Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, January 31, at the Ray J. Smith Mortuary, West Point. The Rev. G. P. Krebs of Grace Lutheran officiated. Burial was in Mt. Hope Cemetery, West Point, Nebraska.
Gustave E. Grunke was born October 22, 1871, in Cuming County, the son of Ludwig and Amelia (Schunke) Grunke. He married Catharine Dorothea Ralph on September 9, 1897, in West Point. They lived on the Grunke family farm, until they retired and built a new home on a farm a few miles west of West Point, and where he continued to live until his illness. He then moved into the convalescent home in Omaha eight years ago.
Surviving are his wife, Katie; two sons, Ralph and Harry Grunke, both of West Point; two brothers, Herman and Fred Grunke, both of West Point; one sister, Emma Grunke of West Point; and many other family relations.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters.
West Point Republican, Feb 3, 1949, pg 5
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, January 31, at the Ray J. Smith Mortuary, West Point. The Rev. G. P. Krebs of Grace Lutheran officiated. Burial was in Mt. Hope Cemetery, West Point, Nebraska.
Gustave E. Grunke was born October 22, 1871, in Cuming County, the son of Ludwig and Amelia (Schunke) Grunke. He married Catharine Dorothea Ralph on September 9, 1897, in West Point. They lived on the Grunke family farm, until they retired and built a new home on a farm a few miles west of West Point, and where he continued to live until his illness. He then moved into the convalescent home in Omaha eight years ago.
Surviving are his wife, Katie; two sons, Ralph and Harry Grunke, both of West Point; two brothers, Herman and Fred Grunke, both of West Point; one sister, Emma Grunke of West Point; and many other family relations.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters.
West Point Republican, Feb 3, 1949, pg 5
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