Emil H. Waak, 84, of 1704 Clark St., Manitowoc, died Saturday morning at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at First German Evangelical Lutheran Church, Manitowoc. The Rev. Norval W. Koch will officiate with burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Mr. Waak was born Sept. 28, 1891, in the Town of Newton, Manitowoc County, son of the late Theodore and Fredericka Rueckhoeft Waak. He was educated in Manitowoc County schools and lived in Manitowoc most of his life. He married Laura Olm Sept. 28, 1916, at St. Peter Lutheran Church, Collins. He owned and operated Waak's Food Market at Clark and Western Avenue, Manitowoc, for 55 years, retiring in 1965. He was a member of First German Evangelical Lutheran Church, Men's Club of the church, a past member of the church council and school board and a member of Manitowoc Retail Food Dealers Assn. and served as secretary and treasurer for many years.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Robert H. (Ethel Mae) Petznick and Mrs. Harry A. (Laura June) Naidl; a brother, William Sr.; three sisters, Miss Alma and Lillian Waak and Mrs. Harvey (Hilda) Phalen, of Manitowoc; five granddaughters, a grandson and five great grandchildren. Three brothers, Albert, Henry and Elmer, and two sisters, Agnes and Mrs. Herman (Linda) Kreie, preceded him in death.
Friends may call at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, Manitowoc from 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday and at the church from Noon Monday until the time of service.
Herald Times Reporter, January 3, 1976 P. 10
Mr. Waak was born Sept. 28, 1891, in the Town of Newton, Manitowoc County, son of the late Theodore and Fredericka Rueckhoeft Waak. He was educated in Manitowoc County schools and lived in Manitowoc most of his life. He married Laura Olm Sept. 28, 1916, at St. Peter Lutheran Church, Collins. He owned and operated Waak's Food Market at Clark and Western Avenue, Manitowoc, for 55 years, retiring in 1965. He was a member of First German Evangelical Lutheran Church, Men's Club of the church, a past member of the church council and school board and a member of Manitowoc Retail Food Dealers Assn. and served as secretary and treasurer for many years.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Robert H. (Ethel Mae) Petznick and Mrs. Harry A. (Laura June) Naidl; a brother, William Sr.; three sisters, Miss Alma and Lillian Waak and Mrs. Harvey (Hilda) Phalen, of Manitowoc; five granddaughters, a grandson and five great grandchildren. Three brothers, Albert, Henry and Elmer, and two sisters, Agnes and Mrs. Herman (Linda) Kreie, preceded him in death.
Friends may call at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, Manitowoc from 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday and at the church from Noon Monday until the time of service.
Herald Times Reporter, January 3, 1976 P. 10
Emil H. Waak, 84, of 1704 Clark St., Manitowoc, died Saturday morning at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at First German Evangelical Lutheran Church, Manitowoc. The Rev. Norval W. Koch will officiate with burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Mr. Waak was born Sept. 28, 1891, in the Town of Newton, Manitowoc County, son of the late Theodore and Fredericka Rueckhoeft Waak. He was educated in Manitowoc County schools and lived in Manitowoc most of his life. He married Laura Olm Sept. 28, 1916, at St. Peter Lutheran Church, Collins. He owned and operated Waak's Food Market at Clark and Western Avenue, Manitowoc, for 55 years, retiring in 1965. He was a member of First German Evangelical Lutheran Church, Men's Club of the church, a past member of the church council and school board and a member of Manitowoc Retail Food Dealers Assn. and served as secretary and treasurer for many years.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Robert H. (Ethel Mae) Petznick and Mrs. Harry A. (Laura June) Naidl; a brother, William Sr.; three sisters, Miss Alma and Lillian Waak and Mrs. Harvey (Hilda) Phalen, of Manitowoc; five granddaughters, a grandson and five great grandchildren. Three brothers, Albert, Henry and Elmer, and two sisters, Agnes and Mrs. Herman (Linda) Kreie, preceded him in death.
Friends may call at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, Manitowoc from 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday and at the church from Noon Monday until the time of service.
Herald Times Reporter, January 3, 1976 P. 10
Mr. Waak was born Sept. 28, 1891, in the Town of Newton, Manitowoc County, son of the late Theodore and Fredericka Rueckhoeft Waak. He was educated in Manitowoc County schools and lived in Manitowoc most of his life. He married Laura Olm Sept. 28, 1916, at St. Peter Lutheran Church, Collins. He owned and operated Waak's Food Market at Clark and Western Avenue, Manitowoc, for 55 years, retiring in 1965. He was a member of First German Evangelical Lutheran Church, Men's Club of the church, a past member of the church council and school board and a member of Manitowoc Retail Food Dealers Assn. and served as secretary and treasurer for many years.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Mrs. Robert H. (Ethel Mae) Petznick and Mrs. Harry A. (Laura June) Naidl; a brother, William Sr.; three sisters, Miss Alma and Lillian Waak and Mrs. Harvey (Hilda) Phalen, of Manitowoc; five granddaughters, a grandson and five great grandchildren. Three brothers, Albert, Henry and Elmer, and two sisters, Agnes and Mrs. Herman (Linda) Kreie, preceded him in death.
Friends may call at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, Manitowoc from 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday and at the church from Noon Monday until the time of service.
Herald Times Reporter, January 3, 1976 P. 10
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