BOWLER VILLAGE PRESIDENT, W. A. DOMKE, 51, DIES

Walter A. Domke, president of the village of Bowler, fire chief, and one 
of the village's outstanding citizens, died Saturday following an 
illness caused by a stroke of Paralysis a week ago.
Up to the time he was stricken, Mr. Domke had been active in civic 
affairs. He was one of the original members and a booster for the Bowler 
Advancement association. He had been an employee of the county highway 
department for many years. Since 1919 he worked for Shawano county, 
aside from a year spent in Marathon county and five years on the 
highways of Oconto county.
Walter was born in the town of Seneca March 14, 1893, a son of the late 
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Domke. He grew up in that township and was married 
May 18, 1921, to May Liske at Gillett, by the Rev. August Domke.
Survivors include one daughter, Nina, a grandchild; two brothers, Emil, 
of Calif, and Leon of Tilleda; two sisters, Bertha, at home and Irma of 
Tilleda. A son passed away in 1922.
The funeral will be Wednesday afternoon, at 2 PM from the Evangelical 
church near Tilleda. Interment will take place in the church cemetery. 
He was a member of the church from where his last rites will be held.

              MRS. CHRISTEN DIES AT HOME IN WASHINGTON

It has been learned that Mrs. John Christen, 71, former resident of this 
county, passed away at Bellingham, Wash., following a long illness. She 
had been an invalid for a number of years. Funeral services were held 
there on August 12. If she had lived until Nov. 20, this year she could 
have celebrated her golden wedding anniversary.
Mrs. Christen was born near Bonduel and will be remembered by the older 
generation as Bertha Falenlinke.

Besides her husband she leaves one son, who is serving in the Pacific 
War Zone, a sister, who lives near Underhill, and a brother, whose home is near Bonduel