Obit: Schweke, Clifford Bernhard Gustav (1924 - 2004)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Schweke, Zwakman, Gunia, Luepke

----Source: On-line Resource, The Bulletin (Cottage Grove, Washington Co., Minn.) Wednesday, 23 June 2004

Schweke, Clifford Bernhard Gustav (19 June 1924 - 18 June 2004)

Clifford B. Schweke, 79, Cottage Grove, died Friday, June 18, 2004, at home.

Clifford was born June 19, 1924, in Spencer, Wisconsin, to William and Wilhelmina Schweke. He retired from Weyerhaeuser Company, where he was personnel director.

Clifford is survived by his wife, Betty; children, Mark, of Manitowoc, Wis., and Marla Zwakman of Cottage Grove; three grandchildren; and sister, Estella Gunia of Loyal, Wisconsin.

Funeral services were held Monday, June 21, at Rose of Sharon Lutheran Church, Cottage Grove, with internment at Cottage Grove Cemetery.

Obit: Schweke, Betty J. (1927 - 2011)

Betty J. Schweke, wife of Clifford, died at the age of 84, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011 after suffering a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's Disease.  She and Clifford married May 31, 1947 in Unity, Wis. Her funeral services were held at the Rose of Sharon Lutheran Church in Cottage Grove, Minnesota at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 1.  She was interred in the Cottage Grove Cemetery and arrangements were handled by the Kok Funeral Home.