CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - OBITUARY OF THEODORE STRENZKE ==================================================================== NEGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the NEGenWeb Archives by Carol Tramp Permission granted by: Rob Dump, Editor, Cedar County News ====================================================================== CEDAR COUNTY NEWS FEB. 25, 1943 THEODORE STRENZKE DIES AT WYNOT HOME FUNERAL SERVICES ARE HELD THURSDAY FOR PIONEER RESIDENT Wynot - Theodore A. Strenzke, 69, died Tuesday afternoon at the home of his sister, Mrs. Edith Klopping, after an illness of a year and half from a complication of disease. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock from Bethany Lutheran Church with Rev. O.J. Engh officiating. Pallbearers were Marvin Brewer, George Bowder, P.H. Lauritzen, Tony Wieseler and John Goodwin. Burial was in the family lot in the Wynot cemetery under the direction of Jones Funeral home. Theodore Arthur Strenzke was born October 23, 1873 at Prairie du Chien, Wis., the son of August and Theresa Strenzke, pioneers of this community who settled at St. James in 1876. During his early life he was employed in the Beste drug store at Hartington for several years and then entered Northwestern University at Chicago where he took a pharmacy course. After graduating from Northwestern he was in Texas and Oregon and then went to California where he operated drug stores in Los Angeles and San Francisco. In August 1900 he joined the US Navy for a four year term. During this time he visited many foreign countries. After his discharge from the navy he returned to San Francisco where he operated a drug store for about 16 years. In 1920 his health began to fail and he returned to Cedar County and to St. James which he had always called home, and where he and his oldest sister Miss Emma Strenzke have lived together in the old family home which their parents built when they came to this community 66 years ago. Mr. Strenzke spent an occasional winter in California for his health. He never married. He is survived by four sisters, Miss Tina Strenzke, and Mrs. Louise Nissen of Vermillion, Miss Emma Strenzke and Mrs. Edith Klopping of Wynot. Mr. Strenzke was a lifelong member of the Masonic Lodge.