Ferdinand J. Stecker, 72, of 711 S. State St., Chilton, chairman of the Town of Chilton from 1939 to 1945, died about 3:45 p.m. Sunday of an apparent heart attack while ice fishing on Lake Winnebago. The body was found 4 1/2 miles west of Brothertown on the east shore about 4 p.m. by a snowplow operator on the lake. Mr. Stecker apparently was preparing to return home when he was stricken. He had been fishing alone.
A native of the Town of Rantoul, he was born Dec. 18, 1892, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Joachim Stecker, and farmed in th e Town of Chilton for many years. He moved to the city of Chilton In 1945. For six years, he was employed by the Chilton Canning Co. and eight years by the Calumet County Highway Department. For the past three years, he was employed by Erickson Orchards at Brothertown. Mr. Stecker was a member of the Lutheran Laymen's League and a former president and vice president of St. Martin's Lutheran Church in Chilton where he was a member. On Sept. 21, 1915, he married Esther Beer at Trinity Lutheran Church in the Town of Rantoul.
Survivors are his widow; two daughters, Mrs. Mildred Dingeldein of Pewaukee, Mrs. Chester (Myra) Aggen of Morton Grove, Ill.; a son, Glenn of Johnson City, Tenn.; four brothers , George and Arnold of Chilton, Martin of Manitowoc, Walter of Hilbert; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Stecker of Chilton, Mrs. Theodore Federwitz of Chilton and seven grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held in Chilton at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. M a r t i n's Lutheran Church. The Rev. E. J. Zanow, pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in New Holstein will officiate and burial will be in Hillside Cemetery in Chilton.
Sheboygan Press – January 6, 1964
A native of the Town of Rantoul, he was born Dec. 18, 1892, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Joachim Stecker, and farmed in th e Town of Chilton for many years. He moved to the city of Chilton In 1945. For six years, he was employed by the Chilton Canning Co. and eight years by the Calumet County Highway Department. For the past three years, he was employed by Erickson Orchards at Brothertown. Mr. Stecker was a member of the Lutheran Laymen's League and a former president and vice president of St. Martin's Lutheran Church in Chilton where he was a member. On Sept. 21, 1915, he married Esther Beer at Trinity Lutheran Church in the Town of Rantoul.
Survivors are his widow; two daughters, Mrs. Mildred Dingeldein of Pewaukee, Mrs. Chester (Myra) Aggen of Morton Grove, Ill.; a son, Glenn of Johnson City, Tenn.; four brothers , George and Arnold of Chilton, Martin of Manitowoc, Walter of Hilbert; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Stecker of Chilton, Mrs. Theodore Federwitz of Chilton and seven grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held in Chilton at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. M a r t i n's Lutheran Church. The Rev. E. J. Zanow, pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in New Holstein will officiate and burial will be in Hillside Cemetery in Chilton.
Sheboygan Press – January 6, 1964
Ferdinand J. Stecker, 72, of 711 S. State St., Chilton, chairman of the Town of Chilton from 1939 to 1945, died about 3:45 p.m. Sunday of an apparent heart attack while ice fishing on Lake Winnebago. The body was found 4 1/2 miles west of Brothertown on the east shore about 4 p.m. by a snowplow operator on the lake. Mr. Stecker apparently was preparing to return home when he was stricken. He had been fishing alone.
A native of the Town of Rantoul, he was born Dec. 18, 1892, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Joachim Stecker, and farmed in th e Town of Chilton for many years. He moved to the city of Chilton In 1945. For six years, he was employed by the Chilton Canning Co. and eight years by the Calumet County Highway Department. For the past three years, he was employed by Erickson Orchards at Brothertown. Mr. Stecker was a member of the Lutheran Laymen's League and a former president and vice president of St. Martin's Lutheran Church in Chilton where he was a member. On Sept. 21, 1915, he married Esther Beer at Trinity Lutheran Church in the Town of Rantoul.
Survivors are his widow; two daughters, Mrs. Mildred Dingeldein of Pewaukee, Mrs. Chester (Myra) Aggen of Morton Grove, Ill.; a son, Glenn of Johnson City, Tenn.; four brothers , George and Arnold of Chilton, Martin of Manitowoc, Walter of Hilbert; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Stecker of Chilton, Mrs. Theodore Federwitz of Chilton and seven grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held in Chilton at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. M a r t i n's Lutheran Church. The Rev. E. J. Zanow, pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in New Holstein will officiate and burial will be in Hillside Cemetery in Chilton.
Sheboygan Press – January 6, 1964
A native of the Town of Rantoul, he was born Dec. 18, 1892, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Joachim Stecker, and farmed in th e Town of Chilton for many years. He moved to the city of Chilton In 1945. For six years, he was employed by the Chilton Canning Co. and eight years by the Calumet County Highway Department. For the past three years, he was employed by Erickson Orchards at Brothertown. Mr. Stecker was a member of the Lutheran Laymen's League and a former president and vice president of St. Martin's Lutheran Church in Chilton where he was a member. On Sept. 21, 1915, he married Esther Beer at Trinity Lutheran Church in the Town of Rantoul.
Survivors are his widow; two daughters, Mrs. Mildred Dingeldein of Pewaukee, Mrs. Chester (Myra) Aggen of Morton Grove, Ill.; a son, Glenn of Johnson City, Tenn.; four brothers , George and Arnold of Chilton, Martin of Manitowoc, Walter of Hilbert; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Stecker of Chilton, Mrs. Theodore Federwitz of Chilton and seven grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held in Chilton at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. M a r t i n's Lutheran Church. The Rev. E. J. Zanow, pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in New Holstein will officiate and burial will be in Hillside Cemetery in Chilton.
Sheboygan Press – January 6, 1964
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