Mrs. Gus Ponto, a former Olmsted county resident, died this morning after an extended illness at her home in Brookings, S. D. She was 66 years old.
The former Elizabeth Wincle, she was born near Portage, Wis., December 8, 1874, and came here with her parents when she was a young girl. She moved to Brookings about 40 years ago, after her marriage to Gus Ponto.
Surviving are her husband, six sons, William, Arthur, Alvin, Edwin, Homer and Leslie Ponto, all of Brookings, and four daughters, Mrs. Gordon Bennett of Madison, S. D., and Mrs. Tillie Swark, Mrs. Claude Atchinson and another daughter, Margaret, of Brookings. Also surviving are a brother, William Wincle, and two sisters, Mrs. Emma Heins and Mrs. Ward McIntire, all of Rochester, and four half-brothers, Charles, Edward, Henry and Emil Teske, and four half-sisters, Mrs. Carl Groth, Mrs. Otto Baker, Mrs. Otto Heins, all of Rochester, and Mrs. Louis Behnken of Viola.
published in the Rochester Post Bulletin 2-17-1941
Mrs. Gus Ponto, a former Olmsted county resident, died this morning after an extended illness at her home in Brookings, S. D. She was 66 years old.
The former Elizabeth Wincle, she was born near Portage, Wis., December 8, 1874, and came here with her parents when she was a young girl. She moved to Brookings about 40 years ago, after her marriage to Gus Ponto.
Surviving are her husband, six sons, William, Arthur, Alvin, Edwin, Homer and Leslie Ponto, all of Brookings, and four daughters, Mrs. Gordon Bennett of Madison, S. D., and Mrs. Tillie Swark, Mrs. Claude Atchinson and another daughter, Margaret, of Brookings. Also surviving are a brother, William Wincle, and two sisters, Mrs. Emma Heins and Mrs. Ward McIntire, all of Rochester, and four half-brothers, Charles, Edward, Henry and Emil Teske, and four half-sisters, Mrs. Carl Groth, Mrs. Otto Baker, Mrs. Otto Heins, all of Rochester, and Mrs. Louis Behnken of Viola.
published in the Rochester Post Bulletin 2-17-1941
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William August Wenzel
1876–1950
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Minnie Kathryn Wenzel McIntire
1879–1943
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Emma G. Wenzel Heyn
1881–1966
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Rosella Bertha "Rose" Teske Behnken
1883–1961
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Charles Julius Teske
1885–1970
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Edward Frank Teske
1887–1969
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Henry Richard Teske
1888–1969
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Emil Teske
1891–1980
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Edith Teske Heyn
1893–1945
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Frances A Teske Groth
1896–1960
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Elizabeth B Teske Baker
1898–1994
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