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Henry Willard "Bill" Spaeth, 1909-1975

 

My father Henry Willard (Bill) Spaeth was born in Owen, Clark Co., Wisconsin, on September 27, 1909 and died in Seattle, King Co., Washington in March of 1975. His parents were Charles Christian Spaeth and Agnes Wilhelmine Schultz. He had one sister, Grace Geraldine Spaeth, who was born May 23, 1907, and married in Pasadena, California, on December 26, 1943, to Walter Schneider (1909-1986).

 

Agnes Wilhelmina Schultz Spaeth and her children, Grace Spaeth and H. Willard Spaeth.Agnes Wilhelmina Schultz Spaeth and her children

 

My father quit college due to the depression. He was studying Forestry. He followed a friend named Radke from Owen, Wisconsin to Medford, Oregon, to work in a mill. This picture was taken in Medford 1930-1931. [Click on picture to see larger format. Use your back browser button to return to this page.]

 

German Lutheran Confirmation Class, Owen, Wisconsin, 1923, under the Reverend Groh.German Lutheran Confirmation Class, Owen, Wisconsin, 1923.

 

My father was the only boy in the class. [Click on picture to see larger format. Use your back browser button to return to this page.]

 

1924 Owen High School Football Team.1924 Owen High School Football Team..

 

 

 

 

My father is second from the right in the front row. [Click on picture to see larger format. Use your back browser button to return to this page.]

 

Owen, Washington County, Wisconsin High School Junior class picture, 1925Owen, Wisconsin High School Junior class picture, 1925.

Top row first, L R Grace Afrank, Martha Sepula, H. Willard Spaeth ("hungry", SI guard and tackle), Sue Baker ("Suzy"), Hazel Neff (2 pictures of her) Second row, L>R Edwin Zelm, Charles Earl ("Chuck", 1/2 back"), Martha Larsen, Beatrice Powell, Norma Lakken, Mary Smiley Third row L>R Pellen Hanzas, Mildred Melizira, Dorothy Smith, Sylvia Routsula, Hazel Thompson, Clytia Hilton Bottom Row L>R Clyde Richelieu, Edwin Hoeper ("Hooper", end), Carl Radke ("Tarzan", Quarterback), Kenneth Clifton ("Dingbat", __ back), Walter Zagorski ("Fire chief, Milwaukee"), Clarence Kitze ("Tance", guard). [Click on picture to see larger format. Use your back browser button to return to this page.]

 

1927 Owen High School Debate Team.Owen High School Debate Team

 

My father is at the top left. [Click on picture to see larger format. Use your back browser button to return to this page.]

 

Please send correspondence to Nancy Hewitt Spaeth, who is researching this Spaeth family.  Return to Index Page