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- Born September 20, 1895, on the Fred Sachs farm in the town of
Osborn, the third of eight children.
Alfred Never married.
Alfred was baptized and confirmed at the German Emmanuel
Evangelical Lutheran church in Seymour. He went to school at the
South Osborn grade school, later known as Pioneer School.
Alfred grew up on his parents' dairy farm, helping his father and
brothers operate the large dairy farm, which meant hard work and
long days for everyone, including the children. Sons quickly took
their place beside their father in milking cows by hand, caring for
the cattle, tilling, planting and harvesting crops with horses and
clearing land and constructing farm buildings.
Alfred's first employment was working for Uncle Otto Schoettler
and Aunt Lydia Seefluth at their farm in Greenville during the
summer and fall of 1915. Then during World War I, Alfred was
required to take an army physical for induction into the military.
He failed the physical because of a heart condition. His older
brother, Alex, served. Alfred worked and lived at the Falck Hotel in Seymour for 9 years from 1917 -1926. Starting as a stable hand, carrying for guests' horses, he worked his way up to head bartender. He was working in September 1923 when the hotel caught fire. His quick response helped the Seymour fire department save the 25 year old two story brick building that still stands on Main Street.
In the fall of 1927 he took the train west to Roundup, MT, to work on a small ranch owned by railroad man Herman Geelhart and wife Laura, his mother's niece. In 1929 he went to Kelso, WA, to live with his sister Gladys and her husband Willard Van Dinter. He worked there for two years at the Longview Fiber paper mill with Bill. In 1931 he bought a Ford Model A and drove back to Wis.
Alfred lived at the Sachs farm from 1931 until the mid 1950s, helping his father and then his brother, Roman, operate the farm. He did carpentry work for others and was one of the lead carpenters constructing the Pine-Castle ballroom on County C south of Seymour. For many years he worked nights as a bartender at the Golden Bar across the road from the Pine Castle and at the Tip Top Bar in Seymour. In the late 1940s he
constructed several additions to the Pine Castle ballroom.
Although he had no children, the death of his nephew, Dick Sachs, in 1952 was like losing his own child. He felt the loss deeply.
In the summer of 1955 Alfred moved to the farm of his sister,
Myrtle Peotter, near Black Creek. He lived there for 25 years
doing carpentry work for others, helping Roy construct and repair
farm buildings and doing chores for his room and board. In 1979,
at age 84, he went to live at Shady Acres retirement home in
Seymour. Then in 1984 he moved to good Shepherd Nursing
Home in Seymour where he lived the rest of his life.
Alfred died on Tuesday, September 10,1991, ten days before his
96thbirthday. Allofhislifehismindwasclearandhehad
adequate hearing and eye sight. He is buried at Highland
Memorial Park, Appleton, beside his parents.
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