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Friedrich Wilhelm Buttke

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Friedrich Wilhelm Buttke

Birth
Stettin, Marathon County, Wisconsin, USA
Death
25 Dec 1939 (aged 81)
Stettin, Marathon County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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Burial Year: 1939

Obituary

Marathon Times
Friday, December 29, 1939
Page 1

Last Rites Held For William Buttke

Funeral services for William Buttke, 81, life-long resident of the town of Stettin who died Monday morning at 12:40 o'clock at the home of his son, Fred Buttke, in the town of Marathon, was held Thursday morning at 11:30 o'clock at the home of his son and at 12 o'clock at Trinity Lutheran church in the town of Stettin. The Rev. P. Martin Pilz officiated and burial was in the church cemetery.

The deceased was born September 25, 1858, in the town of Stettin, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Buttke. He was one of the first children born in that town. He was married to Emily Weinke, who died in November, 1916. He retired from farming in 1930 and had been ailing the past year. Surviving are four children, Fred Buttke, and Mrs. Fred Seehafer, town of Stettin, Mrs. William Heise, town of Rib Falls, and Mrs. Fred Hoeppner, 310 S. Ninth Ave, Wausau, three brothers, Herman and Chris Buttke.

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Wilhelm’s farm was on the NW corner of the intersection of Highland Drive and County Road O, across the road from his mother’s farm. Earlier, the farm was owned by his father’s cousin, Wilhelm Julius Martin Buttke (1835-1921), who moved to Cass County in South Dakota. Additional details are in the attached article about his life.
Burial Year: 1939

Obituary

Marathon Times
Friday, December 29, 1939
Page 1

Last Rites Held For William Buttke

Funeral services for William Buttke, 81, life-long resident of the town of Stettin who died Monday morning at 12:40 o'clock at the home of his son, Fred Buttke, in the town of Marathon, was held Thursday morning at 11:30 o'clock at the home of his son and at 12 o'clock at Trinity Lutheran church in the town of Stettin. The Rev. P. Martin Pilz officiated and burial was in the church cemetery.

The deceased was born September 25, 1858, in the town of Stettin, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Buttke. He was one of the first children born in that town. He was married to Emily Weinke, who died in November, 1916. He retired from farming in 1930 and had been ailing the past year. Surviving are four children, Fred Buttke, and Mrs. Fred Seehafer, town of Stettin, Mrs. William Heise, town of Rib Falls, and Mrs. Fred Hoeppner, 310 S. Ninth Ave, Wausau, three brothers, Herman and Chris Buttke.

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Wilhelm’s farm was on the NW corner of the intersection of Highland Drive and County Road O, across the road from his mother’s farm. Earlier, the farm was owned by his father’s cousin, Wilhelm Julius Martin Buttke (1835-1921), who moved to Cass County in South Dakota. Additional details are in the attached article about his life.


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