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Louis W. Shimek Jr.

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Louis W. Shimek Jr.

Birth
Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
25 Aug 1944 (aged 65)
Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
Plot
W2-196-3-3
Memorial ID
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LOUIS SHIMEK (d. 1944)

Funeral services for Louis Shimek, 65, Spanish-American war veteran,
who died suddenly Friday night, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at
St. James Episcopal church. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.
Members of the Lawton post, United Spanish American War Veterans,
of which Mr. Shimek was a member, will be pallbearers. They are Mayor
Martin Georgenson, George Orth, J.C. Buerstatte, Charles Friedl, Frank
Rosinsky and Adolph Petska. A squad from the American Legion post will
fire a salute at the grave.
Mr. Shimek is survived by his wife, the former Mrs. Clara Van Bremer,
who he married in 1917, a son, three step-daughters and three sisters.
The body is at the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home and will
be moved to the church tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, August 28, 1944 P.2
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[cause: arteriosclerosis/bur. on Clara Bischoff Shimek lot-his wife]
LOUIS SHIMEK (d. 1944)

Funeral services for Louis Shimek, 65, Spanish-American war veteran,
who died suddenly Friday night, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at
St. James Episcopal church. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.
Members of the Lawton post, United Spanish American War Veterans,
of which Mr. Shimek was a member, will be pallbearers. They are Mayor
Martin Georgenson, George Orth, J.C. Buerstatte, Charles Friedl, Frank
Rosinsky and Adolph Petska. A squad from the American Legion post will
fire a salute at the grave.
Mr. Shimek is survived by his wife, the former Mrs. Clara Van Bremer,
who he married in 1917, a son, three step-daughters and three sisters.
The body is at the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home and will
be moved to the church tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, August 28, 1944 P.2
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[cause: arteriosclerosis/bur. on Clara Bischoff Shimek lot-his wife]


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  • Created by: Kent Salomon
  • Added: Aug 11, 2012
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95219934/louis_w-shimek: accessed ), memorial page for Louis W. Shimek Jr. (26 Dec 1878–25 Aug 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 95219934, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by Kent Salomon (contributor 901).