EMIL C. SOHRWEIDE
Sohrweide, “Music Man,” Is Dead a 93
MANITOWOC—Emil C. Sohrweide, the city’s “grand old man of music” died Friday
at Family Heritage Home here. He was 93.
He had resided with his daughter, Mrs. Clayton Shaw, 819 Shorewood Blvd.,
before becoming a resident of the home.
Mr. Sohrweide earned the “grand old man of music” distinction for being director
of the Manitowoc Marine Band for 43 years and a band member of 52 years. When he
retired as director in 1954 he was presented by band members with an ornamental
lyre and named director emeritus.
He was officially named “Mister Music of Manitowoc” at a Marine Band concert in
1956 and had a new march dedicated to him in 1954. The “Manitowoc Marine Band
March” was written in collaboration by Charles (Chuck) Haehlen and his father.
Testimonial Dinner
A community-wide testimonial dinner was arranged Jan. 27, 1954, at the Veterans
Club at which time the public honored him. He was presented with a certificate
of merit from the City of Manitowoc and a life membership in the Sea Gull Club
of Manitowoc in 1965.
Mr. Sohrweide was the recipient of many more honors from local service and
fraternal and musical organizations. He was selected by the Manitowoc Lions Club
for the “Man of the Year Award”. The presentation was made in the auditorium of
Lincoln High School and as a feature of the program he was feted by six bands.
When the bands played a musical tribute for him, he was handed the baton and led
the Manitowoc Marine, Sheboygan, Two Rivers and Kiel Municipal bands, the Drews-
Bleser American Legion Post and Lincoln High School bands in what he said was
his “greatest thrill.”
He was honored by Gov. Oscar Rennebohm who presented him with a citation. Mr.
Sohrweide also had the privilege of directing the Manitowoc Marine Band in the
Milwaukee Centuarma in 1946, the only band outside of Milwaukee to be invited to
play.
Funeral Monday
Mr. Sohrweide was born July 9, 1875, at Manitowoc, son of the late Julius and Mary
Brockmann Sohrweide. He married Emma Kurth Jan. 27, 1898, at Manitowoc, and the
couple marked 66 years of marriage January, 1964. She died May 15, 1964. He had
been employed in the sales department of the Mirro Aluminum Co. before retirement.
He was a member of the Elks Lodge 687, Eagles Aerie No. 706, Musicians Assn., Sea
Gulls, Izaak Walton League, and Men’s Brotherhood of the First Lutheran Church.
Survivors besides Mrs. Shaw include two grandsons and six great grandchildren.
Three sons, a brother and two sisters preceded him in death.
Manitowoc Herald Times, October 12, 1968 P.9
Sohrweide, “Music Man,” Is Dead a 93
MANITOWOC—Emil C. Sohrweide, the city’s “grand old man of music” died Friday
at Family Heritage Home here. He was 93.
He had resided with his daughter, Mrs. Clayton Shaw, 819 Shorewood Blvd.,
before becoming a resident of the home.
Mr. Sohrweide earned the “grand old man of music” distinction for being director
of the Manitowoc Marine Band for 43 years and a band member of 52 years. When he
retired as director in 1954 he was presented by band members with an ornamental
lyre and named director emeritus.
He was officially named “Mister Music of Manitowoc” at a Marine Band concert in
1956 and had a new march dedicated to him in 1954. The “Manitowoc Marine Band
March” was written in collaboration by Charles (Chuck) Haehlen and his father.
Testimonial Dinner
A community-wide testimonial dinner was arranged Jan. 27, 1954, at the Veterans
Club at which time the public honored him. He was presented with a certificate
of merit from the City of Manitowoc and a life membership in the Sea Gull Club
of Manitowoc in 1965.
Mr. Sohrweide was the recipient of many more honors from local service and
fraternal and musical organizations. He was selected by the Manitowoc Lions Club
for the “Man of the Year Award”. The presentation was made in the auditorium of
Lincoln High School and as a feature of the program he was feted by six bands.
When the bands played a musical tribute for him, he was handed the baton and led
the Manitowoc Marine, Sheboygan, Two Rivers and Kiel Municipal bands, the Drews-
Bleser American Legion Post and Lincoln High School bands in what he said was
his “greatest thrill.”
He was honored by Gov. Oscar Rennebohm who presented him with a citation. Mr.
Sohrweide also had the privilege of directing the Manitowoc Marine Band in the
Milwaukee Centuarma in 1946, the only band outside of Milwaukee to be invited to
play.
Funeral Monday
Mr. Sohrweide was born July 9, 1875, at Manitowoc, son of the late Julius and Mary
Brockmann Sohrweide. He married Emma Kurth Jan. 27, 1898, at Manitowoc, and the
couple marked 66 years of marriage January, 1964. She died May 15, 1964. He had
been employed in the sales department of the Mirro Aluminum Co. before retirement.
He was a member of the Elks Lodge 687, Eagles Aerie No. 706, Musicians Assn., Sea
Gulls, Izaak Walton League, and Men’s Brotherhood of the First Lutheran Church.
Survivors besides Mrs. Shaw include two grandsons and six great grandchildren.
Three sons, a brother and two sisters preceded him in death.
Manitowoc Herald Times, October 12, 1968 P.9
EMIL C. SOHRWEIDE
Sohrweide, “Music Man,” Is Dead a 93
MANITOWOC—Emil C. Sohrweide, the city’s “grand old man of music” died Friday
at Family Heritage Home here. He was 93.
He had resided with his daughter, Mrs. Clayton Shaw, 819 Shorewood Blvd.,
before becoming a resident of the home.
Mr. Sohrweide earned the “grand old man of music” distinction for being director
of the Manitowoc Marine Band for 43 years and a band member of 52 years. When he
retired as director in 1954 he was presented by band members with an ornamental
lyre and named director emeritus.
He was officially named “Mister Music of Manitowoc” at a Marine Band concert in
1956 and had a new march dedicated to him in 1954. The “Manitowoc Marine Band
March” was written in collaboration by Charles (Chuck) Haehlen and his father.
Testimonial Dinner
A community-wide testimonial dinner was arranged Jan. 27, 1954, at the Veterans
Club at which time the public honored him. He was presented with a certificate
of merit from the City of Manitowoc and a life membership in the Sea Gull Club
of Manitowoc in 1965.
Mr. Sohrweide was the recipient of many more honors from local service and
fraternal and musical organizations. He was selected by the Manitowoc Lions Club
for the “Man of the Year Award”. The presentation was made in the auditorium of
Lincoln High School and as a feature of the program he was feted by six bands.
When the bands played a musical tribute for him, he was handed the baton and led
the Manitowoc Marine, Sheboygan, Two Rivers and Kiel Municipal bands, the Drews-
Bleser American Legion Post and Lincoln High School bands in what he said was
his “greatest thrill.”
He was honored by Gov. Oscar Rennebohm who presented him with a citation. Mr.
Sohrweide also had the privilege of directing the Manitowoc Marine Band in the
Milwaukee Centuarma in 1946, the only band outside of Milwaukee to be invited to
play.
Funeral Monday
Mr. Sohrweide was born July 9, 1875, at Manitowoc, son of the late Julius and Mary
Brockmann Sohrweide. He married Emma Kurth Jan. 27, 1898, at Manitowoc, and the
couple marked 66 years of marriage January, 1964. She died May 15, 1964. He had
been employed in the sales department of the Mirro Aluminum Co. before retirement.
He was a member of the Elks Lodge 687, Eagles Aerie No. 706, Musicians Assn., Sea
Gulls, Izaak Walton League, and Men’s Brotherhood of the First Lutheran Church.
Survivors besides Mrs. Shaw include two grandsons and six great grandchildren.
Three sons, a brother and two sisters preceded him in death.
Manitowoc Herald Times, October 12, 1968 P.9
Sohrweide, “Music Man,” Is Dead a 93
MANITOWOC—Emil C. Sohrweide, the city’s “grand old man of music” died Friday
at Family Heritage Home here. He was 93.
He had resided with his daughter, Mrs. Clayton Shaw, 819 Shorewood Blvd.,
before becoming a resident of the home.
Mr. Sohrweide earned the “grand old man of music” distinction for being director
of the Manitowoc Marine Band for 43 years and a band member of 52 years. When he
retired as director in 1954 he was presented by band members with an ornamental
lyre and named director emeritus.
He was officially named “Mister Music of Manitowoc” at a Marine Band concert in
1956 and had a new march dedicated to him in 1954. The “Manitowoc Marine Band
March” was written in collaboration by Charles (Chuck) Haehlen and his father.
Testimonial Dinner
A community-wide testimonial dinner was arranged Jan. 27, 1954, at the Veterans
Club at which time the public honored him. He was presented with a certificate
of merit from the City of Manitowoc and a life membership in the Sea Gull Club
of Manitowoc in 1965.
Mr. Sohrweide was the recipient of many more honors from local service and
fraternal and musical organizations. He was selected by the Manitowoc Lions Club
for the “Man of the Year Award”. The presentation was made in the auditorium of
Lincoln High School and as a feature of the program he was feted by six bands.
When the bands played a musical tribute for him, he was handed the baton and led
the Manitowoc Marine, Sheboygan, Two Rivers and Kiel Municipal bands, the Drews-
Bleser American Legion Post and Lincoln High School bands in what he said was
his “greatest thrill.”
He was honored by Gov. Oscar Rennebohm who presented him with a citation. Mr.
Sohrweide also had the privilege of directing the Manitowoc Marine Band in the
Milwaukee Centuarma in 1946, the only band outside of Milwaukee to be invited to
play.
Funeral Monday
Mr. Sohrweide was born July 9, 1875, at Manitowoc, son of the late Julius and Mary
Brockmann Sohrweide. He married Emma Kurth Jan. 27, 1898, at Manitowoc, and the
couple marked 66 years of marriage January, 1964. She died May 15, 1964. He had
been employed in the sales department of the Mirro Aluminum Co. before retirement.
He was a member of the Elks Lodge 687, Eagles Aerie No. 706, Musicians Assn., Sea
Gulls, Izaak Walton League, and Men’s Brotherhood of the First Lutheran Church.
Survivors besides Mrs. Shaw include two grandsons and six great grandchildren.
Three sons, a brother and two sisters preceded him in death.
Manitowoc Herald Times, October 12, 1968 P.9
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