Kimble County, TX - Obituaries: Lucke, Mrs. Minna, 1941 Sunday, 30 July 2000 Submitted by: burtwyat@ctesc.net (Frederica Wyatt) ************************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************* Found in the scrapbook belonging to the late Margaret Griffen Harrison, Junction, Texas (Name of paper not given) Funeral Rites For Mis. Minna Lucke Held Saturday Mrs. Minna Solbrig Lucke, wife of the late Herman Lucke, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Leonard Cowsert, Friday, March 21, 1941, after an illness of several days. Due to the infirmities of age, she has not been well for some time. Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church Saturday afternoon with Rev. Geo. B. McCrary, officiating. The Schreiner- Hodges Co. had charge of funeral arrangements. Interment was in the family burial lot in the Junction Cemetery. The following were active pall bearers: W. E. Bolt, Wilson Buster, J. C. Graham, Alton Mason, Clay Holland and M. Hunsucker. Honorary pall bearers: C. A. Schaub, Walker Ragsdale, Chester Simon, Sherman McWright, W. L. Allen, Fred Hall, A. L. Mudge, E. Holekamp, Dr. E. Bruce Moss, Hal B. Snead, J. A. Heyman, J. N. Hodges, M. N. Harrison, J. M. Anderson, Silas Self, Alex Hamer, T. B. Philips, John Munn, John M. Hankins, C. W. Atchison, J. B. Randolph, Joe Bissett, Dr. Fred Burt, Ovie Buster, and R. E. McKay. Mrs. Lucke was born in Berlin, Germany, June 4, 1860, being 80 years, nine months and 17 days old at the time of her death. She grew to womanhood in her native country and was married to Herman Lucke in 1879 and to this union were born seven children. One daughter, Clara, who was born in Germany, died in 1898 and was buried in the Junction cemetery. The surviving children are: Mrs. Martha Harrison, Del Rio; Chas. Lucke, Del Rio; Mrs. Minnie Mains, Menard; Mrs. Louis Scherrer, San Antonio; Mrs. Dewitt Cowsert and Mrs. Leonard Cowsert, Junction. Other survivors include one brother, Herman Solbrig, and five sons, Walter, Max, Kurt, Alvin and Awalt of Harper; six grandchildren, Clomah L. Murrah, San Antonio; Chas. Mains, New Mexico; Dee Harrison, Del Rio; Mrs. Therrell Rose, Del Rio; Mrs. Howard Black, Del Rio; Mrs. Manning Smith, College Station; and three great grandchildren, Thomas and Fred Rose and Dixie Dee Harrison, Del Rio. All of the above were present except Chas. Mains of New Mexico. ... Clara, came to America in 1884, to join Mr. Lucke, who had come to America some months earlier. The same year the family moved to Austin. They moved to Kimble county in 1881 (sic) where they spent the remainder of their lives. The husband preceded her on April 7, 1937. She had been a member of the Episcopal Church many years, and was a regular attendant at church services until a short time before her death. She led a quiet unassuming life, enduirng many of the hardships of the early pioneer days in the Hill Country. She and her husband came to America because they believed in the free American way of life. The beautiful floral offering and the large circle of friends at the funeral services were evidences that she was esteemed highly in the Hill Country where she ahd lived for a half centery. Among out-of-town friends at the funeral services were Mrs. J. R. Smart, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Highsmith, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilson, Mrs. Mamie Lane, Mrs. Garrett Byrd, and Mrs. Nancie Wilson of Menard; Mrs. W. M. Seward and Mrs. Menefee Lucke of Del Rio.