Theodore Stock

STOCK, BIEBER

Posted By: Jan Warren
Date: 3/15/2003 at 19:35:51

Obituary from the Waukon Republican Standard December 6, 1955

T.B Stock Rites At Zion Church

Funeral services were held on Monday afternoon at 1:30 at the Zion Reformed church for Theordore Bernhard Stock. The Rev. Mrs. W.E. Odenbach officiated. martin Brothers were in charge and the body had laid in state at the church from 12 p.m.

Pallbearers were Everett Leas, Harvey Stock, Earl Stock, John Meierkord, Peter Bieber and Earl Miller, all nepheews of Mr. Stock. Burial was made in Oakland cemetery.

Mr. Stock died at a Decorah hospital following a stroke Friday, Dec. 2. He would have been 85 years old. Theodore Bernhard Stock was born to William and Fredericka Dravis Stock at Waukon, Allamakee county December 31, 1870. He grew to manhood in this vicinity and May 11, 1896 was married to Katherine Beiber. They were the parents of one daughter, now Mrs. George Medary, of San Francisco, Calif., who survives. Mrs. Stock died in 1929.

Mr. Stock was engaged in the shoe and hardware business and was president of the Peoples National bank. He was active in civil and church affairs and served as mayor of Waukon, at one time. He was also state representative from this district. He resided in Waukon until 1927 when he moved to Denver. Colo., for a few years. He returned to Decorah in 1930, where he was associated in the real estate business, and made his home there until his death.

Other survivors are, one brother, Louis of Waukon, two grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.

Two sisters and five brothers, have preceded him . He was a member of the Zion reformed church all of his life, and served in various capacities, as a trustee and at the time of the construction of the church of the church he served as a member of the building committee.