- HENRY REDEKER
Henry Redeker, Sr., 91, a member of one of the earliest families in the town of Two Rivers, who operated a farm for a number of years in the town of Mishicot, died at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc.
Mr. Redeker had returned on Monday with his son, Henry, Jr., from Engelwood, Colo., where they had resided for a year after disposing
of the homestead farm just south of Mishicot. Taken ill upon his arrival, he was removed to the Manitowoc hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Peter Lutheran Church, Mishicot, the Rev. Edward Zell officiating. Interment will be
in the Mishicot public cemetery.
Henry Redeker was born in the town of Two Rivers in 1861, a son of the late William and Anna Goedjen Redeker. After assisting his father on the homestead farm for a number of years, Mr. Redeker was a cheesemaker at School Section, Town of Two Rivers. Sixty-three years ago, he took over a farm in the town of Mishicot, where he resided for 60 years.
In 1891, he married Minnie Zeddies who preceded him in death 11 years ago.
Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Carl Steinke of Bailey’s Harbor, Mrs. C. A. Kirkwood of Baron, Wis., Mrs. William Meineke of Mishicot
and Mrs. Walter Eis and Mrs. Albert Johannes, Jr., of the Town of Two Rivers; four sons, Edward and Arvin of Two Rivers, Henry, Jr., of
Mishicot, and Kenneth Redeker of Engelwood, Colo.; two sisters, Mrs. George Johannes of Detroit, Mich. and Mrs. Robert Lyman of Antigo; a brother, Frank Redeker of Denver, Colo.; 31 grandchildren and 11 great- grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Specht Funeral Home, Mishicot, until 10 a.m. Saturday when the casket will be taken to the church where the body
will lie in state until the time of services.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Friday, March 13, 1953.
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Jindra and Chaloupka Families
1861 - 1953 (92 years)
