GILBERT O. WERNECKE, REV.
Rev. Gilbert O. Wernecke Called to Rest Saturday
The Rev. Gilbert Oscar Wernecke, 40, pastor of the First Reformed church at Manitowoc, who was well-known in this city and the county, died at Deaconess hospital in Milwaukee Saturday evening, after having been ill for three and one-half months.
Mr. Wernecke was born in the town of Newton, Manitowoc county, Dec. 15, 1897, the son of William and Mary Reineking Wernecke. He was baptized and confirmed by the Rev. D. W. Vriesen and received his education at the Mission House and Princeton university, after which he served pastorates at Blauenberg, N.J.,
Carruthers, Ohio, Campbellsport and Manitowoc.
He is survived by his widow, nee Lillian Gumm; two children, Wayne and Arleine, and six brothers, Victor, at Plymouth; William, at Franklin; George and Calvin,
at Newton; Herbert, at St. Louis, Mo., and Roland, at Milwaukee.
The body may be viewed at the Vogelsang Funeral Home in Manitowoc this evening and at the First Reformed church Tuesday from 10 a.m., until the funeral services
at 2 p.m. Interment will be made in the Newton Reformed church cemetery on Highway 141. The casket will not be opened after services begin at the church.
The Sheboygan Press – Monday, August 22, 1938 – P. 2
∼Born in Newton Township
Rev. Gilbert O. Wernecke Called to Rest Saturday
The Rev. Gilbert Oscar Wernecke, 40, pastor of the First Reformed church at Manitowoc, who was well-known in this city and the county, died at Deaconess hospital in Milwaukee Saturday evening, after having been ill for three and one-half months.
Mr. Wernecke was born in the town of Newton, Manitowoc county, Dec. 15, 1897, the son of William and Mary Reineking Wernecke. He was baptized and confirmed by the Rev. D. W. Vriesen and received his education at the Mission House and Princeton university, after which he served pastorates at Blauenberg, N.J.,
Carruthers, Ohio, Campbellsport and Manitowoc.
He is survived by his widow, nee Lillian Gumm; two children, Wayne and Arleine, and six brothers, Victor, at Plymouth; William, at Franklin; George and Calvin,
at Newton; Herbert, at St. Louis, Mo., and Roland, at Milwaukee.
The body may be viewed at the Vogelsang Funeral Home in Manitowoc this evening and at the First Reformed church Tuesday from 10 a.m., until the funeral services
at 2 p.m. Interment will be made in the Newton Reformed church cemetery on Highway 141. The casket will not be opened after services begin at the church.
The Sheboygan Press – Monday, August 22, 1938 – P. 2
∼Born in Newton Township
GILBERT O. WERNECKE, REV.
Rev. Gilbert O. Wernecke Called to Rest Saturday
The Rev. Gilbert Oscar Wernecke, 40, pastor of the First Reformed church at Manitowoc, who was well-known in this city and the county, died at Deaconess hospital in Milwaukee Saturday evening, after having been ill for three and one-half months.
Mr. Wernecke was born in the town of Newton, Manitowoc county, Dec. 15, 1897, the son of William and Mary Reineking Wernecke. He was baptized and confirmed by the Rev. D. W. Vriesen and received his education at the Mission House and Princeton university, after which he served pastorates at Blauenberg, N.J.,
Carruthers, Ohio, Campbellsport and Manitowoc.
He is survived by his widow, nee Lillian Gumm; two children, Wayne and Arleine, and six brothers, Victor, at Plymouth; William, at Franklin; George and Calvin,
at Newton; Herbert, at St. Louis, Mo., and Roland, at Milwaukee.
The body may be viewed at the Vogelsang Funeral Home in Manitowoc this evening and at the First Reformed church Tuesday from 10 a.m., until the funeral services
at 2 p.m. Interment will be made in the Newton Reformed church cemetery on Highway 141. The casket will not be opened after services begin at the church.
The Sheboygan Press – Monday, August 22, 1938 – P. 2
∼Born in Newton Township
Rev. Gilbert O. Wernecke Called to Rest Saturday
The Rev. Gilbert Oscar Wernecke, 40, pastor of the First Reformed church at Manitowoc, who was well-known in this city and the county, died at Deaconess hospital in Milwaukee Saturday evening, after having been ill for three and one-half months.
Mr. Wernecke was born in the town of Newton, Manitowoc county, Dec. 15, 1897, the son of William and Mary Reineking Wernecke. He was baptized and confirmed by the Rev. D. W. Vriesen and received his education at the Mission House and Princeton university, after which he served pastorates at Blauenberg, N.J.,
Carruthers, Ohio, Campbellsport and Manitowoc.
He is survived by his widow, nee Lillian Gumm; two children, Wayne and Arleine, and six brothers, Victor, at Plymouth; William, at Franklin; George and Calvin,
at Newton; Herbert, at St. Louis, Mo., and Roland, at Milwaukee.
The body may be viewed at the Vogelsang Funeral Home in Manitowoc this evening and at the First Reformed church Tuesday from 10 a.m., until the funeral services
at 2 p.m. Interment will be made in the Newton Reformed church cemetery on Highway 141. The casket will not be opened after services begin at the church.
The Sheboygan Press – Monday, August 22, 1938 – P. 2
∼Born in Newton Township
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