Obit: Beilke, Theodore (1896 - 1973)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
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Surnames: Beilke, Riedel, Braatz, Humphrey, Schutt, Eggen

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 12/27/1973

Beilke, Theodore (24 June 1896 - 23 December 1973)

Funeral services were to be held Wednesday afternoon from Zion American Lutheran Church in the Town of Grant for a native of the Town of Lynn, Theodore Beilke, 77, who died Sunday morning at his home on Rt. 1 Granton. The Rev. Richard Eggen was to officiate and burial was to follow in the church cemetery. The Gilbertson Funeral Home, Granton, was in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Beilke was born June 24, 1896, in the Town of Lynn. His marriage to the former Elsie Riedel took place there on November 3, 1921. He lived his entire life on the farm where he was born, and was a lifelong member of Zion American Lutheran Church.

Survivors in addition to his wife, are one daughter, Mrs. Norman (Dorothy) Braatz of Granton; one son, Norman, on the home farm; and eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were to be Steve Humphrey, Don Schutt, Jerry Beilke, Jim Beilke, Dale Braatz and Neil Braatz.

 

 


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