Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2025 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== The La Crosse Tribune Tuesday, 25 January, 1916 NEW POSTMASTER DIES BEFORE HE CAN TAKE POST A. E. GERLACH, secretary-manager of the Fountain City Creamery company, and a lif-long acquaintance of J. L. Utermoehl of La Crosse, died yesterday at a Winona hospital of ulceration of the kidneys. MR. GERLACH, who was soon to have taken over the post- mastership of Fountain City, was assistant in the Fountain City schools at the time Mr. Utermoehl was superintendent. MR. GERLACH is survived by his widow and one daughter. The funeral will be held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning from the Catholic church at Fountain City. Mr. Utermoehl and W. H. Schuster of La Crosse will attend. ===========================================================================