Stanke, Albern Edgar

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• Reference Number: 5899
• Military Service: Aft 1 Jan 1941; WWII,
• Obituary: Aft 10 Nov 1999

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Military Service:
Name:Albern Stanke
Gender:Male
Birth Date:14 Jun 1918
Death Date:10 Nov 1999
SSN:389054555
Enlistment Date 1:1 Jan 1941

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Name:Albern E Stanke
Service Info.:1ST SGT US ARMY WORLD WAR II
Birth Date:14 Jun 1918
Death Date:10 Nov 1999
Cemetery:Braun Settlement Cemetery
Cemetery Address:Greenwood, WI 54437

Obituary:
Albern Edgar Ed Stanke, 81, of Rice Lake died Nov. 10, 1999 at his home. A memorial service was held Sunday from the Jarocki Funeral Chapel in Rice Lake, with Rev. Rick Lund officiating. Burial of cremains will be at a later date in Braun Settlement Cemetery in the Town of Warner, Clark County.
Mr. Stanke was born June 14, 1918 to Albern and Clara (Hoenisch) Stanke at Wausau, Wis., where he grew up and graduated from Wausau High School in 1936. He attended vocational school for 2 years and then worked for First National Bank in Wausau until he was drafted into the Army in March 1941. On Sept. 18, 1941 he married Almira Horn in Pine City, Minn. After discharge from the Army in July 1945, Mr. Stanke worked for the Marathon, Corp. in Wausau for 22 years as a safety director. He later worked 6 years in the ammunition plant at the Olin Corp. in Prairie du Sac and 10 years for the Wausau Insurance Co. in Rice Lake. After retirement, he was an active member of the Rice Lake Golden K and the Turtleback golf club. Mr. Stanke was a WW II veteran and a member of the Rice Lake Masonic Lodge.
He is survived by his wife, Almira a son, Dennis of West Salem a daughter, Judith Luebke of Appleton six grandchildren a great grandchild a brother, Myron of Appleton and three sisters, Enid Raspel and Sandra Tarnow, both of Wausau, and Janice Morgan of Hazel Green.

Albern married Horn, Almira Aft 1941. Almira was born 30 Jul 1918; died 14 Jan 2009, Greenville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; was buried , Forest Hill Cemetery, Hemlock, Clark, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet]