Published obituary (with minor edits)…
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Arthur Radke, 51, park attendant, died last evening at the home, 515 Riverview Drive, after a brief illness. He was at his duties last Wednesday but was taken seriously ill the following day and never rallied.
Mr. Radke was born in Milwaukee in 1889 (?) and at the age of 10 accompanied his parents to Manitowoc. Twenty-seven years ago he married Miss Julia Schmidt. For many years he was employed as an attendant in city parks and the cemetery. He was a member of theEagles lodge.
Survivors are the widow; son, Clarence, city; brother, Erwin, Milwaukee; three sisters, Mrs. Emil Schaus, Mrs. Carl Carstens, city, Miss Hilda, Milwaukee.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. Tuesday, October 18, 1938 P. 2
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[d. 01-17-1938/age 51 yrs./cause: pulmonary hemorrhage
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(Arthur Radke/d. Oct.17, 1938/age 51 yrs. 10 mo. 26 da./from burial
records of St. John's United Church of Christ)
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NOTES: His WW-I draft registration provides his date & place of birth — which fits well with church burial records but doesn't match birth year on the marker..
Published obituary (with minor edits)…
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Arthur Radke, 51, park attendant, died last evening at the home, 515 Riverview Drive, after a brief illness. He was at his duties last Wednesday but was taken seriously ill the following day and never rallied.
Mr. Radke was born in Milwaukee in 1889 (?) and at the age of 10 accompanied his parents to Manitowoc. Twenty-seven years ago he married Miss Julia Schmidt. For many years he was employed as an attendant in city parks and the cemetery. He was a member of theEagles lodge.
Survivors are the widow; son, Clarence, city; brother, Erwin, Milwaukee; three sisters, Mrs. Emil Schaus, Mrs. Carl Carstens, city, Miss Hilda, Milwaukee.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. Tuesday, October 18, 1938 P. 2
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[d. 01-17-1938/age 51 yrs./cause: pulmonary hemorrhage
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(Arthur Radke/d. Oct.17, 1938/age 51 yrs. 10 mo. 26 da./from burial
records of St. John's United Church of Christ)
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NOTES: His WW-I draft registration provides his date & place of birth — which fits well with church burial records but doesn't match birth year on the marker..
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