MOTHER OF KURT AND OTTO WILKE PASSES AWAY
A victim of paralysis since 1917, Mrs. Herman Wilke, aged 78, a former resident of this city and of the town of Two Rivers, passed away Saturday at the Layton home in Milwaukee, where she has been living for the past two years. Burial will take place on Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 from the home of her son Kurt in this city and at two o’clock from the St. John’s Lutheran church.
Mrs. Wilke, nee Anna Elizebeth Dicke, was born in the town of Two Rivers, December 14, 1853 on the Dicke homestead. In her early girlhood she attended private and public schools in this city. She was married on December 16, 1875 to Herman Wilke in this city, who died in 1894. Up to October 1903, Mrs. Wilke resided on a farm in the town of Two Rivers, and since made her home in this city with the exception of two years in Minnesota. She had made her home with her son, Otto Wilke and family up to her illness two years ago.
Mrs. Wilke leaves a daughter, Mrs. Emma Schmidt, of Green Bay, and three sons, Fred, of Escanaba, Mich., and Kurt H., and Otto Wilke of this city. She also leaves a brother, Attorney Fred W. Dicke of this city. A daughter, Mrs. Edwin S. Mueller, Manitowoc, died in 1923.
Manitowoc Herald News, Monday April 18, 1932, page 11
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(Note: Stone reads 1931, cemetery record has buried Apr. 1932. It appears that the stone was remade with the wrong death year on it)
A victim of paralysis since 1917, Mrs. Herman Wilke, aged 78, a former resident of this city and of the town of Two Rivers, passed away Saturday at the Layton home in Milwaukee, where she has been living for the past two years. Burial will take place on Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 from the home of her son Kurt in this city and at two o’clock from the St. John’s Lutheran church.
Mrs. Wilke, nee Anna Elizebeth Dicke, was born in the town of Two Rivers, December 14, 1853 on the Dicke homestead. In her early girlhood she attended private and public schools in this city. She was married on December 16, 1875 to Herman Wilke in this city, who died in 1894. Up to October 1903, Mrs. Wilke resided on a farm in the town of Two Rivers, and since made her home in this city with the exception of two years in Minnesota. She had made her home with her son, Otto Wilke and family up to her illness two years ago.
Mrs. Wilke leaves a daughter, Mrs. Emma Schmidt, of Green Bay, and three sons, Fred, of Escanaba, Mich., and Kurt H., and Otto Wilke of this city. She also leaves a brother, Attorney Fred W. Dicke of this city. A daughter, Mrs. Edwin S. Mueller, Manitowoc, died in 1923.
Manitowoc Herald News, Monday April 18, 1932, page 11
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(Note: Stone reads 1931, cemetery record has buried Apr. 1932. It appears that the stone was remade with the wrong death year on it)
MOTHER OF KURT AND OTTO WILKE PASSES AWAY
A victim of paralysis since 1917, Mrs. Herman Wilke, aged 78, a former resident of this city and of the town of Two Rivers, passed away Saturday at the Layton home in Milwaukee, where she has been living for the past two years. Burial will take place on Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 from the home of her son Kurt in this city and at two o’clock from the St. John’s Lutheran church.
Mrs. Wilke, nee Anna Elizebeth Dicke, was born in the town of Two Rivers, December 14, 1853 on the Dicke homestead. In her early girlhood she attended private and public schools in this city. She was married on December 16, 1875 to Herman Wilke in this city, who died in 1894. Up to October 1903, Mrs. Wilke resided on a farm in the town of Two Rivers, and since made her home in this city with the exception of two years in Minnesota. She had made her home with her son, Otto Wilke and family up to her illness two years ago.
Mrs. Wilke leaves a daughter, Mrs. Emma Schmidt, of Green Bay, and three sons, Fred, of Escanaba, Mich., and Kurt H., and Otto Wilke of this city. She also leaves a brother, Attorney Fred W. Dicke of this city. A daughter, Mrs. Edwin S. Mueller, Manitowoc, died in 1923.
Manitowoc Herald News, Monday April 18, 1932, page 11
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(Note: Stone reads 1931, cemetery record has buried Apr. 1932. It appears that the stone was remade with the wrong death year on it)
A victim of paralysis since 1917, Mrs. Herman Wilke, aged 78, a former resident of this city and of the town of Two Rivers, passed away Saturday at the Layton home in Milwaukee, where she has been living for the past two years. Burial will take place on Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 from the home of her son Kurt in this city and at two o’clock from the St. John’s Lutheran church.
Mrs. Wilke, nee Anna Elizebeth Dicke, was born in the town of Two Rivers, December 14, 1853 on the Dicke homestead. In her early girlhood she attended private and public schools in this city. She was married on December 16, 1875 to Herman Wilke in this city, who died in 1894. Up to October 1903, Mrs. Wilke resided on a farm in the town of Two Rivers, and since made her home in this city with the exception of two years in Minnesota. She had made her home with her son, Otto Wilke and family up to her illness two years ago.
Mrs. Wilke leaves a daughter, Mrs. Emma Schmidt, of Green Bay, and three sons, Fred, of Escanaba, Mich., and Kurt H., and Otto Wilke of this city. She also leaves a brother, Attorney Fred W. Dicke of this city. A daughter, Mrs. Edwin S. Mueller, Manitowoc, died in 1923.
Manitowoc Herald News, Monday April 18, 1932, page 11
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(Note: Stone reads 1931, cemetery record has buried Apr. 1932. It appears that the stone was remade with the wrong death year on it)
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