MEINKE Wm. H. Meinke, pioneer resident of the
county died early Monday morning at his home in
Henrietta township following an illness of
twelve years. The immediate cause of death,
which came at the age of 78 years and seven months,
was a stroke suffered November 2. Born, March 16, 1871
in Winona, a son of Fritz and Christine Meinke, he came to Park Rapids the year 1881.
He received his education in the Park Rapids schools. Later he worked as a logger in the woods and in later years farmed and had lived at his present home
about forty years.
He was married February 17, 1902 to Martha
Christine Becker in Park Rapids and three children were born to the union. Mr. Meinke was brought up in the Methodist faith.
He was upright and honest and a devoted husband and father.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at Riverside Methodist church, Rev. J. H. Grostephan officiating. They were attended by many relatives
friends and neighbors. There was a wealth of beautiful flowers. Active pallbearers, who are nephews of the deceased were Harold Sartain,
Cecil Tooley, Earl Plummer Sr., Charles Meinke Jr.,
John Meinke Jr. and Jack Meinke.
Honorary pallbearers were Lawrence Campbell,
Truman Dearborn, L. R. Ryther, Jas. Kissock, Wm. Hales and A. E. Sartain, the later of Osage. Burial was made in the family lot in Greenwood cemetery.
Surviving are the faithful and devoted wife and
one granddaughter, Marlene Meinke of Chicago. The three sons Willis and Johnnie preceded their father in death in childhood and Fred Meinke passed away in manhood. There are two sisters and two brothers who are: Mrs. Anna Perkinson of Albuquerque, New Mexico,
Mrs. George Plummer (Mary) Charles and John Meinke of Park
Rapids also many nieces and nephews. Relatives from a distance who attended the funeral were the granddaughter Marlene Meinke and her mother the former Mrs. Fred Meinke of Chicago and Albert Becker of Marble, Mrs. Perkinson (Incomplete} Newspaper Clipping.
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county died early Monday morning at his home in
Henrietta township following an illness of
twelve years. The immediate cause of death,
which came at the age of 78 years and seven months,
was a stroke suffered November 2. Born, March 16, 1871
in Winona, a son of Fritz and Christine Meinke, he came to Park Rapids the year 1881.
He received his education in the Park Rapids schools. Later he worked as a logger in the woods and in later years farmed and had lived at his present home
about forty years.
He was married February 17, 1902 to Martha
Christine Becker in Park Rapids and three children were born to the union. Mr. Meinke was brought up in the Methodist faith.
He was upright and honest and a devoted husband and father.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at Riverside Methodist church, Rev. J. H. Grostephan officiating. They were attended by many relatives
friends and neighbors. There was a wealth of beautiful flowers. Active pallbearers, who are nephews of the deceased were Harold Sartain,
Cecil Tooley, Earl Plummer Sr., Charles Meinke Jr.,
John Meinke Jr. and Jack Meinke.
Honorary pallbearers were Lawrence Campbell,
Truman Dearborn, L. R. Ryther, Jas. Kissock, Wm. Hales and A. E. Sartain, the later of Osage. Burial was made in the family lot in Greenwood cemetery.
Surviving are the faithful and devoted wife and
one granddaughter, Marlene Meinke of Chicago. The three sons Willis and Johnnie preceded their father in death in childhood and Fred Meinke passed away in manhood. There are two sisters and two brothers who are: Mrs. Anna Perkinson of Albuquerque, New Mexico,
Mrs. George Plummer (Mary) Charles and John Meinke of Park
Rapids also many nieces and nephews. Relatives from a distance who attended the funeral were the granddaughter Marlene Meinke and her mother the former Mrs. Fred Meinke of Chicago and Albert Becker of Marble, Mrs. Perkinson (Incomplete} Newspaper Clipping.
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MEINKE Wm. H. Meinke, pioneer resident of the
county died early Monday morning at his home in
Henrietta township following an illness of
twelve years. The immediate cause of death,
which came at the age of 78 years and seven months,
was a stroke suffered November 2. Born, March 16, 1871
in Winona, a son of Fritz and Christine Meinke, he came to Park Rapids the year 1881.
He received his education in the Park Rapids schools. Later he worked as a logger in the woods and in later years farmed and had lived at his present home
about forty years.
He was married February 17, 1902 to Martha
Christine Becker in Park Rapids and three children were born to the union. Mr. Meinke was brought up in the Methodist faith.
He was upright and honest and a devoted husband and father.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at Riverside Methodist church, Rev. J. H. Grostephan officiating. They were attended by many relatives
friends and neighbors. There was a wealth of beautiful flowers. Active pallbearers, who are nephews of the deceased were Harold Sartain,
Cecil Tooley, Earl Plummer Sr., Charles Meinke Jr.,
John Meinke Jr. and Jack Meinke.
Honorary pallbearers were Lawrence Campbell,
Truman Dearborn, L. R. Ryther, Jas. Kissock, Wm. Hales and A. E. Sartain, the later of Osage. Burial was made in the family lot in Greenwood cemetery.
Surviving are the faithful and devoted wife and
one granddaughter, Marlene Meinke of Chicago. The three sons Willis and Johnnie preceded their father in death in childhood and Fred Meinke passed away in manhood. There are two sisters and two brothers who are: Mrs. Anna Perkinson of Albuquerque, New Mexico,
Mrs. George Plummer (Mary) Charles and John Meinke of Park
Rapids also many nieces and nephews. Relatives from a distance who attended the funeral were the granddaughter Marlene Meinke and her mother the former Mrs. Fred Meinke of Chicago and Albert Becker of Marble, Mrs. Perkinson (Incomplete} Newspaper Clipping.
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county died early Monday morning at his home in
Henrietta township following an illness of
twelve years. The immediate cause of death,
which came at the age of 78 years and seven months,
was a stroke suffered November 2. Born, March 16, 1871
in Winona, a son of Fritz and Christine Meinke, he came to Park Rapids the year 1881.
He received his education in the Park Rapids schools. Later he worked as a logger in the woods and in later years farmed and had lived at his present home
about forty years.
He was married February 17, 1902 to Martha
Christine Becker in Park Rapids and three children were born to the union. Mr. Meinke was brought up in the Methodist faith.
He was upright and honest and a devoted husband and father.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at Riverside Methodist church, Rev. J. H. Grostephan officiating. They were attended by many relatives
friends and neighbors. There was a wealth of beautiful flowers. Active pallbearers, who are nephews of the deceased were Harold Sartain,
Cecil Tooley, Earl Plummer Sr., Charles Meinke Jr.,
John Meinke Jr. and Jack Meinke.
Honorary pallbearers were Lawrence Campbell,
Truman Dearborn, L. R. Ryther, Jas. Kissock, Wm. Hales and A. E. Sartain, the later of Osage. Burial was made in the family lot in Greenwood cemetery.
Surviving are the faithful and devoted wife and
one granddaughter, Marlene Meinke of Chicago. The three sons Willis and Johnnie preceded their father in death in childhood and Fred Meinke passed away in manhood. There are two sisters and two brothers who are: Mrs. Anna Perkinson of Albuquerque, New Mexico,
Mrs. George Plummer (Mary) Charles and John Meinke of Park
Rapids also many nieces and nephews. Relatives from a distance who attended the funeral were the granddaughter Marlene Meinke and her mother the former Mrs. Fred Meinke of Chicago and Albert Becker of Marble, Mrs. Perkinson (Incomplete} Newspaper Clipping.
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