ALGER - Frederick C. (Chris) Willeke, 77, who served 21 years as justice of the peace in Cessna Township, Hardin County, died at 8:10 p.m. Sunday in his home near here after a four-month illness.
Mr. Willeke was a native and life resident of Hardin County. He was a member of the Lutheran Church at Blocktown, south of Dola.
Surviving are the widow, Maude; a son, Lloyd, Romulus, Mich.; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Albert Gestle, Bucyrus; three grandchildren; five brothers, Phillip, Lawrence and Jacke, Dola, Theodore, Kenton, and Henry, Columbus; and four sisters, Mrs. Rose Kern, Findlay, Mrs. Minnie Dearmyer and Mrs. Laura Lease, Dola, and Mrs. Grover Chamberlain, Kenton.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Hanson Funeral Home with Rev. Willard Thomas officiating. Burial will be in Preston Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
(published in The Lima News, Monday, May 10, 1954)
ALGER - Frederick C. (Chris) Willeke, 77, who served 21 years as justice of the peace in Cessna Township, Hardin County, died at 8:10 p.m. Sunday in his home near here after a four-month illness.
Mr. Willeke was a native and life resident of Hardin County. He was a member of the Lutheran Church at Blocktown, south of Dola.
Surviving are the widow, Maude; a son, Lloyd, Romulus, Mich.; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Albert Gestle, Bucyrus; three grandchildren; five brothers, Phillip, Lawrence and Jacke, Dola, Theodore, Kenton, and Henry, Columbus; and four sisters, Mrs. Rose Kern, Findlay, Mrs. Minnie Dearmyer and Mrs. Laura Lease, Dola, and Mrs. Grover Chamberlain, Kenton.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Hanson Funeral Home with Rev. Willard Thomas officiating. Burial will be in Preston Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
(published in The Lima News, Monday, May 10, 1954)
Family Members
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Phillip Frederick Willeke
1873–1957
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John Carl Willeke
1875–1907
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Rosa Willeke Kern
1878–1969
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Jacob N. Willeke
1882–1984
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Laura Willeke Lease
1884–1974
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Lawrence George Willeke
1886–1976
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Theodore Adam Willeke
1889–1961
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Carl Andrew Willeke
1889–1920
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Minnie Willeke Dirmeyer
1892–1978
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Henry Benjamin Willeke
1894–1972
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Celesta M. Willeke Chamberlin
1896–1977
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