Mrs. Edward A. Eckardt, 79, of Gibson, died Wednesday morning at the Two Rivers
Municipal Hospital. On Monday of last week she was moved to the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Melvin Schnell, in Two Rivers and to the hospital Tuesday.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the St. Peter Lutheran Church
in Mishicot. The Rev. Edward Zell will officiate and burial will be in the Public
Cemetery in Mishicot.
She was born Ottilie Radzinske in the town of Klammer in West Prussia, Germany,
Nov. 16, 1873, and came to this country with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick Radzinske, when 16 years old. She took up residence in Milwaukee, where
she resided until her marriage to Edward Eckardt in 1897 at Zander, Manitowoc
County.
The couple owned and operated a farm in Gibson until 1942, when they disposed of
it to their son, Herman, but they continued to make their home on the farm.
She is survived by her husband; two sons, Reno of Chicago and Herman of Gibson;
two daughters, Mrs. Melvin Schnell of Two Rivers and Caroline Eckardt, registrar
in probate, of Manitowoc; brother, Ernst Radzinske of Mishicot; two sisters, Mrs.
Elizabeth Smith of Chicago and Mrs. Minnie Schroeder of Minneapolis, Minn.; and
four grandchildren.
Mrs. Eckardt was a member of the St. Peter Lutheran Church, Misicot, and also the
Ladies Bible Hour of the congregation.
Friends may call at the Specht Funeral Home, Mishicot, after 2 p.m. Friday. The
casket will be moved to the church at 10 a.m. Saturday where the body will lie in
state until the hour of services.
Manitowoc Herald Times, October 14, 1953 p.25
Municipal Hospital. On Monday of last week she was moved to the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Melvin Schnell, in Two Rivers and to the hospital Tuesday.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the St. Peter Lutheran Church
in Mishicot. The Rev. Edward Zell will officiate and burial will be in the Public
Cemetery in Mishicot.
She was born Ottilie Radzinske in the town of Klammer in West Prussia, Germany,
Nov. 16, 1873, and came to this country with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick Radzinske, when 16 years old. She took up residence in Milwaukee, where
she resided until her marriage to Edward Eckardt in 1897 at Zander, Manitowoc
County.
The couple owned and operated a farm in Gibson until 1942, when they disposed of
it to their son, Herman, but they continued to make their home on the farm.
She is survived by her husband; two sons, Reno of Chicago and Herman of Gibson;
two daughters, Mrs. Melvin Schnell of Two Rivers and Caroline Eckardt, registrar
in probate, of Manitowoc; brother, Ernst Radzinske of Mishicot; two sisters, Mrs.
Elizabeth Smith of Chicago and Mrs. Minnie Schroeder of Minneapolis, Minn.; and
four grandchildren.
Mrs. Eckardt was a member of the St. Peter Lutheran Church, Misicot, and also the
Ladies Bible Hour of the congregation.
Friends may call at the Specht Funeral Home, Mishicot, after 2 p.m. Friday. The
casket will be moved to the church at 10 a.m. Saturday where the body will lie in
state until the hour of services.
Manitowoc Herald Times, October 14, 1953 p.25
Mrs. Edward A. Eckardt, 79, of Gibson, died Wednesday morning at the Two Rivers
Municipal Hospital. On Monday of last week she was moved to the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Melvin Schnell, in Two Rivers and to the hospital Tuesday.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the St. Peter Lutheran Church
in Mishicot. The Rev. Edward Zell will officiate and burial will be in the Public
Cemetery in Mishicot.
She was born Ottilie Radzinske in the town of Klammer in West Prussia, Germany,
Nov. 16, 1873, and came to this country with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick Radzinske, when 16 years old. She took up residence in Milwaukee, where
she resided until her marriage to Edward Eckardt in 1897 at Zander, Manitowoc
County.
The couple owned and operated a farm in Gibson until 1942, when they disposed of
it to their son, Herman, but they continued to make their home on the farm.
She is survived by her husband; two sons, Reno of Chicago and Herman of Gibson;
two daughters, Mrs. Melvin Schnell of Two Rivers and Caroline Eckardt, registrar
in probate, of Manitowoc; brother, Ernst Radzinske of Mishicot; two sisters, Mrs.
Elizabeth Smith of Chicago and Mrs. Minnie Schroeder of Minneapolis, Minn.; and
four grandchildren.
Mrs. Eckardt was a member of the St. Peter Lutheran Church, Misicot, and also the
Ladies Bible Hour of the congregation.
Friends may call at the Specht Funeral Home, Mishicot, after 2 p.m. Friday. The
casket will be moved to the church at 10 a.m. Saturday where the body will lie in
state until the hour of services.
Manitowoc Herald Times, October 14, 1953 p.25
Municipal Hospital. On Monday of last week she was moved to the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Melvin Schnell, in Two Rivers and to the hospital Tuesday.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the St. Peter Lutheran Church
in Mishicot. The Rev. Edward Zell will officiate and burial will be in the Public
Cemetery in Mishicot.
She was born Ottilie Radzinske in the town of Klammer in West Prussia, Germany,
Nov. 16, 1873, and came to this country with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick Radzinske, when 16 years old. She took up residence in Milwaukee, where
she resided until her marriage to Edward Eckardt in 1897 at Zander, Manitowoc
County.
The couple owned and operated a farm in Gibson until 1942, when they disposed of
it to their son, Herman, but they continued to make their home on the farm.
She is survived by her husband; two sons, Reno of Chicago and Herman of Gibson;
two daughters, Mrs. Melvin Schnell of Two Rivers and Caroline Eckardt, registrar
in probate, of Manitowoc; brother, Ernst Radzinske of Mishicot; two sisters, Mrs.
Elizabeth Smith of Chicago and Mrs. Minnie Schroeder of Minneapolis, Minn.; and
four grandchildren.
Mrs. Eckardt was a member of the St. Peter Lutheran Church, Misicot, and also the
Ladies Bible Hour of the congregation.
Friends may call at the Specht Funeral Home, Mishicot, after 2 p.m. Friday. The
casket will be moved to the church at 10 a.m. Saturday where the body will lie in
state until the hour of services.
Manitowoc Herald Times, October 14, 1953 p.25
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