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Louis Jacob Willenburg

Birth: 27 Aug 1870
Brussels, Calhoun County, Illinois, USA
Death: 5 Nov 1945 (aged 75)
Alton, Madison County, Illinois, USA
Burial: Saint Matthews Cemetery

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Memorial ID: 38370784 View Source

The second son of Franz Wilhelm "Frank" Willenburg and Mary Alice Kinder, Louis was born and raised in Calhoun County, Illinois.

He was a life-long farmer and helped his mother and brother, Albert, run the family farm after Frank Willenburg died in 1900. Louis never married.

At the time of his death at Alton Memorial Hospital, Louis was 75 years, 2 months and 9 days old. He was survived by 3 sisters, Tillie Meseke and Bertha Fredrickson of Golden Eagle, and Dena Brands of St. Louis County, Missouri.

Louis was buried next to his mother following 2 p.m. funeral services at St. Matthew Lutheran Church on 08 Nov 1945.

Children: None.

Louis' siblings:
August F. Willenburg
Christina Willenburg Hattemar
Bertha Augusta E. Willenburg Fredrickson
Albert Willenburg
Henry Willenburg
George Willenburg
Mathilda Wilhelmina Willenburg Meseke
Dora Willenburg
Dena Charlotte Willenburg Brands

The second son of Franz Wilhelm "Frank" Willenburg and Mary Alice Kinder, Louis was born and raised in Calhoun County, Illinois.

He was a life-long farmer and helped his mother and brother, Albert, run the family farm after Frank Willenburg died in 1900. Louis never married.

At the time of his death at Alton Memorial Hospital, Louis was 75 years, 2 months and 9 days old. He was survived by 3 sisters, Tillie Meseke and Bertha Fredrickson of Golden Eagle, and Dena Brands of St. Louis County, Missouri.

Louis was buried next to his mother following 2 p.m. funeral services at St. Matthew Lutheran Church on 08 Nov 1945.

Children: None.

Louis' siblings:
August F. Willenburg
Christina Willenburg Hattemar
Bertha Augusta E. Willenburg Fredrickson
Albert Willenburg
Henry Willenburg
George Willenburg
Mathilda Wilhelmina Willenburg Meseke
Dora Willenburg
Dena Charlotte Willenburg Brands

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Created by: Lynn
Added: Jun 15, 2009
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38370784/louis_jacob-willenburg: accessed ), memorial page for Louis Jacob Willenburg (27 Aug 1870–5 Nov 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 38370784, citing Saint Matthews Cemetery, Brussels, Calhoun County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Lynn (contributor 47138895).

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