Obit: Bielke, Carl / Karl (5 May 1873 – 1951)

Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) Thursday, 4 Oct. 1951

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* day afternoon when it was taken to the residence where funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 1:00 o’clock and at 2:00 o’clock in the Peace Lutheran church in the town of Frankfort, Rev. J. H. Kolberg officiating. 

Mr. Bielke was born in Germany on May 5, 1873, and came to the United States when 22 years of age, working near Lake Mills, Jefferson county, until 1905, when he moved to the town of Frankfort. He was married in the town of Wien in 1908 to Miss Augusta Buss who died in January, 1949.

He is survived by a son, Carl Bielke, Jr., of Town Frankfort; two brothers, Herman Bielke of Athens and Richard Beilke of Columbus; three sisters, Mrs. Lena Daley of Madison, Mrs. Gustave Ott of Black Hawk and Mrs. Mary Nienow of Town Frankfort. Also two grand children.