WWI Registration card June 15, 1917
Born in Templeton May 12, 1896
farm hand for his brother Henry, in Washington Township
The funeral mass for Joseph Anstoeter, 71, will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. John's Church, Arcadia, with burial in the parish cemetery. An honor guard from Ehlers-Gerken American Legion Post 694 will take part.
The rosary will be prayed at 3, 8, and 8:45 p.m. Monday at the Twit Funeral Home, where friends may call. Mr. Anstoeter died Saturday morning at his home three and three-quarters miles northeast of Arcadia, where he had lived for the last 44 years. He had been in failing health for the last few years.
Mr. Anstoeter was born May 12, 1896, at Templeton, son of Gerhard and Katherine (Schlichte) Anstoeter. He was married February 6, 1923, to Mary Weber at St. John's Church, Arcadia, by Fr. Berger.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Marvin (Mary Theresa) Hoffmann, and a brother, Henry Anstoeter, Halbur. Two sisters preceded him in death, Mrs. Catherine Ocken and Mrs. Mary Schlermann. He was a member of St. John's Church, Arcadia, and received his schooling at Mt. Carmel.
During World War I he served with a detachment of the 1257 demolition group of the 23rd infantry from 1917 to 1919. He was at Chateau-Thierry, San Miguel, Meuse-Argonne, the march to the Rhine and the Army of Occupation.