Obit: Plockelman, Laura (1880 – 1976)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Plockelman, Golz, Fierke, Mueller, Oelke, Sampson, Lindau

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 31 Mar 1976

Plockelman, Laura (1 Apr 1880 – 26 Mar 1976)

Mrs. Carl Plockelman, 95, formerly of The Dorchester area, died at Colonial House at Colby at 7 p.m. Friday, March 26, 1976. The funeral was held Tuesday at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church at Dorchester at 1:30 p.m. The Rev. Roland Golz officiated, with burial in the Dorchester Memorial Cemetery.

Kraut-Maurina Funeral Home at Dorchester was in charge.

The former Laura Fierke was born April 1, 1880 in the Town of Newton, Marquette County. She received her education in the Newton area schools. In 1901 she was married to Frederick Mueller, and he died in 1904. She married Carl Plockelman at Dorchester on October 4, 1908. They farmed in the Town of Mayville until 1948, when they moved to Abbotsford.

Since 1971 both she and her husband had resided at Colonial House in Colby. She was a member of St. Peter’s Church, and an honorary member of the Ladies Aid Society.

Survivors include her husband, Carl; one son, Marvin, Dorchester; three daughters, Mrs. Margaret Oelke, Colby, Mrs. George (Kathryn) Sampson, Cable; and Mrs. George (Irene) Lindau, Curtiss; 14 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two daughters, five brothers and seven sisters.