Obit: Lemke, Emil Reinhart (1885 - 1956)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 
 

Surnames: Lemke, Behring, Schafner, Schlieve, Wollenberg, Huycke, Kitzman, Matter  
 

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) March 8, 1956 
 

Lemke, Emil Reinhart (11 June 1885 - 5 March 1956) 
 

Emil Reinhart Lemke, 70, of Greenwood died suddenly of a heart attack at 8:35 a.m. Monday, March 5, 1956, at his home. 
 

He was born June 11, 1885, at Manitowoc, where he received his education.  He was married June 18, 1913, to Amelia Behring at Dorchester.  She died April 19, 1919.  He was married to Hannah Schafner at Loyal November 25, 1923 and she survives. 
 

Mr. Lemke came to Marshfield in 1913 and was employed as a carpenter.  Excepting for the five years spent in Dorchester, Park Falls and Denver, Colo., he had resided in Marshfield, where he was employed by Krasin Bros. Contractors.  He moved to Greenwood in 1948, where he resided since.  He was a former member of St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in Marshfield. 
 

Besides his wife, he is survived by three children, Harvey of Fond du Lac; Raymond of Madison; and Miss Virginia Lemke of Fond du Lac. Also surviving are three grandchildren, three half-brothers, Herman Schlieve of Tigerton; Elmer Schlieve of Juneau; and George Schlieve of Green Bay; three half-sisters, Mrs. Ed Wollenberg of Tigerton; Mrs. Henry Huycke of Menasha; and Mrs. Ferd Kitzman of Big Falls. 
 

Funeral services were held Wednesday, March 7, at 2 p.m. from the Stabnow Funeral Home. The Rev. B. F. Matter of Wausau officiated. Burial was made in Hillside Cemetery at Marshfield.