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Submitted: 8/26/20 • Approved: 10/17/20 • Last Updated: 10/20/20 • R346825-G0-S3
February 24, 1889, Rockdale, Milam County, Texas - April 20, 1949, Milam County, Texas
*OBITUARY
ARNOLD (Fritz) SEELKE
ROCKDALE, April 22. - (Spl) - Funeral services were held here Thursday for Arnold (Fritz) Seelke, 60. The Rev. F. T. Sager officiated and burial was in the IOOF Cemetery.
Survivors are his widow, a daughter, Mrs. W. H. Lange of Calvert; a step-daughter and step-son, Mrs. J. E. Sullivan and A. J. Conley of Houston; a brother, Albert Seelke of Rockdale; four sisters, Mrs. Lillie Fuller, Mrs. Lizzie Hughes of Gause, Mrs. Emma Brockenbush and Mrs. Bell Hook of Rockdale.
The Austin American(Austin, Texas), 23 Apr 1949, Sat, Page 12
Family Members
Parents
August Seelke
1853–1922
Henrietta Shulze Seelke
1856–1921
Spouse
Emma Gertrude Stork Seelke
1883–1951
Siblings
Alwena Lange Brackenbusch
1874–1941
Laura Lange Derr
1876–1899
Emma Lange Brockenbush
1878–1952
Ida Marie Magdalena Lange Bowling
1881–1943
Herman Mike Lange
1882–1939
Albert Seelke
1887–1962
Isabella Seelke Hook
1891–1983
Henry Seelke
1892–1944
Lillie Mae Seelke Fuller
1894–1982
Elizabeth Seelke Hughes
1896–1980
Half Siblings
Charlie Henry Seelke
1873–1958
August Seelke
1877–1908
William C. Seelke
1879–1939
Emma Seelke Lohse
1885–1928
Children
Gertrude Frances Seelke Lang
1916–1992
Photo courtesy of: Holly Bonorden Jentsch
Contributed on 8/26/20 by lynst.peters62
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