Bio: Walter Mr. (1881) 
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Surnames: Kuethe, Walter, Friska, Loetcher

----Source: The History of Northern Wisconsin (Marathon County, Wis.) 1881, page 574

KUETHE & WALTER, brewers, Spencer. Mr. Kuethe was born in Verstenstund Waldeck, Germany, Oct. 24, 1844. Came to Wisconsin in 1868, first to Appleton, then to Menasha, making wagons and keeping saloon. He then came here and opened the brewery. In 1872 he married Miss Augusta Friska, of Germany. They have six children — Amelia, Bertha, Emma, Frederick, Matilda and Ameil. Mr. Kuethe belongs to the Lutheran Church, and was a member of the I. O. O. F., the Concordia, the Turners, and Schulzen. His partner, John Walter, is from Guttenburg, Germany. Born in 1853, Aug. 19. Came here from Milwaukee, where he was working in a brewery. In 1876, he married Miss Lena Loetcher, of Wisconsin. He belongs to the Lutheran Church. The brewery was established by Kuethe, in 1879, and the firm organized in 1881. They manufacture about eight hundred barrels a year.