Auglaize County, Ohio

Auglaize County Death Records

Last Name: Blanke

First Name: Lorraine

Father's Name: Clarence Laut

Mother's Maiden Name: Luetta Speckman

Spouse's Name: Lester H. Blanke

Death Date: May 29, 2001

Cause of Death:

Death Location: Minster, Auglaize County OH

Source: Celina Daily Standard

Additional: New Bremen native Lorraine Blanke, 96, died at 4:11 a.m. May 29, at the Heritage Manor Nursing home in Minster. She was born on Nov. 11, 1904, in New Bremen to Clarence and Luetta (Speckman) Laut. On Aug. 31, 1926, she married Lester H. Blanke who died on Oct. 27, 1998. Survivors are a daughter and her husband, Edith and John Wissman, New Bremen; brother Lloyd Laut, St. Marys; two granddaughters, and two great-grandchildren. Deceased is a great-granddaughter; a sister, Jeannette Bertke; a brother, Arnold Laut and a brother in infancy. She was a member of the St. Paul United Church of Christ, New Bremen, where she had been a Sunday School Superintendent and teacher. She was a member of the Women's Guild of the church, of the New Bremen Senior Citizens, the New Bremen Historic Association, the Friends of the Library, the former New Bremen Women's Club, and the Rural Letter Carrier Auxiliary. She was a homemaker and had also worked as a telephone operator at the New Bremen Telephone Co. and was a part time postal clerk. Services are 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the church, the Revs. Jeanne Spoor and John Tostrick officiating. Burial will be in the German Protestant Cemetery, New Bremen. Calling is 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at the Gilberg-Hartwig Funeral Home, New Bremen, and from 9:30 a.m. until the service on Thursday at the church. Contributions can be made to the church memorial fund or to the New Bremen Emergency Squad.

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