Obituary of  Theodore Ludwig STROHBECK, Macoupin County Illinois 22 Aug 1998
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Name of Deceased: STROHBECK, Theodore Ludwig
Name of Newspaper: Alton Evening Telegraph?
Date of Obituary: Sep 1943 
Obituary: T.L. Strohbeck, Brighton, Dies Funeral at Bunker Hill 2 p. m. Wednesday ----
------------ Following an extended period of declining health, Theodore L. 
STROHBECK, 73, a prominent member of the Brighton community, died Sunday at 
1:40 p. m. in Alton Memorial Hospital. He had been a patient in the hospital several 
times within the last year, and had returned there Saturday for further treatment. His 
home for the last 45 years was on a farm four miles east of Brighton. During much of 
this period he had had business connection in Brighton, and also had served many terms 
as school director. The annual reunion of the Strohbeck family had been planned for 
Sunday, but when Mr. Strohbeck's serious condition became known Saturday, the event 
was postponed. Strohbeck was born at Fosterburg, Nov. 20, 1869, the son of George H. 
and Johanna STROHBECK. He became a resident of the Brighton neighborhood on his 
marriage, Feb. 27, 1895, to Miss Luella O. EDDINGTON of Brighton and shortly 
thereafter moved onto the farm which since has been the family home. Mrs. Strohbeck 
died March 21, 1940. Surviving Strohbeck are six children: a daughter, Mrs. Myrtle 
GRAUL of Fosterburg; and five sons, Earl of Alton, Kenneth of Bridgeton, Mo., and 
Roy C., Dewey, and Supervisor Newell H. STROHBECK of Brighton. He also leaves 
11 grandchildren; two brothers, August and William STROHBECK of Brighton; and a 
sister, Mrs. Louise LOWE of St. Louis. The funeral will be at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the 
Congregational church in Bunker Hill, and burial will be in Woodburn cemetery.

Name of Deceased: STROHBECK, Theodore Ludwig
Name of Newspaper: Brighton News?
Date of Obituary: Sept 1943 
Obituary: East Side Man Dies -- After a lingering illness, Theodore L. STROHBECK, 
73, a longtime resdent of the East Side, expired at 1:40 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 12, at the 
Alton Memorial Hospital, which he had entered the previous day to receive treatment 
for a heart ailment. He is survived by 6 children: Super. N. H. Strohbeck, Geo. D. 
Strohbeck & Mrs. Myrtle GRAUL, all of this area, Earl Strohbeck, of Alton, Roy 
Strohbeck, at home, & Kenneth C. Strohbeck, of Bridgeton, Mo.; 11 grandchildren; 2 
brothers: Aug. F. Strohbeck and Wm. C. Strohbeck, of the East Side; one sister: Mrs. 
Louise LOWE, of St. Louis; nephews and nieces. The decedent was born on Nov. 20, 
1869, near Fosterburg, Ill., a son of Geo.H. & Johanna (BRUEGGEMAN) 
STROHBECK. When he attained manhood, realizing that the family was large, he went 
to St. Louis, and secured employment as a driver of  horse-drawn street-cars on the 
Bellefontaine line. He returned to this area, & on Feb.27, 1895, he married Miss 
Luella O. EDDINGTON, and established their home in the East Side, where they 
remained until their deaths. Mrs. Strohbeck died on Mar. 21, 1940. Besides being a 
successful farmer, Mr. Strohbeck was interested in business enterprises in town, and he 
was elected to public office. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 
the Congregational Church in Bunker Hill by the pastor, Rev. M.E. Burke, followed by 
the sepulture in the Woodburn cemetery. Six nephews served as the pallbearers: Warren 
G. & Ralph STROHBECK, Glenn LOWE, Wesley PAUST, Paul SCHEURER and 
Edw. G. POLSTER. 


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