Orville G. Kracht, 61, of N7345 Co. Highway J, Town of Rhine, died unexpectedly, at his home Monday May 6, 1996 of an apparent heart attack.
He was born June 20, 1934, in the Town of Rhine, a son of the late Otto and Magdalena Dirks Kracht. He attended the Victory School in the Town of Rhine.
He served in the U.S. Army in Alaska from 1954-1956. He was also a member of the Franklin American Legion Kuphal-Meyer-Scheidt Post #367.
He had been employed for 20 years with Allied Van Lines in Sheboygan and was then employ7ed by Land O'Lakes Foods in Kiel, until his recent retirement.
Orville was also a member of Community United Church of Christ in Elkhart Lake.
Survivors include five brothers, Palmer (Florence) and Alvin (Loretta), both of Newton; Wallace (Beverly) Sheboygan, Lester (Betty), Town of Plymouth, Raymond (Patricia) Plymouth; one sister, Mrs. Florence (Norbert) Mallmann, Chilton; also numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by one sister, Evelyn; and two brothers, Henry and Leroy.
Funeral services will be held Thursday evening, May 9, at 7:30 p.m. at the Wittkopp Funeral Home in Plymouth, the Rev. Lance Lackore, pastor of the Community United Church of Christ, officiating. Burial will be in the Zoar-Salem United Church of Christ Cemetery in the Town of Rhine. Friends may call at the Wittkopp Funeral Home from 4 p.m. on Thursday, until the hour of services.
A memorial fund is being established in his name for Community United Church of Christ at Elkhart Lake.
The Sheboygan Press (Sheboygan, Wisconsin)
08 May 1996, Wednesday, Page 2
He was born June 20, 1934, in the Town of Rhine, a son of the late Otto and Magdalena Dirks Kracht. He attended the Victory School in the Town of Rhine.
He served in the U.S. Army in Alaska from 1954-1956. He was also a member of the Franklin American Legion Kuphal-Meyer-Scheidt Post #367.
He had been employed for 20 years with Allied Van Lines in Sheboygan and was then employ7ed by Land O'Lakes Foods in Kiel, until his recent retirement.
Orville was also a member of Community United Church of Christ in Elkhart Lake.
Survivors include five brothers, Palmer (Florence) and Alvin (Loretta), both of Newton; Wallace (Beverly) Sheboygan, Lester (Betty), Town of Plymouth, Raymond (Patricia) Plymouth; one sister, Mrs. Florence (Norbert) Mallmann, Chilton; also numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by one sister, Evelyn; and two brothers, Henry and Leroy.
Funeral services will be held Thursday evening, May 9, at 7:30 p.m. at the Wittkopp Funeral Home in Plymouth, the Rev. Lance Lackore, pastor of the Community United Church of Christ, officiating. Burial will be in the Zoar-Salem United Church of Christ Cemetery in the Town of Rhine. Friends may call at the Wittkopp Funeral Home from 4 p.m. on Thursday, until the hour of services.
A memorial fund is being established in his name for Community United Church of Christ at Elkhart Lake.
The Sheboygan Press (Sheboygan, Wisconsin)
08 May 1996, Wednesday, Page 2
Orville G. Kracht, 61, of N7345 Co. Highway J, Town of Rhine, died unexpectedly, at his home Monday May 6, 1996 of an apparent heart attack.
He was born June 20, 1934, in the Town of Rhine, a son of the late Otto and Magdalena Dirks Kracht. He attended the Victory School in the Town of Rhine.
He served in the U.S. Army in Alaska from 1954-1956. He was also a member of the Franklin American Legion Kuphal-Meyer-Scheidt Post #367.
He had been employed for 20 years with Allied Van Lines in Sheboygan and was then employ7ed by Land O'Lakes Foods in Kiel, until his recent retirement.
Orville was also a member of Community United Church of Christ in Elkhart Lake.
Survivors include five brothers, Palmer (Florence) and Alvin (Loretta), both of Newton; Wallace (Beverly) Sheboygan, Lester (Betty), Town of Plymouth, Raymond (Patricia) Plymouth; one sister, Mrs. Florence (Norbert) Mallmann, Chilton; also numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by one sister, Evelyn; and two brothers, Henry and Leroy.
Funeral services will be held Thursday evening, May 9, at 7:30 p.m. at the Wittkopp Funeral Home in Plymouth, the Rev. Lance Lackore, pastor of the Community United Church of Christ, officiating. Burial will be in the Zoar-Salem United Church of Christ Cemetery in the Town of Rhine. Friends may call at the Wittkopp Funeral Home from 4 p.m. on Thursday, until the hour of services.
A memorial fund is being established in his name for Community United Church of Christ at Elkhart Lake.
The Sheboygan Press (Sheboygan, Wisconsin)
08 May 1996, Wednesday, Page 2
He was born June 20, 1934, in the Town of Rhine, a son of the late Otto and Magdalena Dirks Kracht. He attended the Victory School in the Town of Rhine.
He served in the U.S. Army in Alaska from 1954-1956. He was also a member of the Franklin American Legion Kuphal-Meyer-Scheidt Post #367.
He had been employed for 20 years with Allied Van Lines in Sheboygan and was then employ7ed by Land O'Lakes Foods in Kiel, until his recent retirement.
Orville was also a member of Community United Church of Christ in Elkhart Lake.
Survivors include five brothers, Palmer (Florence) and Alvin (Loretta), both of Newton; Wallace (Beverly) Sheboygan, Lester (Betty), Town of Plymouth, Raymond (Patricia) Plymouth; one sister, Mrs. Florence (Norbert) Mallmann, Chilton; also numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by one sister, Evelyn; and two brothers, Henry and Leroy.
Funeral services will be held Thursday evening, May 9, at 7:30 p.m. at the Wittkopp Funeral Home in Plymouth, the Rev. Lance Lackore, pastor of the Community United Church of Christ, officiating. Burial will be in the Zoar-Salem United Church of Christ Cemetery in the Town of Rhine. Friends may call at the Wittkopp Funeral Home from 4 p.m. on Thursday, until the hour of services.
A memorial fund is being established in his name for Community United Church of Christ at Elkhart Lake.
The Sheboygan Press (Sheboygan, Wisconsin)
08 May 1996, Wednesday, Page 2
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