Obit: Humke, Adeline (1880 - 1953)

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Surnames: HUMKE FISCHER FRANZMEIER SCHWEINLER TIMMLER SLOCK STAFFORD STEIGER

----Source: Greenwood Library Scrapbook Collection, Marshfield News Herald 03/ /1953

Humke, Adeline (1880 - 1953)

GREENWOOD, CLARK COUNTY--Funeral services for Mrs. Theodore Humke, 73, who died Sunday, March 29, 1953, in St. Joseph's Hospital, Marshfield, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the West Side Evangelical and Reformed Church. The Rev. Charles Koch will officiate and burial will be made in the West Side Cemetery.

The body is reposing at the Schiller Funeral Home.

Mrs. Humke, the former Adeline Fischer, was born Jan. 29, 1880, in La Crosse, where she received her education. Her marriage to Theodore Humke took place March 31, 1903, at La Crosse. After their marriage they settled on a farm northwest of Greenwood. She was a charter member of the Ladies Aid Society of the West Side Church.

Survivors include her husband, five daughters, Mrs. P. H. (Esther) Franzmeier, New Albin, Iowa Mrs. Francis (Irene) Schweinler, Mosinee Mrs. Fred (Rose) Timmler, Greenwood, Mrs. Louis (Cora) Slock, Eau Claire and Mrs. Willard (Vera) Stafford, Milwaukee two sons, Harold, Nekoosa, and Everett, La Crosse 14 grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Jack Steiger, La Crosse.

A daughter, a son, Lt. Herbert Humke, who was killed in action during World War II, and a brother preceded her in death.