GUSTAV ECKARDT, JR.
Services were held here Monday for Gustav (Red) Eckardt, 63, who was found dead Saturday in Milwaukee.
He apparently died a week ago at the home of his brother, Emil, 2546 South Brisbane Avenue, Milwaukee, where he had been residing since 1966.
Rev. John Baumann, pastor of St. Peter's United Church of Christ, Kiel, officiated at the services. Burial was in Kiel Cemetery.
Mr. Eckardt was born in Howards Grove, August 29, 1906, a son of the late Gus and Susan (Henschel) Eckardt.
After graduating from Kiel High School, he married the former Abigail Classen of Oconto. They operated The Pine, a night club in Oconto, after their marriage.
They also lived in Tucson, Arizona, Chicago, Milwaukee and Sheboygan.
While living in Sheboygan, he was an active musician and basketball player. He was a member of the Musicians' Association of Sheboygan and a charter member of the Kiel Arion Junior Band.
After the death of his wife in 1966, he made his home with his brother, Emil, in Milwaukee.
Survivors are two brothers, Arno of Marshfield and Emil, and two sisters, Hilda Mogue of Hartford, Wisconsin, and Clare Brockman of Sheboygan. - 1970
Services were held here Monday for Gustav (Red) Eckardt, 63, who was found dead Saturday in Milwaukee.
He apparently died a week ago at the home of his brother, Emil, 2546 South Brisbane Avenue, Milwaukee, where he had been residing since 1966.
Rev. John Baumann, pastor of St. Peter's United Church of Christ, Kiel, officiated at the services. Burial was in Kiel Cemetery.
Mr. Eckardt was born in Howards Grove, August 29, 1906, a son of the late Gus and Susan (Henschel) Eckardt.
After graduating from Kiel High School, he married the former Abigail Classen of Oconto. They operated The Pine, a night club in Oconto, after their marriage.
They also lived in Tucson, Arizona, Chicago, Milwaukee and Sheboygan.
While living in Sheboygan, he was an active musician and basketball player. He was a member of the Musicians' Association of Sheboygan and a charter member of the Kiel Arion Junior Band.
After the death of his wife in 1966, he made his home with his brother, Emil, in Milwaukee.
Survivors are two brothers, Arno of Marshfield and Emil, and two sisters, Hilda Mogue of Hartford, Wisconsin, and Clare Brockman of Sheboygan. - 1970
GUSTAV ECKARDT, JR.
Services were held here Monday for Gustav (Red) Eckardt, 63, who was found dead Saturday in Milwaukee.
He apparently died a week ago at the home of his brother, Emil, 2546 South Brisbane Avenue, Milwaukee, where he had been residing since 1966.
Rev. John Baumann, pastor of St. Peter's United Church of Christ, Kiel, officiated at the services. Burial was in Kiel Cemetery.
Mr. Eckardt was born in Howards Grove, August 29, 1906, a son of the late Gus and Susan (Henschel) Eckardt.
After graduating from Kiel High School, he married the former Abigail Classen of Oconto. They operated The Pine, a night club in Oconto, after their marriage.
They also lived in Tucson, Arizona, Chicago, Milwaukee and Sheboygan.
While living in Sheboygan, he was an active musician and basketball player. He was a member of the Musicians' Association of Sheboygan and a charter member of the Kiel Arion Junior Band.
After the death of his wife in 1966, he made his home with his brother, Emil, in Milwaukee.
Survivors are two brothers, Arno of Marshfield and Emil, and two sisters, Hilda Mogue of Hartford, Wisconsin, and Clare Brockman of Sheboygan. - 1970
Services were held here Monday for Gustav (Red) Eckardt, 63, who was found dead Saturday in Milwaukee.
He apparently died a week ago at the home of his brother, Emil, 2546 South Brisbane Avenue, Milwaukee, where he had been residing since 1966.
Rev. John Baumann, pastor of St. Peter's United Church of Christ, Kiel, officiated at the services. Burial was in Kiel Cemetery.
Mr. Eckardt was born in Howards Grove, August 29, 1906, a son of the late Gus and Susan (Henschel) Eckardt.
After graduating from Kiel High School, he married the former Abigail Classen of Oconto. They operated The Pine, a night club in Oconto, after their marriage.
They also lived in Tucson, Arizona, Chicago, Milwaukee and Sheboygan.
While living in Sheboygan, he was an active musician and basketball player. He was a member of the Musicians' Association of Sheboygan and a charter member of the Kiel Arion Junior Band.
After the death of his wife in 1966, he made his home with his brother, Emil, in Milwaukee.
Survivors are two brothers, Arno of Marshfield and Emil, and two sisters, Hilda Mogue of Hartford, Wisconsin, and Clare Brockman of Sheboygan. - 1970
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