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Ralph C. Ludeke
- 1891 - 1981
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- Ralph C. Ludeke
Clear Lake - Funeral services for Ralph C. Ludeke, 90, of rural Clear Lake, who
died Wednesday (Sept. 23, 1981) at a Mason City nursing home, will be 10 a.m.
Saturday at the Clear Lake United Methodist Church. The Rev. M.A. Kampfe of the
Good Shepherd Geriatric Center and Dr. Lyle Lieder of the church will officiate.
Burial will be in Ell Township Cemetery, Klemme.
Visitation will be after 2 p.m. today at
Hogan-Bremer Colonial Chapel, where a prayer service will be 7:30 tonight. The
family requests memorials be made to the Ralph Ludeke Memorial Fund.
Mr. Ludeke attended Klemme schools and Charles City Academy, and was graduated
from Drake University in 1916. He farmed in the Klemme area and was well-known
for raising purebred hogs. He lived a short time in Garner, and moved to Clear
Lake in 1943 where he lived until his retirement. He married Mina Hartzell in
1917 in Britt.
Mr. Ludeke had a stroke in 1970, which left him partially paralyzed and confined
to a nursing home.
He was a member of the Clear Lake United Methodist Church and served as a Sunday
school superintendent and teacher. He also served on the church boards and sang
in the church choir. He also served on the Klemme School Board.
Survivors include his wife, Mina; three daughters, Mrs. Dan (June) Collins,
Mason City; Mrs. Jack (Doris) Dominic, Clear Lake; Mrs. Eldon Coulter (Marilyn)
Coulter, Redfield; one son, Stanley R. Ludeke, Long Prairie, Minn., and 14
grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
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Ralph Ludeke: born
6 Jun 1891 Iowa - died 23 Sep 1981 Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County
Grave marker at Calvary Cemetery, Klemme, Hancock County, Iowa - Block 3, Lot 68
Son of Herman Frederick Ludeke, born 1854 - died 1923 and Martha Venecolt, born
1854 - died 1926
Husband of Sarah Bertha Wilhelina Hartzel, born 1894 - died 1988
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Brother of:
Emma Frances Ludeke Schoenwetter (1876-1968)
Fred W. Ludeke (1879-1897)
Lydia Ludeke Ax (1881-1964)
Elmer Herman Ludeke (1887-1948)
Mary M Ludeke Schoenwetter (1888-1976)
Ida Ludeke Suckow ( 1893-1956)
source: Find-A-Grave, memorial# 113933124
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