OTTO F. BIEKER
BIEKER, OTTO F: Manager Telephone Office; b Mount Vernon, Ind May 5, 1888; s of August Bieker-Sophie Thielman; ed Earling; m Bernadine Muenschrath May 9, 1911 Earling; s Bernard, August, Clement, A Gerome, Henry; d Genevieve, Leona, Marie, Luella (dec); 1900-08 with father in contracting & bldg. business; 1907 helper CM&StP RR, Earling; 1908- off mgr Earling Mutual Tele Co. Earling; 1915- with 2 brothers part owner Defiance Tele Co, Definance; mbr town coun 12 years; mayor since 1934, during this time instrumental in paving the town, also installed meter system on water plant; Comml Club, past pres; KC; Cath Ch; Dem; hobby: fishing; off & res Earling.
From Who's Who in Iowa, by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1111. Transcribed by Denise Wurner, March, 2013.
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