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Funeral for Emil Poppe Held Friday
Funeral services for Emil Poppe.85,of Route 1,Weimar,were held Friday,April 20,from Hubbard Funeral Chapel,with burial in New Bielau Cemetery.
Rev.Luther Oelke officiated.
Mr.Poppe died at 7:12 a.m. Wednesday,April 18,at his home.
A retired farmer and rancher,he was a lifelong resident of this area.He was born Oct. 9,1893,a son of Henry and Meta (Ehlers) Poppe.He married Emma Ehlers at Runge on Nov. 6,1917.
He was a member of Faith Lutheran Church here.
His wife survives,along with one son,Lee Earl Poppe Sr.,and one daughter,Mrs.Lawrence Muehr sr.,both of Weimar;five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren;one sister,Mrs.Frieda Thumann and one brother Henry Poppe,both of Weimar.
A son,two brothers and a sister preceded him in death.
Pallbearers were Lee Earl Poppe Jr.,Robert W. Poppe,Lawrence Allan Muehr,Gary Muehr,Donald Ray Muehr,and Adolf Thumann.
Weimar Mercury,April 26,1979
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Funeral for Emil Poppe Held Friday
Funeral services for Emil Poppe.85,of Route 1,Weimar,were held Friday,April 20,from Hubbard Funeral Chapel,with burial in New Bielau Cemetery.
Rev.Luther Oelke officiated.
Mr.Poppe died at 7:12 a.m. Wednesday,April 18,at his home.
A retired farmer and rancher,he was a lifelong resident of this area.He was born Oct. 9,1893,a son of Henry and Meta (Ehlers) Poppe.He married Emma Ehlers at Runge on Nov. 6,1917.
He was a member of Faith Lutheran Church here.
His wife survives,along with one son,Lee Earl Poppe Sr.,and one daughter,Mrs.Lawrence Muehr sr.,both of Weimar;five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren;one sister,Mrs.Frieda Thumann and one brother Henry Poppe,both of Weimar.
A son,two brothers and a sister preceded him in death.
Pallbearers were Lee Earl Poppe Jr.,Robert W. Poppe,Lawrence Allan Muehr,Gary Muehr,Donald Ray Muehr,and Adolf Thumann.
Weimar Mercury,April 26,1979
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