

1872 - 1951  (78 years)

• Name	SPECHT, August Henry
  Birth	Dec 1872	Wisconsin, United States
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Aug 1951	Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States
  	August Specht of Mishicot is Dead Mishicot-In ill health for the past year, August H. Specht, 78, widely known retired Mishicot furniture store operator and embalmer, died at his home in the village early Saturday morning. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Specht funeral home, Mishicot, the Rev. Edward Zell, pastor of St. Peter Lutheran church, officiating. Interment will be in the family plot in the Mishicot public cemetery. August Henry Specht was born in Gibson, Manitowoc county, in 1873. Assisting his father on the farm until young manhood, he married the former Ida Kunz of Branch in 1903. After their marriage Mr. Specht learned casket making trade at Reifs Mills and then took a position with the Northern Casket company at Fond du Lac. A few years later the family moved to Los Angeles where he worked for the Los Angeles Casket company for several years. Leaving his trade Mr. Specht took his family to Morense, Ariz. where he was employed at a copper smelting company for four years. He returned to the county in 1921 and became a painter and decorator at Mishicot. In 1927, after graduating from a Chicago embalming school, he took over the furniture and undertaking establishment of the late William Mueller at Mishicot, now operated by his son, Paul, and retired from active business in 1945. Mr. Specht was affiliated with the Wisconsin Funeral Directors and Embalmers association for many years and served as secretary-treasurer of the Mishicot Public Cemetery association 14 years. Besides his wife, Mrs. Specht leaves a daughter, Mrs. Elliot Zander of Brillion; and two sons, Wilton of Racine and Paul of Mishicot; a brother Theodore Specht of Tacoma, Wash., and eight grandchildren. Friends may call at the Specht funeral home, Mishicot, from 7 p.m. Sunday to the time of services. Herald-Times-Reporter Sat, Aug 04, 1951 ·Page 2
  Burial	Mishicot, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States
  	Address: Mishicot Public Cemetery/Holy Cross Cemetery
  Person ID	I7602	Jindra and Chaloupka Family Trees | Wulf Family Tree (Ellen's maternal)
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2024

  
  

  Father	SPECHT, August H.,   b. Feb 1835   d. Sep 1902 (Age 67 years)
  Mother	WULF, Christina,   b. 24 Mar 1832, Meddel, Holstein, Germany d. 24 Apr 1925, Mishicot, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	1857	Germany
  Family ID	F391	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	KUNZ, Ida,   b. Feb 1874   d. 1955 (Age 80 years)
  Children	> 1. Living   2. Living + 3. SPECHT, Paul E.,   b. 2 Dec 1913, Los Angeles, California, United States d. Jun 1966, Mishicot, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F2638	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2025