Obit: Meinke, Esther (1900-1983)

Contact: Kathleen E. Englebretson

Email: kathy@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Meinke, Hass, Werth, Rapp, Alexander, Smith, Weber

----Source: Wausau Daily Herald (19 May 1983)

Meinke, Esther (12 March 1900 - 18 May 1983)Mrs. Esther A. Meinke, 83, Route 1, Unity, died in a Colby nursing home Wednesday.

The former Esther Werth was born March 12, 1900 in the town of McMillan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Werth. She married Frank Hass on April 2, 1919. He died in October of 1930. She married Carl Meinke October 10, 1931. He died in June of 1962.

Mrs. Meinke farmed in the town of Hull. She moved to the nursing home this year. She was a member of the Ladies Aid of Zion Lutheran Church, Colby, and the American legion Auxiliary.

Survivors include three sons, Roland Hass, West Bend, Frank Hass, La Crosse, and Norman Meinke, Route 1, Unity; two daughters, Mrs. Elmer (Ella) Rapp, Marshfield, and Mrs. John (Gertrude) Alexander, Medford; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Erna Smith, Cudahy; a stepson, Elmer Meinke; a sister, Mrs. Ella Weber, Spencer; 16 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

Services will be Saturday at Zion Lutheran Church, Colby. The Rev. Robin Fink will officiate. Burial will be in Colby Memorial Cemetery and visitation will be at the Rux Funeral Home, Colby.