ERNEST F. LUDWIG (d. 1967)
Ludwig, School Principal for Years, is Dead
Ernest F. Ludwig, 67, associated with the Manitowoc school system for 41 years,
serving at Lincoln High School as a teacher and acting principal and later as
guidance director and Woodrow Wilson junior high school principal, died Friday
at Holy Family Hospital after a short illness. He resided at 1605 Waldo Blvd.
Mr. Ludwig was born Aug. 10, 1900, at Hawley, Pa., son of the late Carl and Clara
Wunderlich Ludwig, and accompanied his parents to Manitowoc in 1903 where he
spent most of his life. He attended Lawrence College, Appleton, where during
World War I he was in the Student Army Training corps. He had his bachelor’s and
master’s degrees from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and he did post-
master’s study at Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.
Began at Adams School
He started his teaching career in the Adams School at Manitowoc. In 1922 he became
a member of Lincoln faculty as a math teacher and tennis coach. He remained there
25 years before moving to Woodrow Wilson in 1949 to become principal. He was
guidance director for the two local junior highs and for the senior high school
until retiring in 1964. He taught 14 summers and did guidance direction at the
University of Oregon at Corvalis and at Portland State.
Although retired in 1964 Mr. Ludwig received an interim appointment from then
State Supt. Angus B. Rothwell to take over for a year the position of coordinator
of special projects in the State Department of Public Instruction.
Served Education Areas
He served as president of the Manitowoc Civic Council and the Manitowoc Education
Assn. and was a vice president of the Wisconsin Education Assn. Always active in
Kiwanis Club activities he was elected club president in 1941 and was district
lieutenant governor of the Wisconsin-Upper Michigan Kiwanis Clubs. During World
War II he served on the Manitowoc rationing board.
Mr. Ludwig married Irene Peterson July 24, 1922, at Waukegan, Ill. She survives
with a daughter, Mrs. Robert E. (Bonnie) Partch, of Stockton, Calif., a sister,
Mrs. Beulah Pederson, of Dallas, Texas, a grandchild and a great grandson.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at St. Paul Methodist Church, the Rev.
Krist Caune officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Friends may call at Jens Funeral Home after 6 p.m. Sunday until 11 a.m. Monday
and at the church until time of service.
Manitowoc Herald Times, November 3, 1967 P. 17
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Photo from the 1929 yearbook Flambeau, Lincoln High School, Manitowoc
Ludwig, School Principal for Years, is Dead
Ernest F. Ludwig, 67, associated with the Manitowoc school system for 41 years,
serving at Lincoln High School as a teacher and acting principal and later as
guidance director and Woodrow Wilson junior high school principal, died Friday
at Holy Family Hospital after a short illness. He resided at 1605 Waldo Blvd.
Mr. Ludwig was born Aug. 10, 1900, at Hawley, Pa., son of the late Carl and Clara
Wunderlich Ludwig, and accompanied his parents to Manitowoc in 1903 where he
spent most of his life. He attended Lawrence College, Appleton, where during
World War I he was in the Student Army Training corps. He had his bachelor’s and
master’s degrees from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and he did post-
master’s study at Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.
Began at Adams School
He started his teaching career in the Adams School at Manitowoc. In 1922 he became
a member of Lincoln faculty as a math teacher and tennis coach. He remained there
25 years before moving to Woodrow Wilson in 1949 to become principal. He was
guidance director for the two local junior highs and for the senior high school
until retiring in 1964. He taught 14 summers and did guidance direction at the
University of Oregon at Corvalis and at Portland State.
Although retired in 1964 Mr. Ludwig received an interim appointment from then
State Supt. Angus B. Rothwell to take over for a year the position of coordinator
of special projects in the State Department of Public Instruction.
Served Education Areas
He served as president of the Manitowoc Civic Council and the Manitowoc Education
Assn. and was a vice president of the Wisconsin Education Assn. Always active in
Kiwanis Club activities he was elected club president in 1941 and was district
lieutenant governor of the Wisconsin-Upper Michigan Kiwanis Clubs. During World
War II he served on the Manitowoc rationing board.
Mr. Ludwig married Irene Peterson July 24, 1922, at Waukegan, Ill. She survives
with a daughter, Mrs. Robert E. (Bonnie) Partch, of Stockton, Calif., a sister,
Mrs. Beulah Pederson, of Dallas, Texas, a grandchild and a great grandson.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at St. Paul Methodist Church, the Rev.
Krist Caune officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Friends may call at Jens Funeral Home after 6 p.m. Sunday until 11 a.m. Monday
and at the church until time of service.
Manitowoc Herald Times, November 3, 1967 P. 17
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Photo from the 1929 yearbook Flambeau, Lincoln High School, Manitowoc
ERNEST F. LUDWIG (d. 1967)
Ludwig, School Principal for Years, is Dead
Ernest F. Ludwig, 67, associated with the Manitowoc school system for 41 years,
serving at Lincoln High School as a teacher and acting principal and later as
guidance director and Woodrow Wilson junior high school principal, died Friday
at Holy Family Hospital after a short illness. He resided at 1605 Waldo Blvd.
Mr. Ludwig was born Aug. 10, 1900, at Hawley, Pa., son of the late Carl and Clara
Wunderlich Ludwig, and accompanied his parents to Manitowoc in 1903 where he
spent most of his life. He attended Lawrence College, Appleton, where during
World War I he was in the Student Army Training corps. He had his bachelor’s and
master’s degrees from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and he did post-
master’s study at Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.
Began at Adams School
He started his teaching career in the Adams School at Manitowoc. In 1922 he became
a member of Lincoln faculty as a math teacher and tennis coach. He remained there
25 years before moving to Woodrow Wilson in 1949 to become principal. He was
guidance director for the two local junior highs and for the senior high school
until retiring in 1964. He taught 14 summers and did guidance direction at the
University of Oregon at Corvalis and at Portland State.
Although retired in 1964 Mr. Ludwig received an interim appointment from then
State Supt. Angus B. Rothwell to take over for a year the position of coordinator
of special projects in the State Department of Public Instruction.
Served Education Areas
He served as president of the Manitowoc Civic Council and the Manitowoc Education
Assn. and was a vice president of the Wisconsin Education Assn. Always active in
Kiwanis Club activities he was elected club president in 1941 and was district
lieutenant governor of the Wisconsin-Upper Michigan Kiwanis Clubs. During World
War II he served on the Manitowoc rationing board.
Mr. Ludwig married Irene Peterson July 24, 1922, at Waukegan, Ill. She survives
with a daughter, Mrs. Robert E. (Bonnie) Partch, of Stockton, Calif., a sister,
Mrs. Beulah Pederson, of Dallas, Texas, a grandchild and a great grandson.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at St. Paul Methodist Church, the Rev.
Krist Caune officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Friends may call at Jens Funeral Home after 6 p.m. Sunday until 11 a.m. Monday
and at the church until time of service.
Manitowoc Herald Times, November 3, 1967 P. 17
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Photo from the 1929 yearbook Flambeau, Lincoln High School, Manitowoc
Ludwig, School Principal for Years, is Dead
Ernest F. Ludwig, 67, associated with the Manitowoc school system for 41 years,
serving at Lincoln High School as a teacher and acting principal and later as
guidance director and Woodrow Wilson junior high school principal, died Friday
at Holy Family Hospital after a short illness. He resided at 1605 Waldo Blvd.
Mr. Ludwig was born Aug. 10, 1900, at Hawley, Pa., son of the late Carl and Clara
Wunderlich Ludwig, and accompanied his parents to Manitowoc in 1903 where he
spent most of his life. He attended Lawrence College, Appleton, where during
World War I he was in the Student Army Training corps. He had his bachelor’s and
master’s degrees from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and he did post-
master’s study at Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.
Began at Adams School
He started his teaching career in the Adams School at Manitowoc. In 1922 he became
a member of Lincoln faculty as a math teacher and tennis coach. He remained there
25 years before moving to Woodrow Wilson in 1949 to become principal. He was
guidance director for the two local junior highs and for the senior high school
until retiring in 1964. He taught 14 summers and did guidance direction at the
University of Oregon at Corvalis and at Portland State.
Although retired in 1964 Mr. Ludwig received an interim appointment from then
State Supt. Angus B. Rothwell to take over for a year the position of coordinator
of special projects in the State Department of Public Instruction.
Served Education Areas
He served as president of the Manitowoc Civic Council and the Manitowoc Education
Assn. and was a vice president of the Wisconsin Education Assn. Always active in
Kiwanis Club activities he was elected club president in 1941 and was district
lieutenant governor of the Wisconsin-Upper Michigan Kiwanis Clubs. During World
War II he served on the Manitowoc rationing board.
Mr. Ludwig married Irene Peterson July 24, 1922, at Waukegan, Ill. She survives
with a daughter, Mrs. Robert E. (Bonnie) Partch, of Stockton, Calif., a sister,
Mrs. Beulah Pederson, of Dallas, Texas, a grandchild and a great grandson.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at St. Paul Methodist Church, the Rev.
Krist Caune officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Friends may call at Jens Funeral Home after 6 p.m. Sunday until 11 a.m. Monday
and at the church until time of service.
Manitowoc Herald Times, November 3, 1967 P. 17
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Photo from the 1929 yearbook Flambeau, Lincoln High School, Manitowoc
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