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CARL STANGE


Carl Stange

From Sheboygan death records:
Carl Stange (single) (v.61 p.386)
May 18, 1870 - Jan. 5, 1953
Parents marked as unknown
Born Wisconsin - farmer
Died from "coronary thrombosis, sudden coronary
  schlerosis
Buried at Rockville Cemetery, Town of Schleswig
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Carl Stange, 82, a retired farmer, died suddenly
at 8 o'clock this morning at the home of a niece,
Mrs. George Schuler, at 420 Home Ave., Plymouth.
He had made his home with Mrs. Schuler for the 
past 13 years.
Born May 18, 1870, at Kiel, Mr. Stange had
operated farms in the Town of Schleswig and in
the Town of Rhine before moving to Plymouth. He
was a member of the Redmen Lodge at Kiel.
There are no immediate survivors.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday
at the Meiselwitz Funeral Home, Kiel, with the
Rev. Otto Saevert, a retired Kiel minister,
officiating. Burial will be in the Rockville
cemetery.
The body will lie in state at the funeral home
after 2 p.m. Tuesday.
No newspaper named, 1-5-1953 handwritten on obit.
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Unto Mr. and Mrs. (Peter) Stang were born the following
children: Mary, who is now the wife of Ernest Voland,
of Kiel; Dora, who is the widow of William Voland, Fred
and Charles, who follow farming; Herman who is a butcher
of Nebraska; Sophia, the wife of Ed Reichert, of Rhine
township; Otto, who carries on farming in Nebraska; and
Fred, who was born November 24, 1872, in Manitowoc county
and is well known as a representative young business man
of this section of the state.
1911 handwritten on article
(Note: Peter Stange family is on the 1880 Federal town of
Schleswig census)

FRITZ STANGE


Fritz Stange

FRITZ STANGE


Fritz Stange

FRITZ STANGE


Fritz Stange

From Sheboygan county death records:
Fritz Stange (v.20 p.357)
Nov. 24, 1861-Dec. 6, 1918
[Husband of Mary Conrad]
Son of Peter Stange and Marie Slater (both born Germany)
Born Wisconsin
Died from “carcinoma of stomach”
Buried at Rockville Cemetery, Town of Schleswig
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Fred W. Stange died at Sheboygan hospital, Friday
morning, of cancer of the stomach, for which he 
underwent an operation the previous Saturday. He
was born Nov. 24, 1861, in the town of Nine, Port
Washington county, coming to the town of Schleswig
with his parents when two years of age. In 1887 he
was married to Mary Conrad after which they lived
on a farm in the town of Scot, for eight years. He
then bought the Stange farm at Rockville where he
lived until his death. He leaves his wife and one
daughter, three brothers and three sisters, to
mourn his loss. Funeral services were conducted
Monday afternoon, the Kiel Arion Band assisting.
By his jovial disposition Mr. Stange won hosts of
friends by whom he will be greatly missed.
No newspaper named, 1919 handwritten on the obituary
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Fred Stange was united in marriage to Miss Mary
Conrad, who was born in Russell township, November
7, 1868, and is a daughter of Valentine and Mary
(Lautenstein) Conrad, both of whom are now deceased.
They were early settlers of Manitowoc county, having
taken up their abode in Russell township, where in 
the midst of the forest Mr. Conrad cleared and 
developed a farm. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stange now have
a daughter, Ella, who was born February 5, 1893, and 
is a graduate of the Kiel high school. The family has
been represented in Manitowoc county for many years
and the name has always been a synonym for integrity
and reliability in business and for progressiveness
in citizenship.
1911 handwritten on article
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They are on the 1880 Federal census, town of Schleswig

FRANK STARK


Frank Stark

Frank Stark and Lena [Caroline] Steker (v.5 p.221)
Dec. 2, 1884 at Reformed Church, Town of Schleswig
Frank Stark
Son of George Stark and Kate Lenz
Born Penn. –farmer 
Lena [Caroline] Steker
Daughter of John Steker and Sophia Blieremith
Born Wisconsin
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From Manitowoc county death records:
Frank Stark (v.28 p.474)
Died March 7, 1934 at age 79 years, 3 months and 5 days
Husband of Caroline Stark
Son of George Stark and Katherine Loutz (both born Germany)
Born Pittsburgh, Penn. –farmer, retired in 1909
Died from “arteriosclerosis –embolism”
Buried at Rockville Cemetery, Town of Schleswig 
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Conduct Rites for Frank Stark, Kiel Resident
Kiel – Frank Stark, aged 79, well-known Kiel resident, died at his home, 
828 N. Fourth street, Wednesday evening at 10 o’clock following an illness 
of several months.
He was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., in December, 1854, and at the age of two 
years came to Wisconsin with his parents.  They settled on a farm in the 
Town of Schleswig, two miles east of Kiel.  For over fifty years, Mr. Stark 
lived there, and in the spring of 1907 moved to Kiel.
In the Town of Schleswig on December 2, 1884, he was married to Miss Caroline 
Stecker who with four children and nine grandchildren survive his death.  The 
children are three daughters, Mrs. Calvin F. Reineking of Kiel, Mrs. Abe 
DeMunch of Rhinelander, Mrs. Milton Timm of Plymouth, and one son, Arthur Stark, 
of Two Rivers.  Three brothers and five sisters preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the home on 
828 N. Fourth street.  The Rev. E. L. Worthman, pastor of the St. Peter 
Reformed church of Kiel, will officiate and interment will be made on the 
family lot in Rockville cemetery.
The Sheboygan Press – Thursday, March 8, 1934 – P. 10
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Conduct Rites for Frank Stark, Kiel Resident, Saturday
Kiel – Funeral services for Frank Stark, who passed away here Wednesday, 
were held at the Stark home, 828 N. Fourth street at 2 o’clock on Saturday 
afternoon.  The Rev. E. L. Worthman officiated and burial was made in the 
Rockville cemetery.
Pallbearers were:  Philip Conrad, Louis V. Postel, Elmer Schreiber, Joseph 
H. Klein, Paul Hildebrandt, and William H. Mattes.
A quartette composed of Stewart Lindsay, John and Melvin C. Timm, and Gordon 
Robinson sang, “Let the Lower Lights Be Burning”, “____ (Illegible) That 
Beautiful Land”, and “Softer Now the Light of Day”, accompanied by Mrs. Edwin 
M. Duecker.
Many relatives as well as friends from Sheboygan, Milwaukee, Manitowoc, Two 
Rivers, Plymouth, Waukesha, DePere, Sturgeon Bay, Elkhart Lake, towns of Rhine 
and Russell, and Kiel and vicinity attended the last rites.
The Sheboygan Press – Tuesday, March 13, 1934
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From Manitowoc county death records:
Caroline Stark nee Stecker (v.30 p.141)
Dec. 8, 1865-Feb. 19, 1936
Wife of Frank Stark
Daughter of John Stecker and Sophia Blievernicht (both born Germany)
Born Town of Schleswig
Died from “endocarditis –arterosclerosis –broncho pneumonia”
Buried at Rockville Cemetery, Town of Schleswig
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After a short illness, Mrs. Caroline Stark, 69, passed away at her
home at 828 Fourth street here on Tuesday evening. She was the 
widow of the late Frank Stark.
The deceased, nee Stecker, was born on December 8, 1866 in the town
of Schleswig. She was united in marriage with Frank Stark December 2,
1884. Her husband passed away March 7, 1934.
Before coming to Kid to live, the couple operated two farms in 
the town of Schleswig. In Kiel Mr. Stark financed residence 
construction that built up the Chicago street block from Third to 
Fourth and a part of Third street. 
Surviving Mrs. Stark are four children: Mrs. C.F. Reineking of this
city; Mrs. A. DeMunck of Rhinelander; A.F. Stark of Plymouth; and
Mrs. Milton Timm of Plymouth. She is mourned also by a brother,
William Stecker of Sheboygan, a sister, Mrs. Charles Duecker of here,
and nine grandchildren.
Funeral services are planned for 2 o'clock Friday of this week at the
home, where the remains may be viewed from Thursday afternoon until 
the hour of the services. Interment will be made in the Rockville
cemetery.
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Mrs. Stark Of Kiel Is Summoned Tuesday Evening 
Kiel.- (Special)- Mrs. Caroline Stark, 69, widow of the late Frank Stark, 
died at the family residence, 828 N. Fourth street Kiel, at 8 p.m., 
Tuesday, after a brief illness.
She was formerly Miss Caroline Stecker, born December 8, 1866, in the town 
of Schleswig, Manitowoc county. On December 2, 1884, she was married to Mr. 
Stark and he preceded her in death March 7, 1934.
Shortly after they were married they operated two farms in the town of 
Schleswig, later moving to Kiel where they have since resided.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the residence and burial 
will be made in Rockville cemetery. The Rev. E. L. Worthman will be in 
charge and the body may be viewed from 2 p.m. Thursday until time of 
services.
She is survived by four children, Mrs. C. F. Reinecking, Kiel;  Mrs. Abe 
DeMunck, Rhinelander; Mrs. Milton Timm, Plymouth, and Arthur F. Stark, Two 
Rivers; one brother, William, of Sheboygan, and one sister, Mrs. Augustus 
Duecker. There are nine grandchildren.

CHRISTINA (OESAU) STEENBOCK


Mrs. Henry (Christina Oesau) Steenbock and Mrs. William (Helena Oesau) Kletzien

Daughters of Henry and Margaretha (Arens) Oesau (Don't know which is which yet)
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From Calumet county marriage records:
Henry Stenback [Steenbock] and Christina M. Oesau (v.2 p.70)
Nov. 14, 1883 in civil ceremony, Town of New Holstein
Witnesses: Henry Arens and Claus Oesau
Henry Stenback
Son of Hanns and Abel Stenback
Born Town of New Holstein
Christina M. Oesau
Daughter of Simon Henry Oesau and Margareth C.
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They are both buried in New Holstein Cemetery, Calumet co.


Will Stefel