Surnames: LUEDTKE KOKKE LENOX GOHDE STIGEL HECK TORKELSON FREDERICK KUPPER TROUTMAN SMITH BLANEY REHBERG

----Source: MARSHFIELD NEWS HERALD (Marshfield, Wis.) 03/21/2002

Luedtke, Herman A. Sr. (6 NOV 1928 - 20 MAR 2002)

Neillsville - Herman Albert Luedtke Sr., 73, of Neillsville, died March 20, 2002, at his home.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Interment will be in Columbia Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday with a 7:30 p.m. Prayer Service at the Gesche Funeral Home.

He was born Nov. 6, 1928, in Racine to Herman C. and Johanna (nee Kokke) Luedtke. He married Ruby Lenox in Racine on July 7, 1954. He worked for Land-o-Lakes in Spencer as a maintenance mechanic for 19 years, retiring in 1994.

He is survived by his wife, Ruby Luedtke 12 children, Herman (Lynn) Luedtke Jr. of Fifield, William Luedtke of Waterford, Carol (Anthony) Gohde of Beloit, James (Karlene) Luedtke of Marshfield, John (Denise) Luedtke of Spring Lake Park, Minn., Daniel (Cheryl) Luedtke of Granton, Kurt Luedtke of Neillsville, Belinda (Darrld) Strigel of Auburndale, Susan (James) Heck of Greenwood, Karen (Neal) Torkleson of Beloit, Deborah Luedtke of Janesville and Louise Luedtke of Marshfield 22 grandchildren 13 brothers and sisters, Richard (Sandy) Luedtke of Racine, Lucille (Jim) Frederick of Paris, Donald (Jackie) Luedtke of Union Grove, Nancy Hartfield-Kupper of Racine, Kathy (Jack) Troutman of Abbotsford, Paul (Maria) Luedtke of Kenosha, Henry (Jane) Luedtke of Union Grove, Linda (Melvin) Smith of Ubacity, Marlene (Larry) Blaney of Union Grove, Kurt (Janice) Luedtke of Raymond, Walter (Beverly) Luedtke of Burlington, Ruthanne (Jim) Rehberg of Phillips and Robert Luedtke of Union Grove.