Bio of LUTTGEN, Max O. (b.1869), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol II, pg 313-314
MAX O. LUTTGEN
Fidelity and business integrity on the part of Max O. Luttgen were manifest in
the fact that he was identified with the New England Furniture & Carpet Company
for many years, working his way upward to the position of assistant credit
manager. He was acting in that capacity at the time of his death and had been
with the firm from the year in which he attained his majority. He was born in
New Jersey in 1869, a son of M. Otto and Anna E. H. (Banta) Luttgen. The father
was born in Germany in 1834 and in 1851, when a youth of seventeen years, came
to the United States. He was married in Roselle, New Jersey, in 1868, and in the
following year came with his family to Minneapolis, where he was soon recognized
as. a prominent and representative business man. He was one of the first ones
here to handle and sell Portland cement and in the manufacture of this product
had moulds sent from Germany in order to make cement blocks. He established a
cement factory, which was one of the first of the kind in Minneapolis, and thus
he was active in inaugurating a new industry here. To him and his wife were born
three sons, namely: Max O., Jr.; Walter A., who died in 1912; and Rudolph B.,
who is now living in Omaha. Max O. Luttgen, Jr., was but an infant when brought
by his parents to Minneapolis and here in the public schools he received his
education, passing through consecutive grades to the high school. When he had
put aside his textbooks and entered upon a study of the important lessons which
are to be learned in the school of experience he obtained a position with the
New England Furniture & Carpet Company, first working as a collector and then
winning promotion through various positions until he reached that of assistant
credit manager, in which capacity he was serving at the time of his death. He
thoroughly acquainted himself with every phase of the business, proved most
enterprising as well as reliable and gained for himself a creditable name and
position in commercial circles.
In 1893 Mr. Luttgen was united in marriage to Miss Clara B. Bates, a daughter of
John N. and Catherine (Luttenberger) Bates, the former a native of Germany,
while the latter was born in New York. They became pioneer residents of Dodge
county, Wisconsin, and in the year 1874 John N. Bates removed to Minneapolis,
where he engaged in the contracting and building business, erecting many of the
large business houses and elevators of the city. He had a family of ten
children, all of whom are living, and eight of this number still reside in
Minneapolis.
To Mr. and Mrs. Luttgen were born four children: Neal B., Dorothy M., Audrey L.
and Arlene. The eldest son, Neal, enlisted for service with the Marines in the
World war and was stationed on the United States Battleship Nevada. He was with
the fleet that met President Wilson and his party on their trip to Europe and
was with the Marines altogether for nineteen months, spending most of that time
in European waters, where the danger from mines and submarines was great. He had
acquired his education in the public and high schools of Minneapolis and is now
located in Duluth, where he is associated with a furniture house as salesman.
During the long years of his residence here, practically covering his entire
life, Max O. Luttgen won many friends and the sterling worth of his character is
attested by all with whom he came into contact.