Stanley Ralph LUDEKE

LUDEKE, HARTZELL, WOLLENBURG, COLLINS, COUNTER, DOMINIC

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/14/2010 at 13:05:56

September 28, 2005
Mason City Globe Gazette - Iowa

CLEAR LAKE, IA — Stanley Ralph Ludeke, 82, of Long Prairie Minn., formerly of Clear Lake and Klemme, died Monday (Sept. 26, 2005) at the Long Prairie Hospital in Long Prairie, Minn. He was born Oct. 22, 1922, in Klemme, the son of Ralph and Mina (Hartzell) Ludeke. He farmed south of Clear Lake for many years, then moved to Long Prairie in 1966 where he owned a dairy farm. He was a member of the Clear Lake Methodist Church and later the Long Prairie Baptist Church.

Stanley is survived by five children, Mari K. Wollenburg of Staples, Minn., David Ludeke of Clear Lake, Richard Ludeke of Yuma, Ariz., Morgan Ludeke of St. Cloud, Minn., and Shawn Ludeke of New Brighton, Minn.; sisters June Collins of Mason City and Marilyn Counter of Redfield; and five grandchildren: Chris and Beth Wollenburg and Sarah, Lily and Daisy Ludeke. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Doris Dominic. Interment will take place at a later date at the Ell Township Cemetery in Klemme. Cards may be sent to David Ludeke, 103 S. 20th St., Clear Lake, IA 50428.