William B. Scharlau

Person Sheet

Name	William B. Scharlau
Birth	24 Dec 1896, Dunn Co., Wisconsin^23,26
Death	14 Mar 1975, Menomenie, Wisconsin²⁶
Occupation	owned and operated Scharlau Nursing in Menomonie²⁶
Father	William Fredrick August Scharlau (1860-1921)
Mother	Berta Denhoff (1860-)

Spouses

1	Margaret Cook²³
Birth	3 Jan 1900, Red Cedar, WI²⁶
Death	15 Mar 1967, Eau Claire, Wisconsin²⁶
Father	Robert Cook (1864-1944)
Mother	Mary Cook (1866-1929)

Children	Mary Ann
	Helen
	Margaret
	Dorothy
	Marlys
	Mildred

Notes for William B. Scharlau

Lived in Menomenie, Wisconsin

Obituary

William Scharlau, 78, [address deleted], Menomonie, died at his home Friday morning March 14.
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Monday March 17, at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church with Rev. Larry Zessin officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery with the Goodrich Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
He was born Dec. 25, 1896, in Dunn County. He married Margaret Cook and together they managed the Dunn Co. Home for the Aged from 1941 until 1949. From 1949 until their retirement in 1962 they owned and operated the Scharlau Nursing Home in Menomonie.
Survivors include five daughters, Mrs. Morris (Helen) Ranney, and Mrs. Margaret Storing, both of Menomonie; Mrs. Orville (Dorothy) Wilsey, Coon Rapids, Minn.; Mary Ann and Marlys Scharlau, both at home; one brother, George, Colfax; one sister, Mrs. Anna Lausted, Colfax; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

The Dunn County News
March 19, 1975

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