Edwin J. Waack, 88, of 1433 N. 6th St., Manitowoc, died Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 25, at the Manitowoc Health Care Center.
Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday at First German Evangelical Lutheran Church. Rev. Arno J. Wolfgramm will officiate and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Mr. Waack was born May 3, 1895, in the Township of Manitowoc Rapids, son of the late Carl and Anna Sonnenburg Waack. He grew up and farmed most of his life in the Township of Manitowoc Rapids. He retired from farming in 1960 and moved to Manitowoc in 1979. He married Marie B. Holdorf on Oct. 20, 1921, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Township of Liberty. Mr. Waack was a member of First German Evangleicaa (sic) Lutheran Church and served overseas in France with the United States Army in World War I.
Survivors include his wife, Marie; a son and daughter-in-law, Elton and Kathy Waack of Madison, Wis.; two daughters and sons-in-law, Gladys and Harold Gass of Manitowoc and Mildred and Howard Lemke of Appleton, Wis.; three brothers, Arvin, Walter and Clarence Waack of Manitowoc; two sisters, Mrs. Adela Radloff and Mrs. Alfred (Lily) Waack of Manitowoc; 11 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by an infant daughter, five brothers and two sisters.
Friends may call at Urbanek and Schlei Pfeffer and Reinbold Funeral Home, Manitowoc, 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday afternoon and Saturday until 11 a.m. and then at the church from noon to the time of services.
Herald Times Reporter, January 26, 1984 P. 3
Edwin J. Waack, 88, of 1433 N. 6th St., Manitowoc, died Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 25, at the Manitowoc Health Care Center.
Funeral services will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday at First German Evangelical Lutheran Church. Rev. Arno J. Wolfgramm will officiate and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Mr. Waack was born May 3, 1895, in the Township of Manitowoc Rapids, son of the late Carl and Anna Sonnenburg Waack. He grew up and farmed most of his life in the Township of Manitowoc Rapids. He retired from farming in 1960 and moved to Manitowoc in 1979. He married Marie B. Holdorf on Oct. 20, 1921, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Township of Liberty. Mr. Waack was a member of First German Evangleicaa (sic) Lutheran Church and served overseas in France with the United States Army in World War I.
Survivors include his wife, Marie; a son and daughter-in-law, Elton and Kathy Waack of Madison, Wis.; two daughters and sons-in-law, Gladys and Harold Gass of Manitowoc and Mildred and Howard Lemke of Appleton, Wis.; three brothers, Arvin, Walter and Clarence Waack of Manitowoc; two sisters, Mrs. Adela Radloff and Mrs. Alfred (Lily) Waack of Manitowoc; 11 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by an infant daughter, five brothers and two sisters.
Friends may call at Urbanek and Schlei Pfeffer and Reinbold Funeral Home, Manitowoc, 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday afternoon and Saturday until 11 a.m. and then at the church from noon to the time of services.
Herald Times Reporter, January 26, 1984 P. 3
Family Members
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Christian Carl August "Christ" Waack
1890–1980
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Carl F Waack
1891–1973
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Elsa Maria Henriette Waack Luebke
1892–1978
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Herbert Waack
1897–1972
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Ida Johanne Waack Nass
1899–1968
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Arthur Waack
1901–1902
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Adela A Waack Radloff
1902–1995
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Lilly Waack Waack
1904–1992
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Arvin Henry Waack
1906–1988
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Walter John Waack
1908–1989
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Clarence Waack
1910–1998
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Reinhold E. Waack
1917–1963
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