Obit: Ploeckelman, Frank Otto (1890 – 1960)

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Surnames: Ploeckelman, Schuh, Engel, Dorn, Gabriel, Plockelman

----Source - Anna Johnson's Scrapbook

Frank Otto Ploeckelman (19 Mar 1890 - 13 Nov 1960)

(By News-Herald Correspondent)

DORCHESTER - Frank Otto Ploeckelman, 70, died Sunday morning (13-Nov-1960), of a coronary thrombosis. He was found dead in the yard at his farm home where he resided. His wife made the discovery when she returned from church about 11 a.m.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday (16-Nov-1960), at 2:30 p.m. at the Fuchsgruber Funeral Home where the body is reposing. The Rev. Gerald Schuh, pastor of St. Louis Catholic Church, will officiate and burial will be made in Memorial cemetery.

Mr. Plockelmann was born in Dorchester March 19, 1890, He resided on the family farm all his life. His marriage to the former Rose Engel took place Aug. 30, 1933. She survives him.

Other survivors include a son, Kenneth, at home; a stepson, Robert Ploeckelman, Milwaukee; four sisters, Mrs. Ella Dorn, Milwaukee; Mrs. Louis Gabriel, Sheboygan; Mrs. Lydia Abegglen, Colby; and Mrs. Edith Koehn, Elfred, Fla.; four brothers, John, Rockford, Ill.; Otto, Milwaukee; Ben, Colby; and Carl, Abbotsford; and five grandchildren.

A brother and a sister preceded him in death.