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Ernst Albert Tehodor STEINKE FAMILY Group Sheet Submitted by Bonnie Eichentopf P.O. Box 2815 Longview, WA 98632 URL: www.familytreemaker.com/users/e/i/c/Bonnie-J-Eichentopf/index.html

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Steinke Family Genealogy
FAMILY GROUP SHEET
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HUSBAND: Ernst Albert Tehodor STEINKE
BORN: 31 Jan 1881 Vinton, Iowa
MARRIAGE: 14 Apr 1904 Trenton, Nebraska
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: 09 Jul 1963 Salem, Oregon
FATHER’S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Friederich Wilhelm STEINKE, 01 Nov 1844
MOTHER’S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Augusta Charlotta FROELICH, 11 Jul 1856
NOTES: He later Americanized his name to Ernest.
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WIFE: Grace HOUSER
BORN: 10 May 1885 Minden, Nebraska
OTHER MARRIAGES:
DIED:
FATHER’S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH:
MOTHER’S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH:
NOTES: She had no middle name or initial.
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CHILD 1: Durward Wilmoth STEINKE
SEX: M
BORN: 25 Jan 1906 Trenton, Nebraska
MARRIAGE: Bethel Mildred JOHNS
OTHER MARRIAGES:
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DIED: 23 Dec 1991 Salem, Oregon
NOTES: He always went by the name "Dewey."
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CHILD 2: Rodney Calvin STEINKE
SEX: M
BORN: 23 Jan 1918 Trenton, Nebraska
MARRIAGE: Mary Ellen GIBBONS
OTHER MARRIAGES: Dorothy WOODRUFF
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: Before 2001 Salem, Oregon
NOTES: He had no children.
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CHILD 3: Lois Allma STEINKE
SEX: F
BORN: 03 May 1912 Carpenter, Wyoming
MARRIAGE: Kenneth Harley ANDERSON
OTHER MARRIAGES:
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DIED: ?
NOTES: Lois had 3 miscarriages but never had any children.
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CHILD 4: Clayton Ernst STEINKE
SEX: M
BORN: 25 Jul 1917 Carpenter, Wyoming
MARRIAGE: Elizabeth MOOREHOUSE
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE: World War II Pilot
DIED: 16 Mar 1999 Salem, Oregon
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CHILD 5: Gretchen Elaine STEINKE
SEX: F
BORN: 31 Jul 1919 Carpenter, Wyoming
MARRIAGE: 1942, Norman HOLT
OTHER MARRIAGES:
MILITARY SERVICE:
DIED: 4 Jun 2008, Portland, Oregon
NOTES: The Oregonian (OregonLive.com, Saturday, June 07, 2008

A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Friday, June 13, 2008, in Gateway Little Chapel of the Chimes for Gretchen Elaine Holt, who died June 4 of Alzheimer's disease at age 88. Gretchen Elaine Steinke was born July 31, 1919, in Carpenter, Wyo. She was a homemaker who lived in Portland. In 1942, she married Norman E. Holt. Survivors include her husband; sons, Richard and Tom; daughters, Leslie Rasmussen and Pat Thompson; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Remembrances to the Alzheimer's Association.

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CHILD 6: Raymond Marion STEINKE
SEX: M
BORN: 02Jul 1922 Carpenter, Wyoming
MARRIAGE: Dorris HARRINGTON
OTHER MARRIAGES: Louise SMITH
MILITARY SERVICE: World War II (POW - captured at Salerno)
DIED: 06 Jun 1998 Portland, Oregon
NOTES: Buried Belcrest Memorial Cemetery, Salem, Oregon

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