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Richard Randolph Winkelmiller

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Richard Randolph Winkelmiller

Birth
Two Rivers, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
4 Sep 1950 (aged 54)
Two Rivers, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Two Rivers, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
Plot
1-196
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RICHARD WINKELMILLER
(1895 - 1950)

R. Winkelmiller Dies Suddenly at Home Monday

Richard Winkelmiller, 54, widely known Two Rivers real estate and investment broker, a member of a pioneer Two Rivers family and an overseas veteran of World War I, died suddenly at his home, 1412 24th street, Two Rivers, at 6:30 Monday night of coronary thrombosis.

Mr. Winkelmiller, also well known as a sportsman and active in Masonic circles had previously been in excellent health. Shortly after noon Monday he went for an automobile ride with Mrs. Winkelmiller and his daughter, Patricia. He complained of feeling ill and returned home two hours later. Taking a brief nap he had dinner with his family and returned to bed. An hour later Mrs. Winkelmiller found him dead in his sleep.

Services Thursday
Masonic funeral services will be held at Grace Congregational church Two Rivers at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, the Rev. Richard Wichlei officiating. Heber Clayton, chaplain of Two Rivers lodge of Masons, No. 200, will direct the Masonic rites both at the church and at the family plot in Pioneers' Rest cemetery. A Masonic quartet comprising Milton Zuehl, Harvey Gesell, Byron Williams and Seymour Althen will sing at the church services.

Friends may call at the Klein & Stangel, Inc., funeral home, Two Rivers, from Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock until 11 o'clock Thursday morning when the casket will be taken to the church to lie in state until the hour of services.

Richard Winkelmiller was born in Two Rivers in 1895, a son of the late Richard and Sophia Heyroth Winkelmiller. His grandfather, the late Carl Winkelmiller, came to Two Rivers in the 1850s to establish the first tannery. Young Richard attended the public schools and was graduated from Two Rivers high school in 1919. After completing a course at Manitowoc Business college he assisted his father for a short time in operating the Two Rivers Knitting company.

When a young man he entered in partnership with Louis Levanetz in the Ford automobile agency on Washington street, Two Rivers. The partnership was dissolved when Mr. Winkelmiller was called to the service, spending 26 months in Europe, assigned to Gen. Pershing's headquarters staff.

Enters Auto Business
After World War II, Mr. Winkelmiller became a salesman for the J.E. Hamachek & Sons company, Buick dealers at Two Rives remaining with the firm until he entered into partnership with Richard Miller in the operation of the Miller-Winkelmiller company, Ford dealers. For the past 10 years Mr. Winkelmiller was engaged in the real estate and investment business.

Since boyhood days Mr. Winkelmiller was an ardent hunter and fisherman and belonged to the Two Rivers chapter of the Manitowoc County Fish and Game Protective association.

Acive in Masonic Order
Mr. Winkelmiller was affiliated with virtually all of the Masonic bodies, being a member of Two Rivers lodge NO. 200, F. & A.M. Barney G. Lyman chapter, No. 119, Royal Arch Masons of Two Rivers; Manitowoc Commandery No. 45, Knights Templar and the Wisconsin Consistory of 32nd? degree Masons. He was also a member of the Tripoli Temple Shrine of Milwaukee, and the Two Rivers lodge of Elks, No. 1380, the Two Rivers Rotary club, the Eleven Gold Star Post No. 1248, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Robert E. Burns post No. 165, American Legion.

On October 23, 1927 Mr. Winkelmiller married Miss Charlotte Cornue, who was a Two Rivers public school teacher. She survives with a daughter, Patricia, a senior student at the National College of Education, Evanston, Ill. He also leaves three sisters, Mrs. Earl Lindsay and Mrs. Victor Peterson of Two Rivers, and Mrs. William Brey of Manitowoc and a brother, Bruno Winkelmiller of Chicago.

Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., September 5, 1950 P. 12

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Richard Randolph Winkelmiller
Military • United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

Event Type Draft Registration
Name Richard Randolph Winkelmiller
Sex Male
Event Date 1917-1918
Event Place Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States
Event Place (Original) United States, Wisconsin, Manitowoc County no 2
Citizenship Place United States
Birth Date 8 Nov 1895
Birthplace Two Rivers, Wisconsin, United States
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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Richard Randolph Winkelmiller
Military • United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940

Event Type Military Service
Event Date 30 Sep 1919
Event Place St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Name Richard Randolph Winkelmiller
Residence Place Two Rivers, Wis
Death Date 4 Sep 1950
Birth Date 8 Nov 1895
"United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940"

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RICHARD WINKELMILLER
(1895 - 1950)

R. Winkelmiller Dies Suddenly at Home Monday

Richard Winkelmiller, 54, widely known Two Rivers real estate and investment broker, a member of a pioneer Two Rivers family and an overseas veteran of World War I, died suddenly at his home, 1412 24th street, Two Rivers, at 6:30 Monday night of coronary thrombosis.

Mr. Winkelmiller, also well known as a sportsman and active in Masonic circles had previously been in excellent health. Shortly after noon Monday he went for an automobile ride with Mrs. Winkelmiller and his daughter, Patricia. He complained of feeling ill and returned home two hours later. Taking a brief nap he had dinner with his family and returned to bed. An hour later Mrs. Winkelmiller found him dead in his sleep.

Services Thursday
Masonic funeral services will be held at Grace Congregational church Two Rivers at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, the Rev. Richard Wichlei officiating. Heber Clayton, chaplain of Two Rivers lodge of Masons, No. 200, will direct the Masonic rites both at the church and at the family plot in Pioneers' Rest cemetery. A Masonic quartet comprising Milton Zuehl, Harvey Gesell, Byron Williams and Seymour Althen will sing at the church services.

Friends may call at the Klein & Stangel, Inc., funeral home, Two Rivers, from Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock until 11 o'clock Thursday morning when the casket will be taken to the church to lie in state until the hour of services.

Richard Winkelmiller was born in Two Rivers in 1895, a son of the late Richard and Sophia Heyroth Winkelmiller. His grandfather, the late Carl Winkelmiller, came to Two Rivers in the 1850s to establish the first tannery. Young Richard attended the public schools and was graduated from Two Rivers high school in 1919. After completing a course at Manitowoc Business college he assisted his father for a short time in operating the Two Rivers Knitting company.

When a young man he entered in partnership with Louis Levanetz in the Ford automobile agency on Washington street, Two Rivers. The partnership was dissolved when Mr. Winkelmiller was called to the service, spending 26 months in Europe, assigned to Gen. Pershing's headquarters staff.

Enters Auto Business
After World War II, Mr. Winkelmiller became a salesman for the J.E. Hamachek & Sons company, Buick dealers at Two Rives remaining with the firm until he entered into partnership with Richard Miller in the operation of the Miller-Winkelmiller company, Ford dealers. For the past 10 years Mr. Winkelmiller was engaged in the real estate and investment business.

Since boyhood days Mr. Winkelmiller was an ardent hunter and fisherman and belonged to the Two Rivers chapter of the Manitowoc County Fish and Game Protective association.

Acive in Masonic Order
Mr. Winkelmiller was affiliated with virtually all of the Masonic bodies, being a member of Two Rivers lodge NO. 200, F. & A.M. Barney G. Lyman chapter, No. 119, Royal Arch Masons of Two Rivers; Manitowoc Commandery No. 45, Knights Templar and the Wisconsin Consistory of 32nd? degree Masons. He was also a member of the Tripoli Temple Shrine of Milwaukee, and the Two Rivers lodge of Elks, No. 1380, the Two Rivers Rotary club, the Eleven Gold Star Post No. 1248, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Robert E. Burns post No. 165, American Legion.

On October 23, 1927 Mr. Winkelmiller married Miss Charlotte Cornue, who was a Two Rivers public school teacher. She survives with a daughter, Patricia, a senior student at the National College of Education, Evanston, Ill. He also leaves three sisters, Mrs. Earl Lindsay and Mrs. Victor Peterson of Two Rivers, and Mrs. William Brey of Manitowoc and a brother, Bruno Winkelmiller of Chicago.

Manitowoc Herald Times, Wis., September 5, 1950 P. 12

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Richard Randolph Winkelmiller
Military • United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

Event Type Draft Registration
Name Richard Randolph Winkelmiller
Sex Male
Event Date 1917-1918
Event Place Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States
Event Place (Original) United States, Wisconsin, Manitowoc County no 2
Citizenship Place United States
Birth Date 8 Nov 1895
Birthplace Two Rivers, Wisconsin, United States
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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Richard Randolph Winkelmiller
Military • United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940

Event Type Military Service
Event Date 30 Sep 1919
Event Place St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Name Richard Randolph Winkelmiller
Residence Place Two Rivers, Wis
Death Date 4 Sep 1950
Birth Date 8 Nov 1895
"United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940"

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