From Appleton (Wisconsin) Post Crescent dated Monday, January 19, 1959

William Herm
William Herm, 84, Bear Creek, died at 9:15 p.m. Saturday at New London after a short illness. He was born March 27, 1874, in Greenville. He was a retired farmer.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. James Lutheran church, Shawano, with burial in the Woodlawn cemetery, Shawano. Friends may call at the Cartch Funeral home, Shawano, after 2 p.m. Tuesday.
He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Earl Schroeder, Shawano; two sons, Howard, Bear Creek, with whom he lived, and Sgt. William, Frankfort, Germany; three brothers, John, Underhill, Adolph, Clintonville, and Louis, Oconto Falls; six sisters, Mrs. Clare Schmidt, Clintonville, Mrs. Charles Darrow, Gillett, Mrs. Minnie Heuer, Milwaukee, Mrs. Elizabeth Helmke, Sheboygan, Mrs. Emil Kobs, Underhill, and one in Beloit; eight grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.