Walter J. Kroehnke (1918-1922)

Birth: December 21, 1875

Death: June 30, 1930 (Age 54)

Burial: Hillside Cemetery (Chilton, Calumet County, Wisconsin)

 

Born in New Holstein, Kroehnke has resided in Chilton for 25 years. Thirty-one years ago he married Mollie Steudel.  Mr. Kroehnke, president of the Chilton Millwork Company, and mayor of Chilton for two terms, had served on the school board for ten years. Chairman of the drive for the recent large bond issue for road work in Calumet County. From 1907 to 1910 he owned the Chilton Brewery with M. Landgraf. He was a prominent in many civic activities of that vicinity. He also has two sons, Earl and John of Chilton, two daughters, Mrs. Pfeffer, and Helen Kroehnke, Chilton; two brothers, George of Wabeno, and Oscar of Ottawa, Ill. Three sisters, Mrs. Jennie Ettis, Whitewater, S. D.; Mrs. Laura Lewis, Lorraine, Ohio; and Mrs. Lillian Leonard, New Holstein.