Obituary: Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Augusta Louisa WRUCK

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From the Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, Tuesday, August 3, 1943, p. 4

Rural Resident is Called by Death

Mrs. Augusta Louisa Wruck, 89, widow of John Wruck, Town of Black Wolf
resident, died Monday evening about 8:15 o'clock. Death was due to
infirmities incident to her advanced age. Born in Pommern, Germany, August
1853, she came to this country at the age of 18 years and settled Shawano,
residing there for several years and then moved to Oshkosh where she
married in 1876. She then moved to the Town of Black Wolf and in 1904 to
the town of Eldorado. For the past three years she had lived with a
daughter, Mrs. Fred Raddatz in the town of Black Wolf, at whose residence
she passed away. The husband preceded her in death in 1922. Had she lived a
few hours longer, she would have attained the age of 90. She was a member
of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran chuch in the town of Nekimi. Surviving
are six daughters, Mrs. Reinhold Hinz, and Miss Clara Wruck, town of
Eldorado, Mrs. Louis Reetz, Oshkosh, Mrs. Raddatz, town of Black Wolf, Mrs.
Edward Rabe, town of Eldorado, and Mrs. Lawrence Roberts, town of Fond du
Lac; three sons, Albert Wruck and Otto Wruck, town of Eldorado, and John
Wruck, town of Friendship; a sister, Mrs. William Sperberg, Shawano; 20
grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Funeral will be held Thursday
afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the Marquardt funeral home and from the St.
John's Evangelical Lutheran church at 2 o'clock. Burial will be in the
church cemetery in the town of Black Wolf. Friends may view the remains at
the Marquardt funeral home from 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon up to the
time of the services.

From the Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, Thursday, August 5, 1943, p. 4 Funeral
services for Mrs. Augusta Louisa Wruck, widow of John Wruck, were held this
afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Marquardt funeral home and at 2 o'clock at
the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Rev. Elmer Kuhlmann
officiating. Pallbearers were Gordon and Monroe Rabe, Leonard Raddatz, and
Corp. Fred J. Rates, grandsons, the latter of Camp Millard, Bucyrus, O.,
and Lester Naffin and Harvey Werner, nephews. Interment took place at the
church cemetery. Among those from out of the city attending the services
were a brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. William Sperberg, of
Shawano, and other relatives from Appleton and Shawano.