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V. Due...an

MR. AND MRS. CHARLES DUECKER


Mr. and Mrs. Charles Duecker - Kiel

From Calumet county marriage records:
Carl Friederich Duecker and A. F. Elise Stecker (v.2 p.48)
Married June 13, 1879 in civil ceremony in Town of New Holstein
Carl Friederich Duecker
Son of Peter Duecker and Friedericke
Born Town of New Holstein –farmer 
A. F. Elise Stecker
Daughter of John Stecker and Sophia
Witnesses Peter Duecker and John Stecker
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From Manitowoc county death records:
Chas. F. Duecker (v.12 p.266)
Husband of Augusta Stecker
June 4, 1856-March 4, 1914
Son of Peter Duecker and Frederika Lindeman (both born Germany)
Born Wisconsin -farmer 
Died from "cancer of liver, 6 months -hemorrhage"
Buried at the Kiel Cemetery
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Mrs. Augusta Duecker Dies At Home In Kiel On Monday
Kiel, Wis – (Special.) – Mrs. Augusta Duecker, aged 77, widow of 
the late Charles Duecker, passed away at her home, 1641 N. Sixth 
street and Calumet Drive at Kiel, Monday afternoon at 2:20 o’clock 
after having suffered a stroke of apoplexy last Tuesday morning, 
from which she never fully revived.
The deceased, who was before her marriage, Miss Augusta Stecker, a 
daughter of Joseph and Sophia Stecker, was born November 21, 1859, 
in the town of Schleswig. She was married to Charles F. Duecker of 
the town of New Holstein on June 13, 1879. The first year of their 
marriage Mr. and Mrs. Duecker resided at Brillion; residing on a 
farm in the town of Chilton for four years and lived on a farm in 
the town of New Holstein now owned by their son, Hermann, for twenty 
years.
In 1904 the family moved to their present home on N Sixth street, and 
Calumet Drive, where Mr. Duecker passed away on March 4, 1914.
Surviving her are her two sons, Herman of the town of New Holstein, 
near Kiel, and Arthur of this city, one granddaughter, Mrs. Harry 
Dawurske, and one brother, William Stecker of Sheboygan; a daughter, 
Hulda, passed away in infancy.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at 
the C. J. Meiselwitz Funeral home at Kiel, and at 2 o’clock at the St.
Peter Evangelical and Reformed church. The Rev. E. L. Worthman will 
officiate, and burial will be made in the Kiel cemetery. The body can 
be viewed at the funeral home from this evening until the hour of 
services on Thursday.
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Mrs. Duecker Dies Monday
Stroke a Week Before Fatal to Aged Woman Here
Never fully reviving the stroke suffered last Tuesday morning, 
Mrs. Augusta Duecker, aged 77, passed away at her home here on
Monday afternoon at 2:20 o'clock.
Funeral services will be held this Thursday afternoon at 1:30
o'clock at the C.J. Meiselwitz Funeral Home, and at 2 o'clock
services will be held at the St. Peter Evangelical and Reformed
church, with the Rev. E.L. Worthman officiating. Burial will be
made in the Kiel cemetery beside the remains of her husband,
Charles Duecker, who passed away on March 4, 1914.
The deceased, nee Augusta Stecker, a daughter of the late John
and Sophie Stecker, was born in the town of Schleswig November
21, 1859, and on June 13, 1879 she was united in marriage with
Charles F. Duecker of the town of New Holstein. Immediately upon
their marriage they settled at Brillion, where they resided for
one year; then they moved onto the farm now owned by their son
Herman. Since 1904 she has made her home where she passed away.
The deceased is survived by two sons, Herman, residing just
northwest of this city on highway 57, and Arthur, owner of 
Duecker Oils, and one granddaughter, Mrs. Harry (Helga) Dawurske,
and one brother, William Stecker of Sheboygan. A daughter, Hulda,
passed away in infancy.
Pallbearers were: William Schultz, Joseph Klein, George Kuhn,
Edward Reineck, Albert Lueloff and August Henning. The church
Frauenverein of which Mrs. Duecker was a member will attend the
last rites in a body. - 1937
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From Manitowoc county death records:
Augusta Duecker nee Stecker (v.31 p.53)
Widow of Charles Duecker
Nov. 21, 1859-March 22, 1937
Daughter of John Stecker and Sophia Blievenech (both born Germany)
Born Town of Schleswig
Died from "myocarditis, 1935 -cerebral apoplexy, 3-16-1937"
Buried at the Kiel Cemetery

CHARLES DUECKER


Charles Duecker