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Ottelia <I>Ninmer</I> Luedke

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Ottelia Ninmer Luedke

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Sep 1959 (aged 97)
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Kiel, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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Ottilia Luedke no newspaper named September 1959

Kiel's oldest resident, Mrs. Ottilia Luedke, 97, died at her home early Thursday. Funeral services were held Saturday at St. Peter's United Church of Christ with Rev. Vernon Jaberg in charge. Burial was in the Kiel cemetery.
In ill health for several years, she had been blind since 1949. She was the widow of August Luedke, a former Kiel carpenter. A native of Manitowoc County, the former Ottelia Ninmer was born December 27, 1861, in the Town of Schleswig, a daughter of the late Frederick and Henrietta Pickruhn Ninmer, pioneer residents of the area. She was married to August Luedke on December 24, 1883. The couple resided on the Luedke homestead in the Town of Schleswig until 1909 when they purchased a farm in Schleswig which they operated with a son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Fischer, until moving to Kiel in 1919. After moving to Kiel, Mr. Luedke took up his previous trade as a carpenter until his retirement. He died in 1944.
Only immediate survivor is a daughter, Mrs. Olga Fischer, with whom Mrs. Luedke had been making her home. Three sisters and three brothers also preceded her in death.
Ottilia Luedke no newspaper named September 1959

Kiel's oldest resident, Mrs. Ottilia Luedke, 97, died at her home early Thursday. Funeral services were held Saturday at St. Peter's United Church of Christ with Rev. Vernon Jaberg in charge. Burial was in the Kiel cemetery.
In ill health for several years, she had been blind since 1949. She was the widow of August Luedke, a former Kiel carpenter. A native of Manitowoc County, the former Ottelia Ninmer was born December 27, 1861, in the Town of Schleswig, a daughter of the late Frederick and Henrietta Pickruhn Ninmer, pioneer residents of the area. She was married to August Luedke on December 24, 1883. The couple resided on the Luedke homestead in the Town of Schleswig until 1909 when they purchased a farm in Schleswig which they operated with a son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Fischer, until moving to Kiel in 1919. After moving to Kiel, Mr. Luedke took up his previous trade as a carpenter until his retirement. He died in 1944.
Only immediate survivor is a daughter, Mrs. Olga Fischer, with whom Mrs. Luedke had been making her home. Three sisters and three brothers also preceded her in death.

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