Obit: Poppe, Henry (1876 – 1967)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Poppe, Luetkehoelter, La Flex, Sorenson, Timmerson, Collins, Amundson

---------Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 09 Mar 1967

Poppe, Henry (25 MAR 1876 – 05 MAR 1967)

Yesterday afternoon, Wednesday March 7, 1967, funeral services were conducted from the Hoeper and Kraut Funeral Home, Owen, for Henry Poppe, 90, a lifelong resident of Withee (Clark Co., Wis.), who died Sunday at the Clark County Home for the Aged in Greenwood.

Rev. H.W. Luetkehoelter, pastor of Nazareth Lutheran Church, Withee officiated at the final rites, and burial was made in Riverside Cemetery.

Mr. Poppe was born March 23, 1876, in the Town of Longwood, Clark County, and his married to Josephine La Flex, who preceded him in death in 1960, took place June 5, 1898. He had been employed as a woodsman and logger until his retirement.

Survivors are four sons, Clarence, Eau Claire; Kenneth, Minneapolis; Oliver and Russell of California; four daughters, Mrs. Richard (Sadie) Sorenson, Minneapolis; Mrs. Walter (Barbara) Timmerson, Withee; Mrs. Robert (Colista) Collins, Eau Claire, and Mrs. Charles (Myrtle) Amundson, Chicago, Ill.; thirty grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.