Carl F. Hardrath, 74, of 1222 Michigan Ave., Manitowoc, died early Sunday
morning aboard the excursion boat South American in dock at Holland, Mich. He
had been ill two days.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Redeemer Lutheran Church,
Manitowoc, the Rev. Edgar Barg? officiating, with burial in Evergreen Cemetery,
Manitowoc.
Mr. Hardrath was born on a farm in the Town of Kossuth on Jan. 13, 1882, son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Hardrath. At 17 he took up carpentry and for a
number of years was employed as a bridge and dock builder for a railroad line in
Washington and Oregon.
He returned to Manitowoc in 1921 and built his home on Michigan Avenue. A short
time later after the South American, now operated by the Georgian Bay Transit
Lines, burned at dock, he was employed to help recondition the ship.
Since then, with the exception of the last five years, he had been sailing on
the ship. Of late years he had been employed on the company property on Mackinac
Island. He never married.
Surviving him are three brothers, George, Edward and Emil of Manitowoc; four
sisters, Mrs. Minnie Miller, Mrs. Emma Luedtke and Mrs. Frank Mrotek of
Manitowoc and Miss Esther Hardrath of Milwaukee.
Friends may call at the Mittnacht Funeral Home, Manitowoc, after 2 p.m. Tuesday
until 11 a.m. Wendesday when the casket will be moved to the church were the
body will lie in state until the time of service..(1 line unreadable).
Manitowoc Herald Times, May 7, 1956 P. 15
Carl F. Hardrath, 74, of 1222 Michigan Ave., Manitowoc, died early Sunday
morning aboard the excursion boat South American in dock at Holland, Mich. He
had been ill two days.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Redeemer Lutheran Church,
Manitowoc, the Rev. Edgar Barg? officiating, with burial in Evergreen Cemetery,
Manitowoc.
Mr. Hardrath was born on a farm in the Town of Kossuth on Jan. 13, 1882, son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Hardrath. At 17 he took up carpentry and for a
number of years was employed as a bridge and dock builder for a railroad line in
Washington and Oregon.
He returned to Manitowoc in 1921 and built his home on Michigan Avenue. A short
time later after the South American, now operated by the Georgian Bay Transit
Lines, burned at dock, he was employed to help recondition the ship.
Since then, with the exception of the last five years, he had been sailing on
the ship. Of late years he had been employed on the company property on Mackinac
Island. He never married.
Surviving him are three brothers, George, Edward and Emil of Manitowoc; four
sisters, Mrs. Minnie Miller, Mrs. Emma Luedtke and Mrs. Frank Mrotek of
Manitowoc and Miss Esther Hardrath of Milwaukee.
Friends may call at the Mittnacht Funeral Home, Manitowoc, after 2 p.m. Tuesday
until 11 a.m. Wendesday when the casket will be moved to the church were the
body will lie in state until the time of service..(1 line unreadable).
Manitowoc Herald Times, May 7, 1956 P. 15
Family Members
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Heinrich Wilhelm "Henry" Hardrath
1875–1942
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Minnie Hardrath Miller
1877–1965
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William Hardrath
1879–1943
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George Ernest Hardrath
1883–1960
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John Hardrath
1886–1947
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Reinhart Hardrath
1888–1894
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Friedrich Hardrath
1889–1894
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Ernst Hardrath
1891–1894
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Edward B. Hardrath
1893–1970
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Emma Bertha Hardrath Luedtke
1895–1988
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Esther C. Hardrath
1896–1995
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Emil B. Hardrath
1898–1967
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