ERNST SONNTAG (d. 1969)
Former City Street Head Sonntag Dies
TWO RIVERS—A former longtime city department head, who in his time was regarded as one of the city's most industrious employes and whose hours frequently stretched from 6 a.m. until early evening, is dead. He was Ernst Sonntag, 91, of 1410-21st St., city superintendent of streets for 25 years until his retirement in 1945 and a member of one of the area's earliest German families.
Mr. Sonntag died early Sunday at Two Rivers Municipal Hospital where he had been a patient since Friday. He had been in general good health up to several months ago.
Service to Community
During the depression years of the 1930's when the municipality was forced to cut expenditures, including city employee salaries, City Council members strongly opposed trimming his salary, citing the value of his service to the community in terms of his long hours on the job.
Mr. Sonntag was born at Two Rivers April 1, 1877, a son of the late Frederick and Josephine Musel Sonntag. He attended the Two Rivers public schools.
For six years he was employed at the old Mann Brothers Pail Factory here and then he spent a winter at the Stratford camp of the Connor Lumber Co. of Laona.
In 1898 Mr. Sonntag took part in the memorable Klondike gold rush, remaining in Alaska until 1899. His second visit to Alaska lasted from April of 1900 to the fall of that year after which he spent several months traveling throughout the
states west of the Mississippi. Since that time he had made his home here.
In the spring of 1901 he entered into a partnership as a home building carpenter with his brother-in-law, the late John Grumann, and later worked as a cabinet maker for the Hamilton Mfg. Co.
Mr. Sonntag then went into the construction field with the former W. W. Oeflein Co. of Milwaukee when the firm was engaged in erecting plans for the Eggers Plywood Co. and Mirro Aluminum Co. here and a 100-unit home housing project at Manitowoc.
On Sept. 1, 1920, Mr. Sonntag was appointed city superintendent of streets by the late Mayor H.C. Gowran. As street superintendent, he was instrumental in modernizing
many of the facilities in street maintenance, frequently drawing praise from city officials for his work.
Snow Discovery
It was a city crew working under his supervision which discovered snow in crevices on the 14th Street playground that sultry July day in 1936–a discovery which resulted
in the annual city Snow Festival.
Mr. Sonntag frequently recalled as a member of the old Two Rivers Volunteer Fire Dept. that salaries of the entire 13-man force did not exceed $60 per year.
Mr. Sonntag married the former Emma Hering Sept. 28, 1901, at St. John Lutheran Church here. She died in 1954. The couple had observed its golden wedding anniversary in 1951.
Surviving are two sons, Marvin of Milwaukee and Arthur W. of Two Rivers; a sister, Mrs. Minnie Steinhauer of Two Rivers, and two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Deja and Martin Funeral Chapels here, the Ref. Karl F. Koch officating. Burial will be in the family plot in Pioneers'
Rest Cemetery.Friends may call at the funeral chapels.
Manitowoc Herald Times, March 17, 1969 P.12
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[Ernst Arthur Sonntag]
(b. 1 Apr. 1877/d. Mar. 1969/SSDI)
Former City Street Head Sonntag Dies
TWO RIVERS—A former longtime city department head, who in his time was regarded as one of the city's most industrious employes and whose hours frequently stretched from 6 a.m. until early evening, is dead. He was Ernst Sonntag, 91, of 1410-21st St., city superintendent of streets for 25 years until his retirement in 1945 and a member of one of the area's earliest German families.
Mr. Sonntag died early Sunday at Two Rivers Municipal Hospital where he had been a patient since Friday. He had been in general good health up to several months ago.
Service to Community
During the depression years of the 1930's when the municipality was forced to cut expenditures, including city employee salaries, City Council members strongly opposed trimming his salary, citing the value of his service to the community in terms of his long hours on the job.
Mr. Sonntag was born at Two Rivers April 1, 1877, a son of the late Frederick and Josephine Musel Sonntag. He attended the Two Rivers public schools.
For six years he was employed at the old Mann Brothers Pail Factory here and then he spent a winter at the Stratford camp of the Connor Lumber Co. of Laona.
In 1898 Mr. Sonntag took part in the memorable Klondike gold rush, remaining in Alaska until 1899. His second visit to Alaska lasted from April of 1900 to the fall of that year after which he spent several months traveling throughout the
states west of the Mississippi. Since that time he had made his home here.
In the spring of 1901 he entered into a partnership as a home building carpenter with his brother-in-law, the late John Grumann, and later worked as a cabinet maker for the Hamilton Mfg. Co.
Mr. Sonntag then went into the construction field with the former W. W. Oeflein Co. of Milwaukee when the firm was engaged in erecting plans for the Eggers Plywood Co. and Mirro Aluminum Co. here and a 100-unit home housing project at Manitowoc.
On Sept. 1, 1920, Mr. Sonntag was appointed city superintendent of streets by the late Mayor H.C. Gowran. As street superintendent, he was instrumental in modernizing
many of the facilities in street maintenance, frequently drawing praise from city officials for his work.
Snow Discovery
It was a city crew working under his supervision which discovered snow in crevices on the 14th Street playground that sultry July day in 1936–a discovery which resulted
in the annual city Snow Festival.
Mr. Sonntag frequently recalled as a member of the old Two Rivers Volunteer Fire Dept. that salaries of the entire 13-man force did not exceed $60 per year.
Mr. Sonntag married the former Emma Hering Sept. 28, 1901, at St. John Lutheran Church here. She died in 1954. The couple had observed its golden wedding anniversary in 1951.
Surviving are two sons, Marvin of Milwaukee and Arthur W. of Two Rivers; a sister, Mrs. Minnie Steinhauer of Two Rivers, and two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Deja and Martin Funeral Chapels here, the Ref. Karl F. Koch officating. Burial will be in the family plot in Pioneers'
Rest Cemetery.Friends may call at the funeral chapels.
Manitowoc Herald Times, March 17, 1969 P.12
********
[Ernst Arthur Sonntag]
(b. 1 Apr. 1877/d. Mar. 1969/SSDI)
ERNST SONNTAG (d. 1969)
Former City Street Head Sonntag Dies
TWO RIVERS—A former longtime city department head, who in his time was regarded as one of the city's most industrious employes and whose hours frequently stretched from 6 a.m. until early evening, is dead. He was Ernst Sonntag, 91, of 1410-21st St., city superintendent of streets for 25 years until his retirement in 1945 and a member of one of the area's earliest German families.
Mr. Sonntag died early Sunday at Two Rivers Municipal Hospital where he had been a patient since Friday. He had been in general good health up to several months ago.
Service to Community
During the depression years of the 1930's when the municipality was forced to cut expenditures, including city employee salaries, City Council members strongly opposed trimming his salary, citing the value of his service to the community in terms of his long hours on the job.
Mr. Sonntag was born at Two Rivers April 1, 1877, a son of the late Frederick and Josephine Musel Sonntag. He attended the Two Rivers public schools.
For six years he was employed at the old Mann Brothers Pail Factory here and then he spent a winter at the Stratford camp of the Connor Lumber Co. of Laona.
In 1898 Mr. Sonntag took part in the memorable Klondike gold rush, remaining in Alaska until 1899. His second visit to Alaska lasted from April of 1900 to the fall of that year after which he spent several months traveling throughout the
states west of the Mississippi. Since that time he had made his home here.
In the spring of 1901 he entered into a partnership as a home building carpenter with his brother-in-law, the late John Grumann, and later worked as a cabinet maker for the Hamilton Mfg. Co.
Mr. Sonntag then went into the construction field with the former W. W. Oeflein Co. of Milwaukee when the firm was engaged in erecting plans for the Eggers Plywood Co. and Mirro Aluminum Co. here and a 100-unit home housing project at Manitowoc.
On Sept. 1, 1920, Mr. Sonntag was appointed city superintendent of streets by the late Mayor H.C. Gowran. As street superintendent, he was instrumental in modernizing
many of the facilities in street maintenance, frequently drawing praise from city officials for his work.
Snow Discovery
It was a city crew working under his supervision which discovered snow in crevices on the 14th Street playground that sultry July day in 1936–a discovery which resulted
in the annual city Snow Festival.
Mr. Sonntag frequently recalled as a member of the old Two Rivers Volunteer Fire Dept. that salaries of the entire 13-man force did not exceed $60 per year.
Mr. Sonntag married the former Emma Hering Sept. 28, 1901, at St. John Lutheran Church here. She died in 1954. The couple had observed its golden wedding anniversary in 1951.
Surviving are two sons, Marvin of Milwaukee and Arthur W. of Two Rivers; a sister, Mrs. Minnie Steinhauer of Two Rivers, and two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Deja and Martin Funeral Chapels here, the Ref. Karl F. Koch officating. Burial will be in the family plot in Pioneers'
Rest Cemetery.Friends may call at the funeral chapels.
Manitowoc Herald Times, March 17, 1969 P.12
********
[Ernst Arthur Sonntag]
(b. 1 Apr. 1877/d. Mar. 1969/SSDI)
Former City Street Head Sonntag Dies
TWO RIVERS—A former longtime city department head, who in his time was regarded as one of the city's most industrious employes and whose hours frequently stretched from 6 a.m. until early evening, is dead. He was Ernst Sonntag, 91, of 1410-21st St., city superintendent of streets for 25 years until his retirement in 1945 and a member of one of the area's earliest German families.
Mr. Sonntag died early Sunday at Two Rivers Municipal Hospital where he had been a patient since Friday. He had been in general good health up to several months ago.
Service to Community
During the depression years of the 1930's when the municipality was forced to cut expenditures, including city employee salaries, City Council members strongly opposed trimming his salary, citing the value of his service to the community in terms of his long hours on the job.
Mr. Sonntag was born at Two Rivers April 1, 1877, a son of the late Frederick and Josephine Musel Sonntag. He attended the Two Rivers public schools.
For six years he was employed at the old Mann Brothers Pail Factory here and then he spent a winter at the Stratford camp of the Connor Lumber Co. of Laona.
In 1898 Mr. Sonntag took part in the memorable Klondike gold rush, remaining in Alaska until 1899. His second visit to Alaska lasted from April of 1900 to the fall of that year after which he spent several months traveling throughout the
states west of the Mississippi. Since that time he had made his home here.
In the spring of 1901 he entered into a partnership as a home building carpenter with his brother-in-law, the late John Grumann, and later worked as a cabinet maker for the Hamilton Mfg. Co.
Mr. Sonntag then went into the construction field with the former W. W. Oeflein Co. of Milwaukee when the firm was engaged in erecting plans for the Eggers Plywood Co. and Mirro Aluminum Co. here and a 100-unit home housing project at Manitowoc.
On Sept. 1, 1920, Mr. Sonntag was appointed city superintendent of streets by the late Mayor H.C. Gowran. As street superintendent, he was instrumental in modernizing
many of the facilities in street maintenance, frequently drawing praise from city officials for his work.
Snow Discovery
It was a city crew working under his supervision which discovered snow in crevices on the 14th Street playground that sultry July day in 1936–a discovery which resulted
in the annual city Snow Festival.
Mr. Sonntag frequently recalled as a member of the old Two Rivers Volunteer Fire Dept. that salaries of the entire 13-man force did not exceed $60 per year.
Mr. Sonntag married the former Emma Hering Sept. 28, 1901, at St. John Lutheran Church here. She died in 1954. The couple had observed its golden wedding anniversary in 1951.
Surviving are two sons, Marvin of Milwaukee and Arthur W. of Two Rivers; a sister, Mrs. Minnie Steinhauer of Two Rivers, and two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Deja and Martin Funeral Chapels here, the Ref. Karl F. Koch officating. Burial will be in the family plot in Pioneers'
Rest Cemetery.Friends may call at the funeral chapels.
Manitowoc Herald Times, March 17, 1969 P.12
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[Ernst Arthur Sonntag]
(b. 1 Apr. 1877/d. Mar. 1969/SSDI)
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