FRANK W. BROCKER
Frank W. Brocker, 69, of 722 St. Paul St., Kiel, died Tuesday evening at Sheboygan Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient since Sunday.
Born Nov. 14, 1889, in Chilton, the son of Bernard and Louise Ibe Brocker, he attended school at Gravesville and in September of 1917 he entered military service and served 18 months overseas with the 371st Motor Transport Corps. He received his discharge in July, 1919.
On April 22, 1920, he was married to Irene Nurnberger of Chilton. He worked as a carpenter for a time and in June, 1921, he became a rural mail carrier at Chilton. In January, 1935, he was transferred to Kiel, where he remained a carrier until his retirement in 1954.
He was a member of St. Peter Evangelical and Reformed Church at Kiel; a past commander of Kasper-Wilkins-Beckley Post No. 99, American Legion and Tri-County VFW Post. He was also a member of the Redmen Lodge and the 24-Hour
Club of the lodge, and the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Chilton branch. He also served as past president of the Rural Letter Carriers' Association.
Survivors are his wife; one son, Dean, of Plymouth; two granddaughters,and one sister, Mrs. Lena Pingel of Chilton. One son died in infancy and two brothers, one of them a twin brother, and a sister also preceded him in
death.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:30 p.m. at St. Peter Evangelical and Reformed Church with the Rev. Vernon E. Jaberg officiating. Burial will be in the Kiel Cemetery.
The Sheboygan Press - Wednesday, June 24, 1959 – P. 16
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Frank W. Brocker, 69, of 722 St. Paul St., Kiel, died Tuesday evening at Sheboygan Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient since Sunday.
Born Nov. 14, 1889, in Chilton, the son of Bernard and Louise Ibe Brocker, he attended school at Gravesville and in September of 1917 he entered military service and served 18 months overseas with the 371st Motor Transport Corps. He received his discharge in July, 1919.
On April 22, 1920, he was married to Irene Nurnberger of Chilton. He worked as a carpenter for a time and in June, 1921, he became a rural mail carrier at Chilton. In January, 1935, he was transferred to Kiel, where he remained a carrier until his retirement in 1954.
He was a member of St. Peter Evangelical and Reformed Church at Kiel; a past commander of Kasper-Wilkins-Beckley Post No. 99, American Legion and Tri-County VFW Post. He was also a member of the Redmen Lodge and the 24-Hour
Club of the lodge, and the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Chilton branch. He also served as past president of the Rural Letter Carriers' Association.
Survivors are his wife; one son, Dean, of Plymouth; two granddaughters,and one sister, Mrs. Lena Pingel of Chilton. One son died in infancy and two brothers, one of them a twin brother, and a sister also preceded him in
death.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:30 p.m. at St. Peter Evangelical and Reformed Church with the Rev. Vernon E. Jaberg officiating. Burial will be in the Kiel Cemetery.
The Sheboygan Press - Wednesday, June 24, 1959 – P. 16
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FRANK W. BROCKER
Frank W. Brocker, 69, of 722 St. Paul St., Kiel, died Tuesday evening at Sheboygan Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient since Sunday.
Born Nov. 14, 1889, in Chilton, the son of Bernard and Louise Ibe Brocker, he attended school at Gravesville and in September of 1917 he entered military service and served 18 months overseas with the 371st Motor Transport Corps. He received his discharge in July, 1919.
On April 22, 1920, he was married to Irene Nurnberger of Chilton. He worked as a carpenter for a time and in June, 1921, he became a rural mail carrier at Chilton. In January, 1935, he was transferred to Kiel, where he remained a carrier until his retirement in 1954.
He was a member of St. Peter Evangelical and Reformed Church at Kiel; a past commander of Kasper-Wilkins-Beckley Post No. 99, American Legion and Tri-County VFW Post. He was also a member of the Redmen Lodge and the 24-Hour
Club of the lodge, and the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Chilton branch. He also served as past president of the Rural Letter Carriers' Association.
Survivors are his wife; one son, Dean, of Plymouth; two granddaughters,and one sister, Mrs. Lena Pingel of Chilton. One son died in infancy and two brothers, one of them a twin brother, and a sister also preceded him in
death.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:30 p.m. at St. Peter Evangelical and Reformed Church with the Rev. Vernon E. Jaberg officiating. Burial will be in the Kiel Cemetery.
The Sheboygan Press - Wednesday, June 24, 1959 – P. 16
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Frank W. Brocker, 69, of 722 St. Paul St., Kiel, died Tuesday evening at Sheboygan Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient since Sunday.
Born Nov. 14, 1889, in Chilton, the son of Bernard and Louise Ibe Brocker, he attended school at Gravesville and in September of 1917 he entered military service and served 18 months overseas with the 371st Motor Transport Corps. He received his discharge in July, 1919.
On April 22, 1920, he was married to Irene Nurnberger of Chilton. He worked as a carpenter for a time and in June, 1921, he became a rural mail carrier at Chilton. In January, 1935, he was transferred to Kiel, where he remained a carrier until his retirement in 1954.
He was a member of St. Peter Evangelical and Reformed Church at Kiel; a past commander of Kasper-Wilkins-Beckley Post No. 99, American Legion and Tri-County VFW Post. He was also a member of the Redmen Lodge and the 24-Hour
Club of the lodge, and the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Chilton branch. He also served as past president of the Rural Letter Carriers' Association.
Survivors are his wife; one son, Dean, of Plymouth; two granddaughters,and one sister, Mrs. Lena Pingel of Chilton. One son died in infancy and two brothers, one of them a twin brother, and a sister also preceded him in
death.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:30 p.m. at St. Peter Evangelical and Reformed Church with the Rev. Vernon E. Jaberg officiating. Burial will be in the Kiel Cemetery.
The Sheboygan Press - Wednesday, June 24, 1959 – P. 16
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