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Lt. Hilbert C. Eisfeldt
1910 - 1966
05 31 1966
Police Lt. Eisfeldt Is Dead at 55
Lt. Hilbert C. Eisfeldt, 55, a member of the Watertown Police Department
for 22 years, died at Watertown Memorial Hospital shortly before 8 o'clock last
night. Death followed a heart attack and
a stroke. Earlier last evening and
yesterday afternoon he had talked on the telephone from his hospital bed to
members of the department and others in the municipal building.
He had been
hospitalized for several weeks after suffering a heart attack.
Lt. Eisfeldt, whose home was at 407 North Warren Street, was
born in Watertown Aug. 3, 1910, a son of Mrs. Laura Eisfeldt
and the late Carl Eisfeldt. He was a lifelong resident of the city and on
April 5, 1929 married Miss Pearl Becker.
His wife and his
mother survive as do two daughters, Mrs. Donald Knick of Watertown
and Miss Dian Eisfeldt, a teacher in Burlington. There are three grandsons and two sisters,
Mrs. W. R. Ninabuck of Watertown and Mrs. Noel E.
Washington, D.C. Dierking,
There are also two nephews.
Lt. Eisfeldt joined the police department on June 21, 1944 and
became a sergeant on Jan. 1, 1948 but on Nov. 15, 1952 turned in his sergeant's
rating in order to be assigned to daytime duty. On May 1, 1960 he was again advanced to the
rank of sergeant and on April 15 of this year was promoted to the rank of
police lieutenant.
He was a valuable
man on the department and Chief M. K. Mann and fellow officers today. joined in
assessing his worth, lauding his devotion to duty and his general capabilities
in carrying out order and performing whatever tasks arose on the spur of the
moment. The chief had called him one of
the department's most valuable men.
Aside from his
standing as a police officer, Lt. Eisfeldt possessed
a great many qualities that stamped him as a man and a friend. He was devoted to his family and was active
in the Moravian Church of which he had long been a member. He had formerly served as an elder and
trustee of the church and at the time of his death was secretary-treasurer of
the parish cemetery committee. He
enjoyed keeping active on off days from departmental duties. He liked to be out of doors. He enjoyed
hunting, fishing and gardening. He was genuinely interested in people and his
friendships encircled the city and extended far beyond the immediate community.
The funeral services
will be Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Moravian Church,
the Rev. Thorlief Harberg
officiating. Interment will be in the
Moravian Cemetery.
Members of the police department will serve as both active and honorary pallbearers and the Jefferson and Dodge County law enforcement agencies will also be represented at the rites.
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