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In failing health for a number of years, Mrs. Alvin Jindra, 67, of Mishicot, died at 8 a.m. Wednesday at Two Rivers, Municipal Hospital.Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church, Mishicot, the Rev. David Worgull officiating. Burial will be in Mishicot Cemetery.
Mrs. Jindra, nee Leona Meineke, was born in the Town of Two Rivers, Feb. 19, 1891, a daughter of the late Charles an Wilhelmina Schmidt Meineke. She was married to Alvin Jindra at St. John Lutheran Church, Two Rivers, Nov. 7, 1914.
After their marriage the couple moved to the Town of Kossuth where her husband became engaged as a cheesemaker for 10 years. In 1937 the family moved to the Jindra homestead farm near Mishicot. They operated until their retirement and removal to the village of Mishicot in 1958. She was a member of the Ladies Bible Hour of St. Peter Church.
Besides her husband she leaves two daughters, Mrs. Edward Breitwisch of Manitowoc and Mrs. Emil Schleis Jr., of Mishicot.; three sons, Alvin Jr., of Madison, Daniel of Kiel, and Roy of Mishicot; two sisters, Mrs. William Menges of Larrabee and Mrs. Dwight Holsopple of Los Angeles, Calif; six brothers, William, Herbert and Raymond of Mishicot, Erwin H. of Chicago, an Erhardt and Harold Meineke of
Two Rivers and 18 grandchildren.
Friends may call at Specht Funeral Home, Mishicot after 2 p.m. Friday until 11 am Saturday when the casket will be taken to the church where the body will lie in state until the time of service.
Manitowoc Herald-Times, Wednesday, February 18, 1959.
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Alvin Jindra Sr, 81, of 631 Elm St. Mishicot, a former member of the Manitowoc County Board of Supervisors and a retired Town of Mishicot farmer, died late Saturday at Memorial Hospital, Manitowoc, where he had been a patient for 10 days. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at St. Peters Evangelical Lutheran Church, Mishicot, the Rev. Herbert Kesting officiating. Burial will be in Mishicot Public Cemetery.
Mr. Jindra was born Jan. 17, 1889, in the Town of Mishicot, a son of the late George and Mary Lenhardt Jindra. He married the former Leona Meineke at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Two Rivers, Nov. 7, 1914, after which the
couple moved to the Town of Kossuth where Mr. Jindra took over the operation of a cheese factory. After 20 years, the family moved to Two Rivers, remaining until 1937 when he returned to the Town of Mishicot homestead farm which he
operated until retirement in 1958, when the couple moved to Mishicot.
His wife preceded him in death in 1959.
Mr. Jindra was a charter member of Lake-to-Lake Dairy Cooperative, and been a member of the Mishicot High School Board and once served as a supervisor from the Town of Mishicot. He was a lifelong member of St. Peter Church.
Surviving are two daughters; three sons; two sisters; two brothers; 20 grand-children and one great grandson. Three brothers and a sister preceded him in death.
Friends may call at Lambert Funeral Home after 3 p.m. Tuesday until noon Wednesday when the casket will be taken to the church where the body will lie in state until the time of services. Memorials may be sent to St. Peter Church.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, March 16, 1970
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Jindra and Chaloupka Families
d. 14 Mar 1970, Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States 
