Obit: Humke, Theodore Henry (1880 - 1972)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Humke, Kippenhan, Fischer, Schweinler, Timmler, Slock, Stafford, Franzmeier, Woeltge, Mitschka, Lindner, Nielsen, Steiger, Counsell, Wehrman, Capelle, Sturtz, Albert, Camarin

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 5/04/1972

Humke, Theodore Henry (1 November 1880 - 28 April 1972)

Theodore Henry Humke, 91 lifelong resident of Greenwood, died April 28 in Neillsville, where he had resided at Memorial Home since 1966.

Mr. Humke, son of Henry and Anna (Kippenhan) Humke, was born November 1, 1880, in the Town of Warner. He was married March 31, 1903, to Adeline Fischer in La Crosse. They settled on a farm northwest of Greenwood. Mrs. Humke died March 29, 1953. Mr. Humke was a member of Immanuel United Church of Christ and had held various church offices. He had helped organize the Warner Mutual Fire Insurance Company and was president and adjuster of the organization for many years. He was chairman and clerk of Warner Township and clerk of the Decker School.

Survivors are four daughters, Mrs. Francis (Irene) Schweinler of Windsor, Mrs. Fred (Rose) Timmler of Loyal, Mrs. Louis (Cora) Slock of Eau Claire and Mrs. Willard (Vera) Stafford of Milwaukee; two sons, Harold of Nekoosa and Everett of Rochester, Mn; 17 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren; and a brother, George Humke of Greenwood.

Funeral services were held Saturday from Immanuel United Church of Christ. The Rev. Pacifico Camarin officiated and burial was made in the West Side Cemetery.

Pallbearers were: Kenneth Steiger, Arvin Liebzeit, Norman Liebzeit, Delmar Toburen, Arno Miller and Darrel Horn. The Immanuel mixed chorus sang “Beyond the Sunset” and “He Hideth My Soul,” accompanied by Mrs. Alvin Albert.

People from away who attended were: Mrs. Francis Schweinler of Windsor; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Timmler, Loyal; Mr. and Mrs. Louis Slock, Eau Claire; Mr. and Mrs. Willard Stafford, Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Humke and family, Nekoosa; Mr. and Mrs. Everett Humke and family, Rochester, Mn; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Franzmeier and family, Mr. and Mrs. Terry Woeltge, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Timmler and family and Mr. and Mrs. Karl Mitschka, all of Minneapolis, Mn.; Mr. and Mrs. William Schweinler, Hastings, Mn; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lindner and family, Loyal; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Slock, Wausau; Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Stafford and family, Chicago, Il; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Nielsen, Waupaca; Ervin Steiger, Mrs. Henrietta Counsell and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wagner, Neillsville; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Timmler, Mr. and Mrs. William Wehrman, Albert Wehrman, Mrs. Phillip Capelle and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sturtz, Sr., all of Loyal.