August J. Schuette, age 83, of 1408 Arden Lane, Manitowoc died Tuesday afternoon, November 23, 2010 at Aurora Medical Center Manitowoc County.
August was born on February 16, 1927 at his grandparents home, in Manitowoc, to the late Walter William and Cecelia (Gretz) Schuette. He graduated from Lincoln High School with the class of 1944. August then attended the University of Wisconsin - Madison where he received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1950. He later did further studies at the City College of New York. He married Phyllis Hammond on April 19, 1951. She preceded him in death in April of 1977. He then married Shirley Fricke Kollath in September of 1981. August served in the U.S. Army in Berlin Germany from 1945 until 1947. He was employed at Schuette Brothers Co. from 1950 until 1992. He held the title of president and general manager with his sister Lorraine from 1957 until the time of his retirement in 1992. Schuette Brothers Co. was a family owned department store founded in 1849 and closed in 1994.
Survivors include his wife: Shirley, Manitowoc; one son: James August Schuette, New York City, NY; three daughters and sons-in-law: Anne Schuette (Daniel Hornung), Manitowoc, Barbara (Rasti) Farhad, Fox Point, WI, Sarah (Bill) Langhout, Woodbury, MN; one step-son: David Kollath, Kenosha; one step-daughter Catherine (Peter) Burback, Manitowoc; nine grandchildren: Matthew (Laura) Langhout, Phillip and Christopher Langhout, Maurizio and Loredana Farhad, Cameron and Evan Kollath, Elizabeth, Megan and Andrew Burback; one sister: Lorraine L. Schuette, Manitowoc; one brother-in-law and sister-in-law: Richard and Mary Fricke, San Antonio, TX; two sisters-in-law and one brother-in-law: Barbara Lichtenberg, Oshkosh; Cynthia and Ret. Col. William Berkman, Colorado Springs, CO.
Funeral Services for August will be held at 1:30PM, Saturday, November 27, 2010 at St. Francis of Assisi on Waldo. Officiating at the Christian Service will be Rev. Dan Felton. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
The family will greet relatives and friends tonight, Friday, November 26, 2010 at the Pfeffer Funeral Home, Manitowoc from 5:00PM until 7:00PM. The visitation will continue on Saturday, November 27, 2010 at St. Francis of Assisi on Waldo, from 12:00PM (noon) until 1:15PM.
Memorials may be made in the memory of August J. Schuette to the Manitowoc County Historical Society or the Manitowoc/Two Rivers YMCA.
August was a loving husband, a wonderful father and grandfather and a caring friend.
The Pfeffer Funeral Home and All-Care Cremation Center, Manitowoc, will be assisting the family with funeral arrangements.
(Herald Times Reporter / Thursday, November 25, 2010)
Schuette remembered as friend, civic booster
Former co-owner of downtown department store dies following stroke
MANITOWOC — Friends and family Wednesday shared remembrances of August "Augie" Schuette, 83, businessman and community activist, who died of a stroke Tuesday at Aurora Medical Center, according to his family. "The day before Augie died, he was waiting for The Salvation Army to give him more bell-ringing opportunities," stepdaughter Cathy Burback said Wednesday of his seeking donations for its Red Kettle campaign.
"He already had assignments through Manitowoc Noon Rotary, but was looking for more," Burback said.
"He was a wonderful man, very kind to everybody, very positive with a good sense of humor," said Lorraine Schuette, his older sister and partner for nearly 40 years in running the downtown Manitowoc Schuette Bros. Department Store, founded in 1849. Located at the corner of Eighth and Jay streets, the store over the years sold everything from clothing to appliances to furniture to groceries, before closing it in 1994.
Dedicated Businessman
"Augie was warm, accepting and always encouraging for any project he thought might be of value to the city of Manitowoc, and, particularly, downtown," said Kevin Crawford, former Manitowoc mayor. "His dedication to the Schuette Bros. store kept the downtown buoyant through some of the city's most difficult times. That department store anchored the downtown for years and years," Crawford said. The store was just a few blocks north of his great-grandparents' home where Schuette was born, said Anne Schuette, one of three children he had with his first wife, Phyllis, who died in 1977. Augie remarried 29 years ago, with Shirley's two children, and now 10 grandchildren between the five adult sons and daughters, creating one wonderful blended family, said Anne Schuette and Cathy Burback. "Augie was a great grandfather," said Burback, who has played flute for the Manitowoc Symphony and Lakeshore Wind Ensemble. Burback said her stepfather always enjoyed Capitol Civic Centre performances "and was very supportive, very giving financially to the community."
Schuette was a Paul Harris Fellow in Rotary International, symbolic of his putting into action the organization's creed, "Service Above Self." "Augie was always there, ready to pitch in," said Sue Sippel, a fellow Manitowoc Noon Rotary member and past president of the group. "He always made an effort to be welcoming to new members. He was a good ambassador for the club." Lee Davis, owner of WCUB Radio, was active in Rotary with Schuette. "He's a class guy … if you pick out five people the community is lucky to have, he was one of them. This is a big loss," Davis said.
Schuette's community support also included being an early backer of the new YMCA, built on Maritime Drive, which opened in 1969, Anne Schuette said. For many years her father played racquetball several times a week at the YMCA. She will miss her every Thursday morning breakfasts with her father at the Two Rivers McDonald's restaurant. As a native son of Manitowoc, she said her father "was very interested in the whole history of the community and was active in the Manitowoc County Historical Society. "When his classmates came back to town, they would contact him to find out what was going on," she said of the Lincoln High School class of 1944 graduate who helped organize many of its reunions. Pete Burback, husband of Cathy, bought the department store from Schuette. "He was my mentor and taught me so much, not only about business, but life. "Augie would give a helping hand to anyone and within five minutes of meeting him could take you from complete stranger to feeling like he was your best friend." The Pfeffer Funeral Home is coordinating pending funeral arrangements. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church-Waldo Boulevard site with the Rev. Dan Felton officiating. Burial of cremated remains will follow at Evergreen Cemetery. The family will greet relatives and friends during visitation Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Pfeffer Funeral Home, 928 S. 14th St., Manitowoc, and at the church on Saturday from noon until the time of the service.
August was born on February 16, 1927 at his grandparents home, in Manitowoc, to the late Walter William and Cecelia (Gretz) Schuette. He graduated from Lincoln High School with the class of 1944. August then attended the University of Wisconsin - Madison where he received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1950. He later did further studies at the City College of New York. He married Phyllis Hammond on April 19, 1951. She preceded him in death in April of 1977. He then married Shirley Fricke Kollath in September of 1981. August served in the U.S. Army in Berlin Germany from 1945 until 1947. He was employed at Schuette Brothers Co. from 1950 until 1992. He held the title of president and general manager with his sister Lorraine from 1957 until the time of his retirement in 1992. Schuette Brothers Co. was a family owned department store founded in 1849 and closed in 1994.
Survivors include his wife: Shirley, Manitowoc; one son: James August Schuette, New York City, NY; three daughters and sons-in-law: Anne Schuette (Daniel Hornung), Manitowoc, Barbara (Rasti) Farhad, Fox Point, WI, Sarah (Bill) Langhout, Woodbury, MN; one step-son: David Kollath, Kenosha; one step-daughter Catherine (Peter) Burback, Manitowoc; nine grandchildren: Matthew (Laura) Langhout, Phillip and Christopher Langhout, Maurizio and Loredana Farhad, Cameron and Evan Kollath, Elizabeth, Megan and Andrew Burback; one sister: Lorraine L. Schuette, Manitowoc; one brother-in-law and sister-in-law: Richard and Mary Fricke, San Antonio, TX; two sisters-in-law and one brother-in-law: Barbara Lichtenberg, Oshkosh; Cynthia and Ret. Col. William Berkman, Colorado Springs, CO.
Funeral Services for August will be held at 1:30PM, Saturday, November 27, 2010 at St. Francis of Assisi on Waldo. Officiating at the Christian Service will be Rev. Dan Felton. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
The family will greet relatives and friends tonight, Friday, November 26, 2010 at the Pfeffer Funeral Home, Manitowoc from 5:00PM until 7:00PM. The visitation will continue on Saturday, November 27, 2010 at St. Francis of Assisi on Waldo, from 12:00PM (noon) until 1:15PM.
Memorials may be made in the memory of August J. Schuette to the Manitowoc County Historical Society or the Manitowoc/Two Rivers YMCA.
August was a loving husband, a wonderful father and grandfather and a caring friend.
The Pfeffer Funeral Home and All-Care Cremation Center, Manitowoc, will be assisting the family with funeral arrangements.
(Herald Times Reporter / Thursday, November 25, 2010)
Schuette remembered as friend, civic booster
Former co-owner of downtown department store dies following stroke
MANITOWOC — Friends and family Wednesday shared remembrances of August "Augie" Schuette, 83, businessman and community activist, who died of a stroke Tuesday at Aurora Medical Center, according to his family. "The day before Augie died, he was waiting for The Salvation Army to give him more bell-ringing opportunities," stepdaughter Cathy Burback said Wednesday of his seeking donations for its Red Kettle campaign.
"He already had assignments through Manitowoc Noon Rotary, but was looking for more," Burback said.
"He was a wonderful man, very kind to everybody, very positive with a good sense of humor," said Lorraine Schuette, his older sister and partner for nearly 40 years in running the downtown Manitowoc Schuette Bros. Department Store, founded in 1849. Located at the corner of Eighth and Jay streets, the store over the years sold everything from clothing to appliances to furniture to groceries, before closing it in 1994.
Dedicated Businessman
"Augie was warm, accepting and always encouraging for any project he thought might be of value to the city of Manitowoc, and, particularly, downtown," said Kevin Crawford, former Manitowoc mayor. "His dedication to the Schuette Bros. store kept the downtown buoyant through some of the city's most difficult times. That department store anchored the downtown for years and years," Crawford said. The store was just a few blocks north of his great-grandparents' home where Schuette was born, said Anne Schuette, one of three children he had with his first wife, Phyllis, who died in 1977. Augie remarried 29 years ago, with Shirley's two children, and now 10 grandchildren between the five adult sons and daughters, creating one wonderful blended family, said Anne Schuette and Cathy Burback. "Augie was a great grandfather," said Burback, who has played flute for the Manitowoc Symphony and Lakeshore Wind Ensemble. Burback said her stepfather always enjoyed Capitol Civic Centre performances "and was very supportive, very giving financially to the community."
Schuette was a Paul Harris Fellow in Rotary International, symbolic of his putting into action the organization's creed, "Service Above Self." "Augie was always there, ready to pitch in," said Sue Sippel, a fellow Manitowoc Noon Rotary member and past president of the group. "He always made an effort to be welcoming to new members. He was a good ambassador for the club." Lee Davis, owner of WCUB Radio, was active in Rotary with Schuette. "He's a class guy … if you pick out five people the community is lucky to have, he was one of them. This is a big loss," Davis said.
Schuette's community support also included being an early backer of the new YMCA, built on Maritime Drive, which opened in 1969, Anne Schuette said. For many years her father played racquetball several times a week at the YMCA. She will miss her every Thursday morning breakfasts with her father at the Two Rivers McDonald's restaurant. As a native son of Manitowoc, she said her father "was very interested in the whole history of the community and was active in the Manitowoc County Historical Society. "When his classmates came back to town, they would contact him to find out what was going on," she said of the Lincoln High School class of 1944 graduate who helped organize many of its reunions. Pete Burback, husband of Cathy, bought the department store from Schuette. "He was my mentor and taught me so much, not only about business, but life. "Augie would give a helping hand to anyone and within five minutes of meeting him could take you from complete stranger to feeling like he was your best friend." The Pfeffer Funeral Home is coordinating pending funeral arrangements. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church-Waldo Boulevard site with the Rev. Dan Felton officiating. Burial of cremated remains will follow at Evergreen Cemetery. The family will greet relatives and friends during visitation Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Pfeffer Funeral Home, 928 S. 14th St., Manitowoc, and at the church on Saturday from noon until the time of the service.
August J. Schuette, age 83, of 1408 Arden Lane, Manitowoc died Tuesday afternoon, November 23, 2010 at Aurora Medical Center Manitowoc County.
August was born on February 16, 1927 at his grandparents home, in Manitowoc, to the late Walter William and Cecelia (Gretz) Schuette. He graduated from Lincoln High School with the class of 1944. August then attended the University of Wisconsin - Madison where he received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1950. He later did further studies at the City College of New York. He married Phyllis Hammond on April 19, 1951. She preceded him in death in April of 1977. He then married Shirley Fricke Kollath in September of 1981. August served in the U.S. Army in Berlin Germany from 1945 until 1947. He was employed at Schuette Brothers Co. from 1950 until 1992. He held the title of president and general manager with his sister Lorraine from 1957 until the time of his retirement in 1992. Schuette Brothers Co. was a family owned department store founded in 1849 and closed in 1994.
Survivors include his wife: Shirley, Manitowoc; one son: James August Schuette, New York City, NY; three daughters and sons-in-law: Anne Schuette (Daniel Hornung), Manitowoc, Barbara (Rasti) Farhad, Fox Point, WI, Sarah (Bill) Langhout, Woodbury, MN; one step-son: David Kollath, Kenosha; one step-daughter Catherine (Peter) Burback, Manitowoc; nine grandchildren: Matthew (Laura) Langhout, Phillip and Christopher Langhout, Maurizio and Loredana Farhad, Cameron and Evan Kollath, Elizabeth, Megan and Andrew Burback; one sister: Lorraine L. Schuette, Manitowoc; one brother-in-law and sister-in-law: Richard and Mary Fricke, San Antonio, TX; two sisters-in-law and one brother-in-law: Barbara Lichtenberg, Oshkosh; Cynthia and Ret. Col. William Berkman, Colorado Springs, CO.
Funeral Services for August will be held at 1:30PM, Saturday, November 27, 2010 at St. Francis of Assisi on Waldo. Officiating at the Christian Service will be Rev. Dan Felton. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
The family will greet relatives and friends tonight, Friday, November 26, 2010 at the Pfeffer Funeral Home, Manitowoc from 5:00PM until 7:00PM. The visitation will continue on Saturday, November 27, 2010 at St. Francis of Assisi on Waldo, from 12:00PM (noon) until 1:15PM.
Memorials may be made in the memory of August J. Schuette to the Manitowoc County Historical Society or the Manitowoc/Two Rivers YMCA.
August was a loving husband, a wonderful father and grandfather and a caring friend.
The Pfeffer Funeral Home and All-Care Cremation Center, Manitowoc, will be assisting the family with funeral arrangements.
(Herald Times Reporter / Thursday, November 25, 2010)
Schuette remembered as friend, civic booster
Former co-owner of downtown department store dies following stroke
MANITOWOC — Friends and family Wednesday shared remembrances of August "Augie" Schuette, 83, businessman and community activist, who died of a stroke Tuesday at Aurora Medical Center, according to his family. "The day before Augie died, he was waiting for The Salvation Army to give him more bell-ringing opportunities," stepdaughter Cathy Burback said Wednesday of his seeking donations for its Red Kettle campaign.
"He already had assignments through Manitowoc Noon Rotary, but was looking for more," Burback said.
"He was a wonderful man, very kind to everybody, very positive with a good sense of humor," said Lorraine Schuette, his older sister and partner for nearly 40 years in running the downtown Manitowoc Schuette Bros. Department Store, founded in 1849. Located at the corner of Eighth and Jay streets, the store over the years sold everything from clothing to appliances to furniture to groceries, before closing it in 1994.
Dedicated Businessman
"Augie was warm, accepting and always encouraging for any project he thought might be of value to the city of Manitowoc, and, particularly, downtown," said Kevin Crawford, former Manitowoc mayor. "His dedication to the Schuette Bros. store kept the downtown buoyant through some of the city's most difficult times. That department store anchored the downtown for years and years," Crawford said. The store was just a few blocks north of his great-grandparents' home where Schuette was born, said Anne Schuette, one of three children he had with his first wife, Phyllis, who died in 1977. Augie remarried 29 years ago, with Shirley's two children, and now 10 grandchildren between the five adult sons and daughters, creating one wonderful blended family, said Anne Schuette and Cathy Burback. "Augie was a great grandfather," said Burback, who has played flute for the Manitowoc Symphony and Lakeshore Wind Ensemble. Burback said her stepfather always enjoyed Capitol Civic Centre performances "and was very supportive, very giving financially to the community."
Schuette was a Paul Harris Fellow in Rotary International, symbolic of his putting into action the organization's creed, "Service Above Self." "Augie was always there, ready to pitch in," said Sue Sippel, a fellow Manitowoc Noon Rotary member and past president of the group. "He always made an effort to be welcoming to new members. He was a good ambassador for the club." Lee Davis, owner of WCUB Radio, was active in Rotary with Schuette. "He's a class guy … if you pick out five people the community is lucky to have, he was one of them. This is a big loss," Davis said.
Schuette's community support also included being an early backer of the new YMCA, built on Maritime Drive, which opened in 1969, Anne Schuette said. For many years her father played racquetball several times a week at the YMCA. She will miss her every Thursday morning breakfasts with her father at the Two Rivers McDonald's restaurant. As a native son of Manitowoc, she said her father "was very interested in the whole history of the community and was active in the Manitowoc County Historical Society. "When his classmates came back to town, they would contact him to find out what was going on," she said of the Lincoln High School class of 1944 graduate who helped organize many of its reunions. Pete Burback, husband of Cathy, bought the department store from Schuette. "He was my mentor and taught me so much, not only about business, but life. "Augie would give a helping hand to anyone and within five minutes of meeting him could take you from complete stranger to feeling like he was your best friend." The Pfeffer Funeral Home is coordinating pending funeral arrangements. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church-Waldo Boulevard site with the Rev. Dan Felton officiating. Burial of cremated remains will follow at Evergreen Cemetery. The family will greet relatives and friends during visitation Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Pfeffer Funeral Home, 928 S. 14th St., Manitowoc, and at the church on Saturday from noon until the time of the service.
August was born on February 16, 1927 at his grandparents home, in Manitowoc, to the late Walter William and Cecelia (Gretz) Schuette. He graduated from Lincoln High School with the class of 1944. August then attended the University of Wisconsin - Madison where he received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1950. He later did further studies at the City College of New York. He married Phyllis Hammond on April 19, 1951. She preceded him in death in April of 1977. He then married Shirley Fricke Kollath in September of 1981. August served in the U.S. Army in Berlin Germany from 1945 until 1947. He was employed at Schuette Brothers Co. from 1950 until 1992. He held the title of president and general manager with his sister Lorraine from 1957 until the time of his retirement in 1992. Schuette Brothers Co. was a family owned department store founded in 1849 and closed in 1994.
Survivors include his wife: Shirley, Manitowoc; one son: James August Schuette, New York City, NY; three daughters and sons-in-law: Anne Schuette (Daniel Hornung), Manitowoc, Barbara (Rasti) Farhad, Fox Point, WI, Sarah (Bill) Langhout, Woodbury, MN; one step-son: David Kollath, Kenosha; one step-daughter Catherine (Peter) Burback, Manitowoc; nine grandchildren: Matthew (Laura) Langhout, Phillip and Christopher Langhout, Maurizio and Loredana Farhad, Cameron and Evan Kollath, Elizabeth, Megan and Andrew Burback; one sister: Lorraine L. Schuette, Manitowoc; one brother-in-law and sister-in-law: Richard and Mary Fricke, San Antonio, TX; two sisters-in-law and one brother-in-law: Barbara Lichtenberg, Oshkosh; Cynthia and Ret. Col. William Berkman, Colorado Springs, CO.
Funeral Services for August will be held at 1:30PM, Saturday, November 27, 2010 at St. Francis of Assisi on Waldo. Officiating at the Christian Service will be Rev. Dan Felton. Burial will follow at Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
The family will greet relatives and friends tonight, Friday, November 26, 2010 at the Pfeffer Funeral Home, Manitowoc from 5:00PM until 7:00PM. The visitation will continue on Saturday, November 27, 2010 at St. Francis of Assisi on Waldo, from 12:00PM (noon) until 1:15PM.
Memorials may be made in the memory of August J. Schuette to the Manitowoc County Historical Society or the Manitowoc/Two Rivers YMCA.
August was a loving husband, a wonderful father and grandfather and a caring friend.
The Pfeffer Funeral Home and All-Care Cremation Center, Manitowoc, will be assisting the family with funeral arrangements.
(Herald Times Reporter / Thursday, November 25, 2010)
Schuette remembered as friend, civic booster
Former co-owner of downtown department store dies following stroke
MANITOWOC — Friends and family Wednesday shared remembrances of August "Augie" Schuette, 83, businessman and community activist, who died of a stroke Tuesday at Aurora Medical Center, according to his family. "The day before Augie died, he was waiting for The Salvation Army to give him more bell-ringing opportunities," stepdaughter Cathy Burback said Wednesday of his seeking donations for its Red Kettle campaign.
"He already had assignments through Manitowoc Noon Rotary, but was looking for more," Burback said.
"He was a wonderful man, very kind to everybody, very positive with a good sense of humor," said Lorraine Schuette, his older sister and partner for nearly 40 years in running the downtown Manitowoc Schuette Bros. Department Store, founded in 1849. Located at the corner of Eighth and Jay streets, the store over the years sold everything from clothing to appliances to furniture to groceries, before closing it in 1994.
Dedicated Businessman
"Augie was warm, accepting and always encouraging for any project he thought might be of value to the city of Manitowoc, and, particularly, downtown," said Kevin Crawford, former Manitowoc mayor. "His dedication to the Schuette Bros. store kept the downtown buoyant through some of the city's most difficult times. That department store anchored the downtown for years and years," Crawford said. The store was just a few blocks north of his great-grandparents' home where Schuette was born, said Anne Schuette, one of three children he had with his first wife, Phyllis, who died in 1977. Augie remarried 29 years ago, with Shirley's two children, and now 10 grandchildren between the five adult sons and daughters, creating one wonderful blended family, said Anne Schuette and Cathy Burback. "Augie was a great grandfather," said Burback, who has played flute for the Manitowoc Symphony and Lakeshore Wind Ensemble. Burback said her stepfather always enjoyed Capitol Civic Centre performances "and was very supportive, very giving financially to the community."
Schuette was a Paul Harris Fellow in Rotary International, symbolic of his putting into action the organization's creed, "Service Above Self." "Augie was always there, ready to pitch in," said Sue Sippel, a fellow Manitowoc Noon Rotary member and past president of the group. "He always made an effort to be welcoming to new members. He was a good ambassador for the club." Lee Davis, owner of WCUB Radio, was active in Rotary with Schuette. "He's a class guy … if you pick out five people the community is lucky to have, he was one of them. This is a big loss," Davis said.
Schuette's community support also included being an early backer of the new YMCA, built on Maritime Drive, which opened in 1969, Anne Schuette said. For many years her father played racquetball several times a week at the YMCA. She will miss her every Thursday morning breakfasts with her father at the Two Rivers McDonald's restaurant. As a native son of Manitowoc, she said her father "was very interested in the whole history of the community and was active in the Manitowoc County Historical Society. "When his classmates came back to town, they would contact him to find out what was going on," she said of the Lincoln High School class of 1944 graduate who helped organize many of its reunions. Pete Burback, husband of Cathy, bought the department store from Schuette. "He was my mentor and taught me so much, not only about business, but life. "Augie would give a helping hand to anyone and within five minutes of meeting him could take you from complete stranger to feeling like he was your best friend." The Pfeffer Funeral Home is coordinating pending funeral arrangements. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church-Waldo Boulevard site with the Rev. Dan Felton officiating. Burial of cremated remains will follow at Evergreen Cemetery. The family will greet relatives and friends during visitation Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Pfeffer Funeral Home, 928 S. 14th St., Manitowoc, and at the church on Saturday from noon until the time of the service.
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