WILLIAM ROCKHOFF
William Rockhoff, 93, pioneer Manitowoc clothing merchant and former alderman
who later engaged in the manufacturing business in Ohio and Indiana, died
Monday mroning at Detroit, where he had been living a retired life in recent
years.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Urbanek and Schlei
Funeral Home, Manitowoc. The Rev. Roland Schwandt will officiate and burial
will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
He was born at Manitowoc April 17, 1862, and after attending schools in the
city became a apprentice coppersmith at the Rand and Roemer Co., a retail and
wholesale hardware firm in Manitowoc. He formed a partnership with August
Gerpheide and they opened a clothing store under the firm name of Gerpheide
and Rockhoff on South Eighth Street.
He served in the City Council as an alderman from the First ward, Manitowoc,
and was on the first lighting commission when electric lights were installed.
Active in politics he served as chairman of the Manitowoc County Republican
Committee. Later he organized the Fostoria Aluminum Mfg. Co., at Fostoria,
Ohio, which later became the American Castings Co., at Mishawaka, Ind.
In later years he was employed by the Westinghouse Co., at South Bend and
Cleveland until retiring, locating first at South Bend and then at Detroit.
His wife, the former Bertha Gerpheide, died Oct. 7, 1951.
Surviving are three sons, Lisle and Bert of Detroit and Roland of Escondido,
Calif.; and a granddaughter, (Survivor omitted for privacy.) of Detroit.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. Monday, December 19, 1955 P. 21
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[d. 12-18-1955 at Wayne Detroit, MI/age 93 yrs./cause: coronary occlusion]
William Rockhoff, 93, pioneer Manitowoc clothing merchant and former alderman
who later engaged in the manufacturing business in Ohio and Indiana, died
Monday mroning at Detroit, where he had been living a retired life in recent
years.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Urbanek and Schlei
Funeral Home, Manitowoc. The Rev. Roland Schwandt will officiate and burial
will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
He was born at Manitowoc April 17, 1862, and after attending schools in the
city became a apprentice coppersmith at the Rand and Roemer Co., a retail and
wholesale hardware firm in Manitowoc. He formed a partnership with August
Gerpheide and they opened a clothing store under the firm name of Gerpheide
and Rockhoff on South Eighth Street.
He served in the City Council as an alderman from the First ward, Manitowoc,
and was on the first lighting commission when electric lights were installed.
Active in politics he served as chairman of the Manitowoc County Republican
Committee. Later he organized the Fostoria Aluminum Mfg. Co., at Fostoria,
Ohio, which later became the American Castings Co., at Mishawaka, Ind.
In later years he was employed by the Westinghouse Co., at South Bend and
Cleveland until retiring, locating first at South Bend and then at Detroit.
His wife, the former Bertha Gerpheide, died Oct. 7, 1951.
Surviving are three sons, Lisle and Bert of Detroit and Roland of Escondido,
Calif.; and a granddaughter, (Survivor omitted for privacy.) of Detroit.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. Monday, December 19, 1955 P. 21
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[d. 12-18-1955 at Wayne Detroit, MI/age 93 yrs./cause: coronary occlusion]
WILLIAM ROCKHOFF
William Rockhoff, 93, pioneer Manitowoc clothing merchant and former alderman
who later engaged in the manufacturing business in Ohio and Indiana, died
Monday mroning at Detroit, where he had been living a retired life in recent
years.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Urbanek and Schlei
Funeral Home, Manitowoc. The Rev. Roland Schwandt will officiate and burial
will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
He was born at Manitowoc April 17, 1862, and after attending schools in the
city became a apprentice coppersmith at the Rand and Roemer Co., a retail and
wholesale hardware firm in Manitowoc. He formed a partnership with August
Gerpheide and they opened a clothing store under the firm name of Gerpheide
and Rockhoff on South Eighth Street.
He served in the City Council as an alderman from the First ward, Manitowoc,
and was on the first lighting commission when electric lights were installed.
Active in politics he served as chairman of the Manitowoc County Republican
Committee. Later he organized the Fostoria Aluminum Mfg. Co., at Fostoria,
Ohio, which later became the American Castings Co., at Mishawaka, Ind.
In later years he was employed by the Westinghouse Co., at South Bend and
Cleveland until retiring, locating first at South Bend and then at Detroit.
His wife, the former Bertha Gerpheide, died Oct. 7, 1951.
Surviving are three sons, Lisle and Bert of Detroit and Roland of Escondido,
Calif.; and a granddaughter, (Survivor omitted for privacy.) of Detroit.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. Monday, December 19, 1955 P. 21
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[d. 12-18-1955 at Wayne Detroit, MI/age 93 yrs./cause: coronary occlusion]
William Rockhoff, 93, pioneer Manitowoc clothing merchant and former alderman
who later engaged in the manufacturing business in Ohio and Indiana, died
Monday mroning at Detroit, where he had been living a retired life in recent
years.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Urbanek and Schlei
Funeral Home, Manitowoc. The Rev. Roland Schwandt will officiate and burial
will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
He was born at Manitowoc April 17, 1862, and after attending schools in the
city became a apprentice coppersmith at the Rand and Roemer Co., a retail and
wholesale hardware firm in Manitowoc. He formed a partnership with August
Gerpheide and they opened a clothing store under the firm name of Gerpheide
and Rockhoff on South Eighth Street.
He served in the City Council as an alderman from the First ward, Manitowoc,
and was on the first lighting commission when electric lights were installed.
Active in politics he served as chairman of the Manitowoc County Republican
Committee. Later he organized the Fostoria Aluminum Mfg. Co., at Fostoria,
Ohio, which later became the American Castings Co., at Mishawaka, Ind.
In later years he was employed by the Westinghouse Co., at South Bend and
Cleveland until retiring, locating first at South Bend and then at Detroit.
His wife, the former Bertha Gerpheide, died Oct. 7, 1951.
Surviving are three sons, Lisle and Bert of Detroit and Roland of Escondido,
Calif.; and a granddaughter, (Survivor omitted for privacy.) of Detroit.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. Monday, December 19, 1955 P. 21
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[d. 12-18-1955 at Wayne Detroit, MI/age 93 yrs./cause: coronary occlusion]
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