Obit: |
Langreck, John C. (1857 - 1942) |
Contact: |
Stan |
Email: |
stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org |
Surnames: |
HACKER VENTEICHER LANGRECK KLOCKE MEINERS |
----Source: Clark County Press May 28, 1942 Page 7
John C. Langreck (1857 - 1942)
John Langreck, 85, died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Max Statz, at 1:30 a.m. Sunday morning after an
illness of more than a year.
Funeral services were held at the Schiller Funeral Home and at St.
Mary's Catholic Church, Rev. J. A. Biegler officiating. Interment
took place in the Catholic cemetery.
Mr. Langreck was born May 18, 1857 to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Langreck
of Liemke, Westphalen, Germany. He came to America at the age of
seven, settling at St. Lucas, Iowa. He had been a resident of Clark
county since 1912, at that time purchasing the John Raine farm at
Pleasant Ridge.
Mr. Langreck was united in marriage to Mary Meiners at St. Lucas,
Iowa, Feb. 19,1889. They were the parents of eleven children, two
of whom are dead. Mrs. Langreck and their eleven children survive.
They are: Henry, Grant John, St. Lucas, Ia. Herman, Springville, N.
Y. Jake, Grant Agnes, Mrs. Henry Aumann, York, and Theresa, Mrs.
Max Statz, Weston, twins Rose, Mrs. Ray Noll, Neillsville Francis,
Weston and Ferdinand, Greenwood. Surviving are his wife, 44
grandchildren and four great grandchildren. A brother, Henry, St.
Lucas, Iowa, and twin sisters, Anna Meiners, Carroll, Ia., and
Theressa Wreciks, of Howell, Neb., preceded him in death.
© Every submission is protected by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998.
Show your appreciation of this freely provided information by not copying it to any other site without our permission.
Become a Clark County History Buff
|
|
A site created and
maintained by the Clark County History Buffs
Webmasters: Leon Konieczny, Tanya Paschke, Janet & Stan Schwarze, James W. Sternitzky,
|