EMIL K. SONNENBURG
Sonnenburg, 52, Cheese Maker, Dies Suddenly
Emil K. Sonnenburg, 52, of 1111 North 18th street, Cato, cheese maker
who won scores of awards for high quality cheese at national, state,
and county conventions and exhibits, died suddenly this morning at his
home.
Although making his home in this city the past four years, Mr. Sonnenburg
continued to operate the cheese factory in Cato. Although not in good
health he continued operations at the factory. His death was due to a
sudden heart attack.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Imrnanuel Evangelical
Lutheran church, the Rev. Theo. Uetzmann officiating. Burial will be in
Evergreen cemetery.
Mr. Sonnenburg was born in Newton in 1892, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Sonnenburg. He learned cheesemaking at an early age and was engaged in
this business in Liberty and then three ago(?) at Francis Creek, before
establishing the Cato Cheese factory in 1919. He started exhibiting at
national and state shows and soon the quality of his product won recognition
from the judges. His cheese secured top rankings at numerous national dairy
shows, notably at Waterloo, Iowa and Portland, Ore. At his Cato factory he
produced on a average of nearly 300,00(sic) pounds of cheese a year. Year
after year at the state fair in Milwaukee, Sonnenburg's cheese scored among
the highest. He has been active for years in the Wisconsin Cheesmakers
association and the Manitowoc County Cheesmakers association.
Since January, 1941, Mr. Sonnenburg has made his home in this city.
In 1913 he married Miss Anna Lutzke. She survives with a daughter, Mrs.
Eugene Stecker, of Rt. 5, Manitowoc: mother, Mrs. Augusta Sonnenburg, of
this city; three step-brothers, Walter Sonnenburg of this city, Helmuth
and Marvin of Newton; two sisters, Mrs. Martin Hacker of Liberty, Mrs.
Ernst Rusch of this city, a step-sister, Mrs. George Dummer.
The body may be viewed at the Pfeffer funeral home, from 10 a.m. Sunday
until 10 a.m Monday, when it will be moved to the church to lie in state
until the hour of the services.
Manitowoc Herald-Times, Friday, February 9, 1945
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[d. 02-09-1945/age 52 yrs./cause: coronary thrombosis]
Sonnenburg, 52, Cheese Maker, Dies Suddenly
Emil K. Sonnenburg, 52, of 1111 North 18th street, Cato, cheese maker
who won scores of awards for high quality cheese at national, state,
and county conventions and exhibits, died suddenly this morning at his
home.
Although making his home in this city the past four years, Mr. Sonnenburg
continued to operate the cheese factory in Cato. Although not in good
health he continued operations at the factory. His death was due to a
sudden heart attack.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Imrnanuel Evangelical
Lutheran church, the Rev. Theo. Uetzmann officiating. Burial will be in
Evergreen cemetery.
Mr. Sonnenburg was born in Newton in 1892, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Sonnenburg. He learned cheesemaking at an early age and was engaged in
this business in Liberty and then three ago(?) at Francis Creek, before
establishing the Cato Cheese factory in 1919. He started exhibiting at
national and state shows and soon the quality of his product won recognition
from the judges. His cheese secured top rankings at numerous national dairy
shows, notably at Waterloo, Iowa and Portland, Ore. At his Cato factory he
produced on a average of nearly 300,00(sic) pounds of cheese a year. Year
after year at the state fair in Milwaukee, Sonnenburg's cheese scored among
the highest. He has been active for years in the Wisconsin Cheesmakers
association and the Manitowoc County Cheesmakers association.
Since January, 1941, Mr. Sonnenburg has made his home in this city.
In 1913 he married Miss Anna Lutzke. She survives with a daughter, Mrs.
Eugene Stecker, of Rt. 5, Manitowoc: mother, Mrs. Augusta Sonnenburg, of
this city; three step-brothers, Walter Sonnenburg of this city, Helmuth
and Marvin of Newton; two sisters, Mrs. Martin Hacker of Liberty, Mrs.
Ernst Rusch of this city, a step-sister, Mrs. George Dummer.
The body may be viewed at the Pfeffer funeral home, from 10 a.m. Sunday
until 10 a.m Monday, when it will be moved to the church to lie in state
until the hour of the services.
Manitowoc Herald-Times, Friday, February 9, 1945
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[d. 02-09-1945/age 52 yrs./cause: coronary thrombosis]
EMIL K. SONNENBURG
Sonnenburg, 52, Cheese Maker, Dies Suddenly
Emil K. Sonnenburg, 52, of 1111 North 18th street, Cato, cheese maker
who won scores of awards for high quality cheese at national, state,
and county conventions and exhibits, died suddenly this morning at his
home.
Although making his home in this city the past four years, Mr. Sonnenburg
continued to operate the cheese factory in Cato. Although not in good
health he continued operations at the factory. His death was due to a
sudden heart attack.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Imrnanuel Evangelical
Lutheran church, the Rev. Theo. Uetzmann officiating. Burial will be in
Evergreen cemetery.
Mr. Sonnenburg was born in Newton in 1892, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Sonnenburg. He learned cheesemaking at an early age and was engaged in
this business in Liberty and then three ago(?) at Francis Creek, before
establishing the Cato Cheese factory in 1919. He started exhibiting at
national and state shows and soon the quality of his product won recognition
from the judges. His cheese secured top rankings at numerous national dairy
shows, notably at Waterloo, Iowa and Portland, Ore. At his Cato factory he
produced on a average of nearly 300,00(sic) pounds of cheese a year. Year
after year at the state fair in Milwaukee, Sonnenburg's cheese scored among
the highest. He has been active for years in the Wisconsin Cheesmakers
association and the Manitowoc County Cheesmakers association.
Since January, 1941, Mr. Sonnenburg has made his home in this city.
In 1913 he married Miss Anna Lutzke. She survives with a daughter, Mrs.
Eugene Stecker, of Rt. 5, Manitowoc: mother, Mrs. Augusta Sonnenburg, of
this city; three step-brothers, Walter Sonnenburg of this city, Helmuth
and Marvin of Newton; two sisters, Mrs. Martin Hacker of Liberty, Mrs.
Ernst Rusch of this city, a step-sister, Mrs. George Dummer.
The body may be viewed at the Pfeffer funeral home, from 10 a.m. Sunday
until 10 a.m Monday, when it will be moved to the church to lie in state
until the hour of the services.
Manitowoc Herald-Times, Friday, February 9, 1945
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[d. 02-09-1945/age 52 yrs./cause: coronary thrombosis]
Sonnenburg, 52, Cheese Maker, Dies Suddenly
Emil K. Sonnenburg, 52, of 1111 North 18th street, Cato, cheese maker
who won scores of awards for high quality cheese at national, state,
and county conventions and exhibits, died suddenly this morning at his
home.
Although making his home in this city the past four years, Mr. Sonnenburg
continued to operate the cheese factory in Cato. Although not in good
health he continued operations at the factory. His death was due to a
sudden heart attack.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Imrnanuel Evangelical
Lutheran church, the Rev. Theo. Uetzmann officiating. Burial will be in
Evergreen cemetery.
Mr. Sonnenburg was born in Newton in 1892, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Sonnenburg. He learned cheesemaking at an early age and was engaged in
this business in Liberty and then three ago(?) at Francis Creek, before
establishing the Cato Cheese factory in 1919. He started exhibiting at
national and state shows and soon the quality of his product won recognition
from the judges. His cheese secured top rankings at numerous national dairy
shows, notably at Waterloo, Iowa and Portland, Ore. At his Cato factory he
produced on a average of nearly 300,00(sic) pounds of cheese a year. Year
after year at the state fair in Milwaukee, Sonnenburg's cheese scored among
the highest. He has been active for years in the Wisconsin Cheesmakers
association and the Manitowoc County Cheesmakers association.
Since January, 1941, Mr. Sonnenburg has made his home in this city.
In 1913 he married Miss Anna Lutzke. She survives with a daughter, Mrs.
Eugene Stecker, of Rt. 5, Manitowoc: mother, Mrs. Augusta Sonnenburg, of
this city; three step-brothers, Walter Sonnenburg of this city, Helmuth
and Marvin of Newton; two sisters, Mrs. Martin Hacker of Liberty, Mrs.
Ernst Rusch of this city, a step-sister, Mrs. George Dummer.
The body may be viewed at the Pfeffer funeral home, from 10 a.m. Sunday
until 10 a.m Monday, when it will be moved to the church to lie in state
until the hour of the services.
Manitowoc Herald-Times, Friday, February 9, 1945
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[d. 02-09-1945/age 52 yrs./cause: coronary thrombosis]
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