OSCAR ROCKHOFF
Rev. Oscar A. Rockhoff, 89, of 3232 Adams Street Two Rivers, died Monday afternoon, December 31, at Two Rivers Community Hospital.
Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday at First German Evangelical Lutheran Church. The Rev. Arno J. Wolfgramm will officiate with burial to follow at Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Rev. Rockhoff was born March 23, 1895, at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, son of the late Frederick and Emma Franke Rockhoff. Rev. Rockhoff attended First German Evangelical Lutheran School of Manitowoc. After graduation he attended Northwestern College at Watertown, Wisconsin. He then transferred to Concordia Seminary in Springfield, Illinois. He completed his studies at the Theological Seminary at Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. St. Paul's Congregation of Brookfield, Illinois extended a call to him to be their pastor. Rev. Rockhoff was ordained and installed there on October 26, 1919. In 1954, having served St. Paul's Congregation for 35 years, he accepted a call to Emmaus Lutheran Church at Waupaca, Wisconsin. Having served in Waupaca for 5 years, he retired and established his home in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. He has served the Lord as a Guest Preacher and recently celebrated his 65th year in God's Ministry. He married Minna Ziebell on October 20, 1919, at Watertown, Wisconsin. She preceded him in death in 1950. He then married Esther Vogt on July 5, 1952, at Bensonville, Illinois. Rev. Rockhoff was a member of First German Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Survivors include his wife, Esther; three daughters and sons-in-law, Minette and Orville Mueller of Brookfield, Illinois, Betty and Vernon Moore of Arkansas City, Kansas and Eileen and Donald Zirzow of Brookfield, Illinois; six grandchildren, nine great grandchildren, other relatives and friends also survived. He was preceded in death by a brother, Harold Rockhoff.
Friends may call at Parkside Funeral Home, Manitowoc, from 4 o'clock to 9 o'clock this Wednesday afternoon and on Thursday from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. and then at First German Evangelical Lutheran Church from noon until the hour of service. Parkside Funeral Home, Manitowoc, is in charge of arrangements.
Herald Times Reporter, January 2, 1985 P. 3
Rev. Oscar A. Rockhoff, 89, of 3232 Adams Street Two Rivers, died Monday afternoon, December 31, at Two Rivers Community Hospital.
Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday at First German Evangelical Lutheran Church. The Rev. Arno J. Wolfgramm will officiate with burial to follow at Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Rev. Rockhoff was born March 23, 1895, at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, son of the late Frederick and Emma Franke Rockhoff. Rev. Rockhoff attended First German Evangelical Lutheran School of Manitowoc. After graduation he attended Northwestern College at Watertown, Wisconsin. He then transferred to Concordia Seminary in Springfield, Illinois. He completed his studies at the Theological Seminary at Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. St. Paul's Congregation of Brookfield, Illinois extended a call to him to be their pastor. Rev. Rockhoff was ordained and installed there on October 26, 1919. In 1954, having served St. Paul's Congregation for 35 years, he accepted a call to Emmaus Lutheran Church at Waupaca, Wisconsin. Having served in Waupaca for 5 years, he retired and established his home in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. He has served the Lord as a Guest Preacher and recently celebrated his 65th year in God's Ministry. He married Minna Ziebell on October 20, 1919, at Watertown, Wisconsin. She preceded him in death in 1950. He then married Esther Vogt on July 5, 1952, at Bensonville, Illinois. Rev. Rockhoff was a member of First German Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Survivors include his wife, Esther; three daughters and sons-in-law, Minette and Orville Mueller of Brookfield, Illinois, Betty and Vernon Moore of Arkansas City, Kansas and Eileen and Donald Zirzow of Brookfield, Illinois; six grandchildren, nine great grandchildren, other relatives and friends also survived. He was preceded in death by a brother, Harold Rockhoff.
Friends may call at Parkside Funeral Home, Manitowoc, from 4 o'clock to 9 o'clock this Wednesday afternoon and on Thursday from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. and then at First German Evangelical Lutheran Church from noon until the hour of service. Parkside Funeral Home, Manitowoc, is in charge of arrangements.
Herald Times Reporter, January 2, 1985 P. 3
OSCAR ROCKHOFF
Rev. Oscar A. Rockhoff, 89, of 3232 Adams Street Two Rivers, died Monday afternoon, December 31, at Two Rivers Community Hospital.
Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday at First German Evangelical Lutheran Church. The Rev. Arno J. Wolfgramm will officiate with burial to follow at Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Rev. Rockhoff was born March 23, 1895, at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, son of the late Frederick and Emma Franke Rockhoff. Rev. Rockhoff attended First German Evangelical Lutheran School of Manitowoc. After graduation he attended Northwestern College at Watertown, Wisconsin. He then transferred to Concordia Seminary in Springfield, Illinois. He completed his studies at the Theological Seminary at Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. St. Paul's Congregation of Brookfield, Illinois extended a call to him to be their pastor. Rev. Rockhoff was ordained and installed there on October 26, 1919. In 1954, having served St. Paul's Congregation for 35 years, he accepted a call to Emmaus Lutheran Church at Waupaca, Wisconsin. Having served in Waupaca for 5 years, he retired and established his home in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. He has served the Lord as a Guest Preacher and recently celebrated his 65th year in God's Ministry. He married Minna Ziebell on October 20, 1919, at Watertown, Wisconsin. She preceded him in death in 1950. He then married Esther Vogt on July 5, 1952, at Bensonville, Illinois. Rev. Rockhoff was a member of First German Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Survivors include his wife, Esther; three daughters and sons-in-law, Minette and Orville Mueller of Brookfield, Illinois, Betty and Vernon Moore of Arkansas City, Kansas and Eileen and Donald Zirzow of Brookfield, Illinois; six grandchildren, nine great grandchildren, other relatives and friends also survived. He was preceded in death by a brother, Harold Rockhoff.
Friends may call at Parkside Funeral Home, Manitowoc, from 4 o'clock to 9 o'clock this Wednesday afternoon and on Thursday from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. and then at First German Evangelical Lutheran Church from noon until the hour of service. Parkside Funeral Home, Manitowoc, is in charge of arrangements.
Herald Times Reporter, January 2, 1985 P. 3
Rev. Oscar A. Rockhoff, 89, of 3232 Adams Street Two Rivers, died Monday afternoon, December 31, at Two Rivers Community Hospital.
Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday at First German Evangelical Lutheran Church. The Rev. Arno J. Wolfgramm will officiate with burial to follow at Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Rev. Rockhoff was born March 23, 1895, at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, son of the late Frederick and Emma Franke Rockhoff. Rev. Rockhoff attended First German Evangelical Lutheran School of Manitowoc. After graduation he attended Northwestern College at Watertown, Wisconsin. He then transferred to Concordia Seminary in Springfield, Illinois. He completed his studies at the Theological Seminary at Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. St. Paul's Congregation of Brookfield, Illinois extended a call to him to be their pastor. Rev. Rockhoff was ordained and installed there on October 26, 1919. In 1954, having served St. Paul's Congregation for 35 years, he accepted a call to Emmaus Lutheran Church at Waupaca, Wisconsin. Having served in Waupaca for 5 years, he retired and established his home in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. He has served the Lord as a Guest Preacher and recently celebrated his 65th year in God's Ministry. He married Minna Ziebell on October 20, 1919, at Watertown, Wisconsin. She preceded him in death in 1950. He then married Esther Vogt on July 5, 1952, at Bensonville, Illinois. Rev. Rockhoff was a member of First German Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Survivors include his wife, Esther; three daughters and sons-in-law, Minette and Orville Mueller of Brookfield, Illinois, Betty and Vernon Moore of Arkansas City, Kansas and Eileen and Donald Zirzow of Brookfield, Illinois; six grandchildren, nine great grandchildren, other relatives and friends also survived. He was preceded in death by a brother, Harold Rockhoff.
Friends may call at Parkside Funeral Home, Manitowoc, from 4 o'clock to 9 o'clock this Wednesday afternoon and on Thursday from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. and then at First German Evangelical Lutheran Church from noon until the hour of service. Parkside Funeral Home, Manitowoc, is in charge of arrangements.
Herald Times Reporter, January 2, 1985 P. 3
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