FRED C. LUEBKE
Fred C. Luebke, 89, of 1424 S. 10th St., Manitowoc, a co-founder of the first steam laundry at Two Rivers and for two terms a member of the Two Rivers Board of Education, died Friday morning at Manitowoc County Hospital where he had been a patient a week.
Christian Science services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Klein and Stangel Inc. Funeral Home, Two Rivers. Burial will be in Forest View Cemetery, Two Rivers.
Mr. Luebke was born March 18, 1875, at Manitowoc, a son of the late Carl andSophie Luebke. Educated in Manitowoc public schools and at the old County Normal School there,the took a teaching position at Kiel, where Dec. 7, 1905, he married the former Helen Backhaus. Early in 1906 he moved to Two Rivers where with the late Edwin S. Mueller, for many years later county superintendent of schools and father of Judge Harold W. Mueller, established the Two Rivers Steam Laundry. Mr. Mueller returned to the teaching field after two years and Mr. Luebke continued the operation of the laundry enterprise. The original laundry was on 17th Street on the site of the Steel Plant of Hamilton Mfg. Co., and adjoined the old weekly Two Rivers Reporter printing plant. One of his earlier friends at Two Rivers was poet Carl Sandburg, who was active in promotion of political pursuits about 1909, before leaving the state.
In 1932 Mr. Luebke disposed of the Two Rivers Steam Laundry, moved after several years to a location on 17th Street between Washington and Adams streets, to the late Al Ploenske, of Berlin, Wis. Mr. Luebke was active in civic affairs at Two Rivers for many years and served on the Board of Education for six years. After selling his laundry he became custodian of the old H.P. Hamilton School, now the Two Rivers City Hall-Vocational School. In later years before his retirement nine years ago he worked at Eggers Plywood Co. at Two Rivers. He was a longtime member of the Equitable Reserve Assn.
Surviving are a daughter, Cynthia of Manitowoc, with whom he had made his home for a number of years, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Sunday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Friday, November 27, 1964 P. 5
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U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Fred Luebke
SSN: Omitted for privacy
Last Residence: Wisconsin
BORN: 18 Mar 1875
Died: Nov 1964
State (Year) SSN issued: Wisconsin (Before 1951)
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City cemetery records contain the following:
Name: Luebke, Fred C.
Age: 89
Burial Date: 11-30-1964
Typ: I (Interment or Regular Burial)
Fred C. Luebke, 89, of 1424 S. 10th St., Manitowoc, a co-founder of the first steam laundry at Two Rivers and for two terms a member of the Two Rivers Board of Education, died Friday morning at Manitowoc County Hospital where he had been a patient a week.
Christian Science services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Klein and Stangel Inc. Funeral Home, Two Rivers. Burial will be in Forest View Cemetery, Two Rivers.
Mr. Luebke was born March 18, 1875, at Manitowoc, a son of the late Carl andSophie Luebke. Educated in Manitowoc public schools and at the old County Normal School there,the took a teaching position at Kiel, where Dec. 7, 1905, he married the former Helen Backhaus. Early in 1906 he moved to Two Rivers where with the late Edwin S. Mueller, for many years later county superintendent of schools and father of Judge Harold W. Mueller, established the Two Rivers Steam Laundry. Mr. Mueller returned to the teaching field after two years and Mr. Luebke continued the operation of the laundry enterprise. The original laundry was on 17th Street on the site of the Steel Plant of Hamilton Mfg. Co., and adjoined the old weekly Two Rivers Reporter printing plant. One of his earlier friends at Two Rivers was poet Carl Sandburg, who was active in promotion of political pursuits about 1909, before leaving the state.
In 1932 Mr. Luebke disposed of the Two Rivers Steam Laundry, moved after several years to a location on 17th Street between Washington and Adams streets, to the late Al Ploenske, of Berlin, Wis. Mr. Luebke was active in civic affairs at Two Rivers for many years and served on the Board of Education for six years. After selling his laundry he became custodian of the old H.P. Hamilton School, now the Two Rivers City Hall-Vocational School. In later years before his retirement nine years ago he worked at Eggers Plywood Co. at Two Rivers. He was a longtime member of the Equitable Reserve Assn.
Surviving are a daughter, Cynthia of Manitowoc, with whom he had made his home for a number of years, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Sunday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Friday, November 27, 1964 P. 5
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U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Fred Luebke
SSN: Omitted for privacy
Last Residence: Wisconsin
BORN: 18 Mar 1875
Died: Nov 1964
State (Year) SSN issued: Wisconsin (Before 1951)
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City cemetery records contain the following:
Name: Luebke, Fred C.
Age: 89
Burial Date: 11-30-1964
Typ: I (Interment or Regular Burial)
FRED C. LUEBKE
Fred C. Luebke, 89, of 1424 S. 10th St., Manitowoc, a co-founder of the first steam laundry at Two Rivers and for two terms a member of the Two Rivers Board of Education, died Friday morning at Manitowoc County Hospital where he had been a patient a week.
Christian Science services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Klein and Stangel Inc. Funeral Home, Two Rivers. Burial will be in Forest View Cemetery, Two Rivers.
Mr. Luebke was born March 18, 1875, at Manitowoc, a son of the late Carl andSophie Luebke. Educated in Manitowoc public schools and at the old County Normal School there,the took a teaching position at Kiel, where Dec. 7, 1905, he married the former Helen Backhaus. Early in 1906 he moved to Two Rivers where with the late Edwin S. Mueller, for many years later county superintendent of schools and father of Judge Harold W. Mueller, established the Two Rivers Steam Laundry. Mr. Mueller returned to the teaching field after two years and Mr. Luebke continued the operation of the laundry enterprise. The original laundry was on 17th Street on the site of the Steel Plant of Hamilton Mfg. Co., and adjoined the old weekly Two Rivers Reporter printing plant. One of his earlier friends at Two Rivers was poet Carl Sandburg, who was active in promotion of political pursuits about 1909, before leaving the state.
In 1932 Mr. Luebke disposed of the Two Rivers Steam Laundry, moved after several years to a location on 17th Street between Washington and Adams streets, to the late Al Ploenske, of Berlin, Wis. Mr. Luebke was active in civic affairs at Two Rivers for many years and served on the Board of Education for six years. After selling his laundry he became custodian of the old H.P. Hamilton School, now the Two Rivers City Hall-Vocational School. In later years before his retirement nine years ago he worked at Eggers Plywood Co. at Two Rivers. He was a longtime member of the Equitable Reserve Assn.
Surviving are a daughter, Cynthia of Manitowoc, with whom he had made his home for a number of years, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Sunday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Friday, November 27, 1964 P. 5
******
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Fred Luebke
SSN: Omitted for privacy
Last Residence: Wisconsin
BORN: 18 Mar 1875
Died: Nov 1964
State (Year) SSN issued: Wisconsin (Before 1951)
******
City cemetery records contain the following:
Name: Luebke, Fred C.
Age: 89
Burial Date: 11-30-1964
Typ: I (Interment or Regular Burial)
Fred C. Luebke, 89, of 1424 S. 10th St., Manitowoc, a co-founder of the first steam laundry at Two Rivers and for two terms a member of the Two Rivers Board of Education, died Friday morning at Manitowoc County Hospital where he had been a patient a week.
Christian Science services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Klein and Stangel Inc. Funeral Home, Two Rivers. Burial will be in Forest View Cemetery, Two Rivers.
Mr. Luebke was born March 18, 1875, at Manitowoc, a son of the late Carl andSophie Luebke. Educated in Manitowoc public schools and at the old County Normal School there,the took a teaching position at Kiel, where Dec. 7, 1905, he married the former Helen Backhaus. Early in 1906 he moved to Two Rivers where with the late Edwin S. Mueller, for many years later county superintendent of schools and father of Judge Harold W. Mueller, established the Two Rivers Steam Laundry. Mr. Mueller returned to the teaching field after two years and Mr. Luebke continued the operation of the laundry enterprise. The original laundry was on 17th Street on the site of the Steel Plant of Hamilton Mfg. Co., and adjoined the old weekly Two Rivers Reporter printing plant. One of his earlier friends at Two Rivers was poet Carl Sandburg, who was active in promotion of political pursuits about 1909, before leaving the state.
In 1932 Mr. Luebke disposed of the Two Rivers Steam Laundry, moved after several years to a location on 17th Street between Washington and Adams streets, to the late Al Ploenske, of Berlin, Wis. Mr. Luebke was active in civic affairs at Two Rivers for many years and served on the Board of Education for six years. After selling his laundry he became custodian of the old H.P. Hamilton School, now the Two Rivers City Hall-Vocational School. In later years before his retirement nine years ago he worked at Eggers Plywood Co. at Two Rivers. He was a longtime member of the Equitable Reserve Assn.
Surviving are a daughter, Cynthia of Manitowoc, with whom he had made his home for a number of years, and a number of nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Sunday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Friday, November 27, 1964 P. 5
******
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Fred Luebke
SSN: Omitted for privacy
Last Residence: Wisconsin
BORN: 18 Mar 1875
Died: Nov 1964
State (Year) SSN issued: Wisconsin (Before 1951)
******
City cemetery records contain the following:
Name: Luebke, Fred C.
Age: 89
Burial Date: 11-30-1964
Typ: I (Interment or Regular Burial)
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