Obit: Luepke, Rosa H. (1887 - 1956)

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Surnames: Luepke, Kempfert, Melvin, Gasch, Anderson, Brown, Kayhart, Weideman, Lepke, Zwicke, Weister, Krohn, Froelich 
 

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 06/28/1956  
 

Luepke, Rosa H. (10 Aug. 1887 - 22 June 1956) 
 

Funeral services for Mrs. Rosa H. Luepke, who died at her home Friday, were held Monday afternoon at 2:00 at Christ Lutheran church. The Rev. Kempfert, of Edgar, officiated. 
 

Pallbearers were Archie Melvin, Roland Gasch, Gay Anderson, George Brown, Albert Kayhart, and Henry Weideman. 
 

The Misses Darlene Gasch, Delores Melvin, and Hazel Weideman carried the flowers. 
 

The body lay in state at Zink Funeral home until Monday, when it was taken to the church. "Heaven Is My Home" and "In the Hour of Trial" were sung at the church. Internment was made in the cemetery at North Spencer church. 
 

Mrs. Luepke was born Aug. 10, 1887, in Chicago. She was married to Fred A. Luepke Dec. 19, 1936, in the North Spencer church. They lived on a farm in the Town of Unity until 1944, when they moved to Spencer. In 1954, they left Spencer to move to a farm two miles east of Abbotsford. 
 

Mrs. Luepke was ill with a heart ailment for a year and a half before her death. 
 

She is survived by her husband; three step daughters, Mrs. Robert Zwicke, Waukegan, Ill.; Mrs. Ray Weister, Torance, Calif.; and Mrs. Albert Krohn, Marshfield; a step mother, Mrs. Anna Froelich, Rhinelander, and 11 grand children.