Agnes (Greene) LUDEKE

LUDEKE, GREENE, MCDANIEL, PHILLIPS, GERARD, PAUL

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 11/20/2011 at 22:44:50

July 14, 1889 ---- April 18, 1967

MRS. AGNES LUDEKE
Mrs. Ludeke was born at Boscobel, Wisconsin on July 14, 1889, the daughter of William T. and Ella Greene. The early years of her life were spent in Wisconsin where she attended school. On October 22, 1918, she was united in marriage to Henry A. Ludeke at Boscobel, Wisconsin. Together they began farming at the northwest edge of Klemme and five years later moved to a farm 1/2 mile west of Klemme, where they farmed and operated a sorghum manufacturing plant. In 1930 they bought a farm 2 miles north of Klemme and lived there 2 years, and then purchased a larger farm near Meservey, where they resided until retirement, when they moved into their home in Klemme. Mrs. Ludeke was an active member of the Methodist Church of Klemme.

She had suffered a stroke early Tuesday morning at her home. Mrs. Ludeke passed away late Tuesday afternoon, April 18, 1967 at the Hancock County Memorial Hospital in Britt.

Surviving are: One son, Paul W. Ludeke, Buckner, Wisconsin, also surviving are 3 brothers and 3 sisters: Lyle Greene, Boscobel, Wisconsin; Raymond Greene, Madison, Wisconsin; Neil Greene, Viroqua, Wisconsin; Mrs. Gladys McDaniel, Boscobel, Wisconsin; Mrs. Esther Phillips, San Luis Obispo, Cal.; Mrs. Wilda Gerard, Boscobel, Wisconsin; also 2 grandchildren: Larry Paul and Lynne Melton Ludeke. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Henry; as well as an infant daughter, Ruth Agnes. Interment in Eli Township Cemetery, Klemme, Iowa.