Obit: Schwenke, Arthur A. #2 (1890 – 1971)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Schwenke, Hellert, Hanke, Rittenhouse, Schmiedeke

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 30 Sep 1971

Schwenke, Arthur A. (13 DEC 1890 – 25 SEP 1971)

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Withee, for Arthur A. Schwenke, 80, of Owen (Clark Co., Wis.), who died at 11:58 p.m. Saturday at the Clark County Hospital.

The Reverend Arthur Hellert, pastor, officiated, and burial was made in Riverside Cemetery at Withee.

Mr. Schwenke was born December 13, 1890 in the Town of Larabee, Waupaca Co., Wisconsin, and attended school in Pella and four years at Wittenberg Academy, Wittenberg. He was married June 19, 1913 in Wittenberg to Ida Hanke, who survives him. The couple went to the Owen area in 1913 and had resided there since that time. He had been employed as a railway postal clerk for 40 years.

He was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. J.D. (Pearl) Rittenhouse, Owen; a grandson; a sister, Mrs. Lily Schmiedeke, Clintonville; and several nieces and nephews.