STROHBECK, August Frederick

Birth     : 2 NOV 1863, Fosterburg Twp, Madison, IL
Bapt      : 
Death     : 26 JUN 1945, Alton, Madison, IL
Burial    : 28 JUN 1945, Fosterburg Cemetery, Fosterburg, Madison, IL

Father    : STROHBECK, George Henry
Mother    : BRüGGEMANN, Johanna Louise


Spouse(1) : MEEDEN, Bettie
Marriage  : 2 DEC 1891

Children  :
    1.    : STROHBECK, Bernice J.
    2.    : STROHBECK, Grace Edna

Spouse(2) : STULLKEN, Anna Louisa Katherine
Marriage  : 30 JUL 1908



Notes     : OBITUARY - Alton Evening Telegraph, June 26, 1945; pg12, col 3

            A. F. Strohbeck Of Brighton Dies
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                BRIGHTON--August Frederick Strohbeck, 81, a retired farmer, who had been in failing 
            health for many months, died today at 4:40 a. m. in St. Joseph's Hospital, Alton, where 
            he had been a patient for two weeks.
                Born Nov. 2, 1863, in Foster township, he was the son of George and Johanna Brueggeman 
            Strohbeck.  He operated his farm northeast of Brighton about 50 years before his retirement.  
            His wife, Mrs. Louisa Hunt Strohbeck, died last Oct. 26, about two weeks after the couple 
            had moved from their farm home to Brighton.
                Strohbeck was married in 1891 to the former Miss Betty Meeden, who died a few years later.  
            One daughter, Mrs. Grace Polster, was born of this marriage,  His second marriage took place 
            in 1907.
                Surviving besides his daughter are a stepson, Arthur C. Hunt of Wood River; a brother, 
            William C. Strohbeck; a sister, Mrs. Louise Lowe of St. Louis; and a granddaughter, Miss 
            Marilyn Polster.
                Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. C. S. Boyd Thursday at 2 p. m. in the 
            Methodist Church, of which Strohbeck was a member for many years.  Burial will be in 
            Fosterburg cemetery.  The body is at Whitfield & Warner funeral home, where friends may call 
            after noon Wednesday.

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