Funeral Rites for OLTMAN UKE LUPKES
Traverse Co. MNGenWeb Funeral notice

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Transcribed by: C. LaRue r1sty@erols.com

Funeral Rites for OLTMAN UKE LUPKES
1856 - 1942
Following the funeral services held for Oltman Uke Lupkes, Monday afternoon
, June 8, 1942 at the St. Johns Lutheran Church, with the Reverend E.C. 
Halstein officiating, the remains were laid to rest in Wildwood Cemetery.
Pallbearers, all grandsons of Mr. Lupkes, were Wayne Lupkes, Fred Lupkes,
Fred U. Lupkes, Albert Reckner, Carl Lupkes and Ole Lupkes.
Relitives attending the funeral from a distance were Uke Lupkes, and family,
Parkersburg, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Boots, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Lupkes, Mrs.
Reka Dirksen, Mrs. Katie Johnson, John Lupkes and Aielt Lupkes, Rushmore,
Minnesota. Mrs. Neil Stomberg, Adrian, Mr. and Mrs. Hans Christensen and
daughter Joan, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Lupkes, Mr. and
Mrs. William Lupkes, Mrs. Richard Burman, Ackley , Iowa. And John Lupkes
of Aplington, Iowa.

Born at Petkum, Ostfreisen, Germany, May 5, 1856, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Uke Lupkes, Mr. Lupkes had attained the age of 86 years and 29 days. He 
emigrated to the United States at the age of 26, first settling at Akley, 
Iowa in 1881.
He married Miss Hilka Mudder, to which union five children were born. After
the death of his wife, he married Miss Antje Bruns in 1892 and to this 
union nine children were born. The Lupkes family moved to Rushmore, 
Minnesota in 1899 and four years later came to Traverse County to settle 
on a homestead seven miles east and one mile north of Wheaton.

Mr. Lupkes had enjoyed good health until a year ago when the infirmities
of old age began to take their toll and he died Thursday June 4th.
The surviving 12 children; are Oscar, George, Aielt, Frank and Herman all
of Wheaton; Mrs. A. Barkhoff (Annie) of Dike, Iowa. Albert of Dumont, Ralph,
Alexandria, Mrs. Earl Reckner (Mary) of Norcross, Mrs. Leroy Randolph 
(Katie), of Yakima, Washington, Mrs. Fred Seifert (Lillie) of Arora, 
Illinois, and Mrs. Hans Christiansen (Hilda), of Minneapolis. One brother, 
George Lupkes of Dumont, Iowa. 37 Grandchildren and five Great Grand-
Children also survive.
His wife preceeded him in death in 1910.

This from information sent to me by
Mr.Olen and Maxine Lupkes,
Wheaton, Minnesota, June 16, 1997
C. LaRue r1sty@erols.com