WALTER H. SONNENBURG
Walter H. Sonnenburg, age 95, a resident of Shady Lane Nursing Care Center,
Manitowoc, and formerly of 1102 Green St., Manitowoc, died Monday, October 27,
1997, at the nursing center.
Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, October 29, 1997, at First
German Ev. Lutheran Church, Manitowoc. Rev. Bruce Bitter will officiate with
burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Walter was born July 22, 1902, in the town of Newton, son of the late Herman
and Augusta Haselow Sonnenburg. On November 19, 1927, he married Eldora Leider
at Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church in the town of Liberty. During World War II he
worked for the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company as a mechanic. His next employer
was the Hamacheck Company where he also was a mechanic for 26 years. Finally,
in 1971, he started his own auto mechanic business which he operated until his
retirement. Walter was a member of First German Ev. Lutheran Church and the
Manitowoc Sportsman Club.
Survivors include his wife, Eldora; three sons, Walter Sonnenburg Jr., Green
Bay, Robert (Joy) Sonnenburg and Joel Sonnenburg, all of Two Rivers; a daughter,
Karen Rank, Manitowoc; a sister, Sadie Dummer, Manitowoc; two grandchildren,
David (Ann) Rank, Susan Rank; two great-grandchildren, Brandon and Chelsea Rank;
also other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by a son, Richard;
two brothers; two half-sisters; a half-brother; and a son-in-law, Paul Rank.
Friends may call at First German Ev. Lutheran Church, from 9 a.m. Wednesday until
the time of service at 11 a.m.
The Harrigan Parkside Funeral Home, Manitowoc, assisted the family with funeral
arrangements.
Herald Times Reporter, October 28, 1997 P. A2
Walter H. Sonnenburg, age 95, a resident of Shady Lane Nursing Care Center,
Manitowoc, and formerly of 1102 Green St., Manitowoc, died Monday, October 27,
1997, at the nursing center.
Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, October 29, 1997, at First
German Ev. Lutheran Church, Manitowoc. Rev. Bruce Bitter will officiate with
burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Walter was born July 22, 1902, in the town of Newton, son of the late Herman
and Augusta Haselow Sonnenburg. On November 19, 1927, he married Eldora Leider
at Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church in the town of Liberty. During World War II he
worked for the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company as a mechanic. His next employer
was the Hamacheck Company where he also was a mechanic for 26 years. Finally,
in 1971, he started his own auto mechanic business which he operated until his
retirement. Walter was a member of First German Ev. Lutheran Church and the
Manitowoc Sportsman Club.
Survivors include his wife, Eldora; three sons, Walter Sonnenburg Jr., Green
Bay, Robert (Joy) Sonnenburg and Joel Sonnenburg, all of Two Rivers; a daughter,
Karen Rank, Manitowoc; a sister, Sadie Dummer, Manitowoc; two grandchildren,
David (Ann) Rank, Susan Rank; two great-grandchildren, Brandon and Chelsea Rank;
also other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by a son, Richard;
two brothers; two half-sisters; a half-brother; and a son-in-law, Paul Rank.
Friends may call at First German Ev. Lutheran Church, from 9 a.m. Wednesday until
the time of service at 11 a.m.
The Harrigan Parkside Funeral Home, Manitowoc, assisted the family with funeral
arrangements.
Herald Times Reporter, October 28, 1997 P. A2
WALTER H. SONNENBURG
Walter H. Sonnenburg, age 95, a resident of Shady Lane Nursing Care Center,
Manitowoc, and formerly of 1102 Green St., Manitowoc, died Monday, October 27,
1997, at the nursing center.
Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, October 29, 1997, at First
German Ev. Lutheran Church, Manitowoc. Rev. Bruce Bitter will officiate with
burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Walter was born July 22, 1902, in the town of Newton, son of the late Herman
and Augusta Haselow Sonnenburg. On November 19, 1927, he married Eldora Leider
at Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church in the town of Liberty. During World War II he
worked for the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company as a mechanic. His next employer
was the Hamacheck Company where he also was a mechanic for 26 years. Finally,
in 1971, he started his own auto mechanic business which he operated until his
retirement. Walter was a member of First German Ev. Lutheran Church and the
Manitowoc Sportsman Club.
Survivors include his wife, Eldora; three sons, Walter Sonnenburg Jr., Green
Bay, Robert (Joy) Sonnenburg and Joel Sonnenburg, all of Two Rivers; a daughter,
Karen Rank, Manitowoc; a sister, Sadie Dummer, Manitowoc; two grandchildren,
David (Ann) Rank, Susan Rank; two great-grandchildren, Brandon and Chelsea Rank;
also other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by a son, Richard;
two brothers; two half-sisters; a half-brother; and a son-in-law, Paul Rank.
Friends may call at First German Ev. Lutheran Church, from 9 a.m. Wednesday until
the time of service at 11 a.m.
The Harrigan Parkside Funeral Home, Manitowoc, assisted the family with funeral
arrangements.
Herald Times Reporter, October 28, 1997 P. A2
Walter H. Sonnenburg, age 95, a resident of Shady Lane Nursing Care Center,
Manitowoc, and formerly of 1102 Green St., Manitowoc, died Monday, October 27,
1997, at the nursing center.
Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, October 29, 1997, at First
German Ev. Lutheran Church, Manitowoc. Rev. Bruce Bitter will officiate with
burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Walter was born July 22, 1902, in the town of Newton, son of the late Herman
and Augusta Haselow Sonnenburg. On November 19, 1927, he married Eldora Leider
at Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church in the town of Liberty. During World War II he
worked for the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company as a mechanic. His next employer
was the Hamacheck Company where he also was a mechanic for 26 years. Finally,
in 1971, he started his own auto mechanic business which he operated until his
retirement. Walter was a member of First German Ev. Lutheran Church and the
Manitowoc Sportsman Club.
Survivors include his wife, Eldora; three sons, Walter Sonnenburg Jr., Green
Bay, Robert (Joy) Sonnenburg and Joel Sonnenburg, all of Two Rivers; a daughter,
Karen Rank, Manitowoc; a sister, Sadie Dummer, Manitowoc; two grandchildren,
David (Ann) Rank, Susan Rank; two great-grandchildren, Brandon and Chelsea Rank;
also other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by a son, Richard;
two brothers; two half-sisters; a half-brother; and a son-in-law, Paul Rank.
Friends may call at First German Ev. Lutheran Church, from 9 a.m. Wednesday until
the time of service at 11 a.m.
The Harrigan Parkside Funeral Home, Manitowoc, assisted the family with funeral
arrangements.
Herald Times Reporter, October 28, 1997 P. A2
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