Washington County OR Archives Biographies.....Steinke, O. F.  
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Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     O. F. STEINKE, vice president of the Hillsboro Sash, Door and Planing 
Mill, at Hillsboro, Washington county, is numbered among the energetic and 
progressive business men of his community and is meeting with a well merited 
measure of success. The company with which he is identified was organized and 
incorporated in 1920 and has the following officers: H. W. Steinke, president, 
O. F. Steinke, vice president, and A. L. Chase, secretary and treasurer, all 
of whom take an active part in the operation of the business. They are engaged 
in manufacturing sash and doors, do all kinds of mill work and specialize in 
fine cabinet work. They are conducting both a retail and wholesale business. 
Their products are shipped to all parts of the state and other parts of the 
Pacific coast region. They employ from ten to twenty men and the plant, which 
covers about a half block of ground, is in every respect well equipped. They 
handle all kinds of wood, but fir is very largely used. The company has built 
up a large and steadily increasing business, based on the high quality of its 
products and its sound and progressive business methods.

     O. F. Steinke and his brother, H. W., were born in Nebraska and 
accompanied their parents on their removal to this state in 1904. They are the 
sons of J. S. and Mary (Harms) Steinke, of whom the former died in 1915. Mr. 
Steinke bought a good farm, located three miles south of Hillsboro, which he 
successfully operated to the time of his death. He is survived by his widow, 
who still resides on the home place. They became the parents of nine children, 
namely: Louise, who is the wife of J. W. Ginder, who has an interest in the 
Hillsboro Sash, Door and Planing Mill, but is not actively identified with it; 
John, of Eugene, Oregon; H. W., president of the company; one who died in 
infancy; Lena, who is the wife of M. Muffler and lives in Canada; Samuel, a 
carpenter in Hillsboro; O. F., of this review; Arnold, of Astoria, Oregon; and 
Walter, who lives on the home farm.

     H. W. Steinke was married to Miss Verna Rehse and they are the parents of 
two children, Dorothy and Ivan. Prior to engaging in his present business, Mr. 
Steinke was a contractor and builder. A. L. Chase, who also had been engaged 
in contracting and building before entering the present company, was married 
to Miss Margaret Marugg and they have four children, namely: Ruth, who is the 
wife of W. W. Phillips, of Hillsboro; Helen, Mrs. O. F. Steinke; Nelda and 
Lowell. Mr. Chase is a member of the Masonic order. O. F. Steinke was married 
to Miss Helen Chase. He is a man of excellent personal qualities, has shown 
good business judgment in all of his affairs, and is numbered among the public-
spirited citizens of Hillsboro, in the welfare and prosperity of which he has 
shown a commendable interest. 


Additional Comments:
History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, Page 
829

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