Dorthy Ort
ALBERT ORTLEPP
Albert Ortlepp
Anna (Stecker) Ortlepp
From Calumet county marriage records (v.3 p.151) Albert Wm. Max Ortlepp and Anna Maria Sophia Stecker Albert Wm. Max Ortlepp b: Town of Rantoul, Calumet County –farmer p: Gottfried Ortlelpp and Maria Roeppon m: Nov. 29, 1893 at Lutheran Church, Town of Rantoul, Calumet County Witnesses: Gottlief Ortlepp and Henry Stecker to: Anna Maria Sophia Stecker b: Town of Rantoul, Calumet County p: Frederick and Maria Stecker ******** From Calumet county death records: Anna S. Ortlepp nee Stecker (v.11 p.478) Dec. 26, 1870-Sept. 20, 1945 Wife of Albert Ortlepp Daughter of Frederick Stecker and Maria Pingel (both born Germany) Born Town of Rantoul, Calumet County Died from “hypostatic peneumonia –cerebral hemorrhage –generalized artereosclerosis” Buried at Cemetery at Potter, Calumet County ********* Mrs. Ortlepp Dies at Rantoul; Rites to be Held Monday Hilbert - Mrs. Anna Ortlepp, 74, passed away at 5:45 this (Thursday) morning at the home of her son, Walter Ortlepp, at Rantoul, following a short illness. Anna Stecker Ortlepp was born Dec. 26, 1870, in the town of Rantoul, and was married to Albert Ortlepp Nov. 29, 1893, at Trinity Lutheran church, Rantoul. The couple settled on a farm in that town. Mrs. Ortlepp was a life-long and oldest member of the Trinity Lutheran church, Rantoul. Survivors are 2 sons, Walter, Rantoul, and Arno in the armed forces in the South Pacific; 2 daughters, Mrs. Emil Hintz, Rantoul, and Mrs. Arno King, Appleton; also 2 grandchildren. Funeral rites will be held Monday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Walter Ortlepp home and at 2 p.m. at the Trinity Lutheran church. The Rev. G.F. Barthel will officiate and burial will be made in the parish cemetery. Friends may view the body at the Ortlepp home from 7:30 o'clock Friday evening until the time of services. (1945) ********* MAN KILLED BY BULL Albert Ortlepp of Town of Rantoul Receives Fatal Injuries Suffers Several Broken Ribs Attacked by Animal While Tying it in a Stall - Funeral Held on Thursday Afternoon Albert Ortlepp, progressive farmer of the town of Rantoul died on Saturday at a hospital at Appleton from injuries received when he was attacked by a bull on his farm on Friday. Mr. Ortlepp had been taken to Appleton on Friday afternoon suffering fractured ribs and internal injuries and his condition grew worse rapidly until death relieved him of his suffering on Saturday. The accident which cost Mr. Ortlepp his life occurred on his farm in the town of Rantoul on Friday morning shortly before noon. Mr. Ortlepp had taken the animal out to water and then returned to the barn to tie him up. The bull struck Mr. Ortlepp with its head crushing him up against the walls of the stall. Mr. Ortlepp was able to get out of the stall unaided and return to the house where he reported his injuries, which at first though painful, were not thought to be of a serious nature. However it was found that the ribs had been fractured and torn loose from the spinal column and the chest and side were badly crushed. He was rushed to Appleton but nothing could be done to save him. The Ortlepp accident is the second of its kind within the period of ten days. John Mecker of Stockbridge town being seriously injured by a large bull that knocked him down after cornering him in the barn yard. The bull on the Ortlepp farm was always gentle and the attack was entirely unexpected. Albert Ortlepp, son of the late Gotthelf Ortlepp, was born in the town of Rantoul on Nov. 27, 1870. He spent his boyhood on his father's farm and on Nov. 29th, 1893 was united in marriage to Miss Anna Stecker at the Lutheran church at Rantoul. After marriage he moved onto the farm on which he has resided the past thirty years and which he conducted up to the time of his death. He leaves surviving him his wife and four children, Walter Arnold, Ella and Ida. He is also survived by his mother, Mrs. G. Ortlepp, four brothers, John and Max of the town of Rantoul, Herman and Hilbert and Richard of Potter and six sisters, Mrs. Emma Hass, Mrs. Bertha Schnell and Miss Anna Ortlepp of New Holstein, Mrs. Louise Ott, School Hill, Mrs. Maria Hintz of Kiel and Mrs. Amanda Koch of Potter. The funeral was held on Thursday afternoon at 1:00 o'clock from the home with services at the Lutheran church of Rantoul, Rev. Moecker officiating. (The Chilton Times, 1924) ********* ATTACKED BY BULL: INJURIES PROVE FATAL Albert Ortlepp, living in the town of Rantoul, met with a fatal accident that cost him his life when a bull which he was tying in a stall attacked him last Friday forenoon. He managed to attract the attention of his wife who came to his assistance and summoned a physician who rushed the injured man to St. Elizabeth's hospital, Appleton where he died at one o'clock in the afternoon. Albert Ortlepp was born in the town of Rantoul, November 27, 1870. On November 29, 1893 he was married to Miss Anna Stecker. They have lived on the farm where the husband met his death for the past 30 years. The funeral was held Thursday at one o'clock, Rev. Moecker officiating. The deceased is survived by a wife and four children: Walter, Arnold, Ella and Ida, besides his mother. Mrs. G. Ortlepp: four brothers, John and Max, town of Rantoul; Herman, Hilbert; Richard, Potter; six sisters, Mrs Amanda Koch, Potter; Mrs Edward Hass and Mrs. Wm Schnuell, Miss Anna Ortlepp of here. Mrs Louise Ott, Schoolhill and Mrs Marie Hintz of Kiel. (New Holstein Reporter May 1, 1924.) ********* His father was Gotthelf Ortlepp and his mother was Maria Koeppen. Gotthelf Ortlepp was born in Gotha, Germany and his wife Maria was born in Neubauhof, Dargun, Mecklenburg, Germany. (This piece of info and obits sent in by researcher/see contributors page)
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