Edgar Schunk Passes Away at the Shady Lane Home
One of Wisconsin's pioneer truckers, Edgar Schunk, 84, of the town of Schleswig, died at the Shady Lane Home for the Ages, at Manitowoc on Sunday afternoon. Mr. Schunk had been ill for several months.
Funeral services were held this Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Meiselwitz Funeral Home, with the Rev. Ernest J. Nelson officiating.
Burial was made in the Rockville cemetery.
Mr. Schunk was born in Millhome in 1867, the son of the late Oliver Schunk and Margaret Diefenthaler. In 1892 he was married to the former Anna Burkhardt of Schleswig. The couple moved to Menominee Falls 10 years later, operating a hotel there for 14 years. In 1916 he established the first truck line between Menominee Falls and Milwaukee. He remained in the business until 1942, when he moved to a farm north of Kiel to live with relatives. Mrs. Schunk died in 1951.
Survivors include a son, Oliver of St. Louis, Missouri; and three sisters,Mrs. Emma Boelter of Milwaukee and Dr. Clara Schunk and Mrs. Eliza Kaun, both of Jackson, Michigan. - Feb. 3, 1952
One of Wisconsin's pioneer truckers, Edgar Schunk, 84, of the town of Schleswig, died at the Shady Lane Home for the Ages, at Manitowoc on Sunday afternoon. Mr. Schunk had been ill for several months.
Funeral services were held this Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Meiselwitz Funeral Home, with the Rev. Ernest J. Nelson officiating.
Burial was made in the Rockville cemetery.
Mr. Schunk was born in Millhome in 1867, the son of the late Oliver Schunk and Margaret Diefenthaler. In 1892 he was married to the former Anna Burkhardt of Schleswig. The couple moved to Menominee Falls 10 years later, operating a hotel there for 14 years. In 1916 he established the first truck line between Menominee Falls and Milwaukee. He remained in the business until 1942, when he moved to a farm north of Kiel to live with relatives. Mrs. Schunk died in 1951.
Survivors include a son, Oliver of St. Louis, Missouri; and three sisters,Mrs. Emma Boelter of Milwaukee and Dr. Clara Schunk and Mrs. Eliza Kaun, both of Jackson, Michigan. - Feb. 3, 1952
Edgar Schunk Passes Away at the Shady Lane Home
One of Wisconsin's pioneer truckers, Edgar Schunk, 84, of the town of Schleswig, died at the Shady Lane Home for the Ages, at Manitowoc on Sunday afternoon. Mr. Schunk had been ill for several months.
Funeral services were held this Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Meiselwitz Funeral Home, with the Rev. Ernest J. Nelson officiating.
Burial was made in the Rockville cemetery.
Mr. Schunk was born in Millhome in 1867, the son of the late Oliver Schunk and Margaret Diefenthaler. In 1892 he was married to the former Anna Burkhardt of Schleswig. The couple moved to Menominee Falls 10 years later, operating a hotel there for 14 years. In 1916 he established the first truck line between Menominee Falls and Milwaukee. He remained in the business until 1942, when he moved to a farm north of Kiel to live with relatives. Mrs. Schunk died in 1951.
Survivors include a son, Oliver of St. Louis, Missouri; and three sisters,Mrs. Emma Boelter of Milwaukee and Dr. Clara Schunk and Mrs. Eliza Kaun, both of Jackson, Michigan. - Feb. 3, 1952
One of Wisconsin's pioneer truckers, Edgar Schunk, 84, of the town of Schleswig, died at the Shady Lane Home for the Ages, at Manitowoc on Sunday afternoon. Mr. Schunk had been ill for several months.
Funeral services were held this Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Meiselwitz Funeral Home, with the Rev. Ernest J. Nelson officiating.
Burial was made in the Rockville cemetery.
Mr. Schunk was born in Millhome in 1867, the son of the late Oliver Schunk and Margaret Diefenthaler. In 1892 he was married to the former Anna Burkhardt of Schleswig. The couple moved to Menominee Falls 10 years later, operating a hotel there for 14 years. In 1916 he established the first truck line between Menominee Falls and Milwaukee. He remained in the business until 1942, when he moved to a farm north of Kiel to live with relatives. Mrs. Schunk died in 1951.
Survivors include a son, Oliver of St. Louis, Missouri; and three sisters,Mrs. Emma Boelter of Milwaukee and Dr. Clara Schunk and Mrs. Eliza Kaun, both of Jackson, Michigan. - Feb. 3, 1952
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