Obit: Gottschalk, Ralph Louis (1924 –1968)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Gottschalk, Stiemke, Weerts

----Source: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon’s Genealogy Collections 2/02/2021

Gottschalk, Ralph Louis (18 October 1926 – 6 January 2002)

Ralph Louis Gottschalk, 43, of 266 Granada Circle West, St. Petersburg, Flo. passed away Wednesday Jan. 3, 1968 in a local hospital.

Born in Milwaukee, Wis., and came here 12 years ago from there, he was a supervisor for a building contractor., a veteran of World War II, and a member of Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church.

He is survived by his wife, Lorraine (Stiemke) native of Neillsville, Wis. And 3 sons, Marlin, Kenneth, and Gregory all of St. Petersburg.

Funeral services will be held Monday January 8, 1968 at 2 p.m. at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Milan G. Weerts officiating. Interment will follow in Woodlawn Memory Garden. Friends will be received Sunday evening from 6 to 9 at the J. Douglas Baird Funeral Home, 5111-Lakeview (22nd) Ave. S.

(Note anyone doing genealogy of the family will find Lorraine listed as Lorraine Gaylord. Dmk)