Cook County IL Archives Obituaries.....Schoppe, Louis October 10, 1944
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DuPage County Register - October 13, 1944
LOUIS SCHOPPE PASSES AWAY


Louis Schoppe, prominent Palatine business man passed away at his home on South
Plum Grove ave., Palatine, Tuesday afternoon at the age of 76.

Mr. Schoppe had been in failing health for several months, was taken suddenly
worse on Monday and passed away quietly the following afternoon.

Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. from St. Paul's
church, with burial at Hillside cemetery.

Mr. Schoppe was born in Deer Grove, April 27, 1868.  He married Miss Amanda
Horstman June 28, 1904,

Louis Schoppe, born on a farm, had a hunkering for city life.  Summers he helped
his parents, but during the winters he found employment in the store of Kuchler
& Schlerding.  The first three weeks he worked for his board, alternating
between the two partners.   After he had served his apprenticeship as a store
keeper, he formed a partnership with John Fink, of Lake Zurich, which was later
dissolved when Louis' brother, Harry, acquired the interest of Mr. Fink.

He was a member of St. Paul's church and of the brotherhood of that church.

Additional Comments:
Buried in Hillside Cemetery, Palatine, Cook County, Illinois

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