Military Year: 1898
State: Illinois
Unit: 2 Illinois Infantry
Company: C
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Spanish American War Volunteers Index to Compiled Military Service Records, 1898 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
Original data: General Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers who Served During the War with Spain. Microfilm publication M871, 126 rolls. ARC ID: 654543. Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780s-1917, Record Group 94. The National Archives at Washington, D.C.
From page 28 of the October 24, 1949 issue of the Chicago Daily News; "Alex E. Brenke, beloved husband of Martha M. (nee Wittwer), devoted father of Frederick, Arthur, Mrs. Emil Beck, George, Dorothy, Mrs. John Kraus, Robert, Mrs. Edward Frey, Mrs. Sal Granatelli, Mrs. John Fairgrieve and Mrs. William DeFrance, dear grandfather of 28 grandchildren, fond brother of William of Lincoln Neb., and Mrs. Lucille Brengle.
Masonic evening service Tuesday, Oct 25, at 8 o'clock. Remains resting at funeral home, 3026 Belmont av., until Wednesday noon. Funeral Wednesday, Oct 26, at 2 p.m., from Humboldt Park Asylum, 2410 N. Kedzie av. Interment Acacia Park Cemetery. Past master of Malta Lodge No. 1104. A.F. & A.M., and member of Humboldt Park Commandery No. 79. K.T. Information, JUniper 8-4200."
Military Year: 1898
State: Illinois
Unit: 2 Illinois Infantry
Company: C
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Spanish American War Volunteers Index to Compiled Military Service Records, 1898 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
Original data: General Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers who Served During the War with Spain. Microfilm publication M871, 126 rolls. ARC ID: 654543. Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780s-1917, Record Group 94. The National Archives at Washington, D.C.
From page 28 of the October 24, 1949 issue of the Chicago Daily News; "Alex E. Brenke, beloved husband of Martha M. (nee Wittwer), devoted father of Frederick, Arthur, Mrs. Emil Beck, George, Dorothy, Mrs. John Kraus, Robert, Mrs. Edward Frey, Mrs. Sal Granatelli, Mrs. John Fairgrieve and Mrs. William DeFrance, dear grandfather of 28 grandchildren, fond brother of William of Lincoln Neb., and Mrs. Lucille Brengle.
Masonic evening service Tuesday, Oct 25, at 8 o'clock. Remains resting at funeral home, 3026 Belmont av., until Wednesday noon. Funeral Wednesday, Oct 26, at 2 p.m., from Humboldt Park Asylum, 2410 N. Kedzie av. Interment Acacia Park Cemetery. Past master of Malta Lodge No. 1104. A.F. & A.M., and member of Humboldt Park Commandery No. 79. K.T. Information, JUniper 8-4200."
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