Obituary of ClemW. Matzke - April 16, 1983


Green Bay Press Gazette - April 18, 1983


Clem W Matzke, 90, died in his sleep Saturday at his home at Route 2, DePere, where he lived and farmed his entire life.  He was born Dec 12, 1892, to the late Paul and Gertrude (Loehlein) Matzke.  He married Sadie Vanden Heuvel on Sept 14, 1915 at St. Francis Church, DePere.  His wife preceded him in death on Mar 23, 1969.  Survivors include three sons and daughters in law, Roland and Ethel, Kenneth and Dolores, DePere, and Robert B and Germaine, Green Bay, five daughters and four sons in law, Blossom Krueger and Gloria and Roger Bougie, DePere, June and John Collins, Allouez, Joyce and Bernard Cohen and Rozella and Roland Schroeder, Denmark; 45 grand children; 52 great grand children; one sister, Agnes Decker, Green Bay, and one sister in law, Elsie Vermeulen, Norway, Michigan.  He was preceded in death by one sister, Lydia Dollar, and one grand daughter, Barbara Schroeder Peters.  Friends may call at Cotter Funeral Home...(services) Tuesday at St. Francis Church, DePere,,,Burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery. 


Submitted by Pat Matzke