Fifth Generation
143. Kenneth Theodore
HARTKE was born on 29 Sep 1914 in Del Rey, Illinois.134 He died on 3 Sep 2005 in Kankakee, Illinois.328 Hartke, Kenneth
Kenneth Hartke -- Bourbonnais
Kenneth T. Hartke, 90, of Bourbonnais, died Saturday (Sept. 3, 2005) at Riverside
Medical Center.
Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Monday at the Kankakee Chapel of the Schreffler
Funeral Homes, and from 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church until
the 10 a.m. funeral service. Rev. Karl Koeppen will officiate.
Burial will be in Mound Grove Gardens. Memorials may be made to St. Paul's Lutheran
Church, where he was a member.
Mr. Hartke was born Sept. 29, 1914 in Del Ray, the son of Theodore G. and Pauline
Kaufmann Hartke.
His wife, the former Wilma Kirchmann, whom he married Oct. 5, 1939 at the parsonage
of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Kankakee, died Sept. 2, 2002. He worked at JC
Penney's downtown store for 1 1/2 years, Beta Shoe Co. in Kankakee from 1935-1950
as a supervisor, started the Fairview Courts Motel with his wife and owned it
for 12 years, then sold the motel in 1963 and went to work at Speckman Realty
for the next 12 years. He was a die-hard Cubs fan, enjoyed fishing, hunting and
bowling. He was named 2003 Man of the Year at Gala Lanes Senior League.
Surviving are one son and daughter-in-law, Kenneth L. and Sherry Hartke of El
Paso; two daughters and sons-in-law, Jan L. and Hal Bryant of Bourbonnais, Nancy
and Rufus Blackley of Hudson, Ohio; 10 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren;
and one special niece, Dolores Bergman of Kankakee.
One son, David Hartke, is deceased.
Kenneth Theodore HARTKE and Wilma KIRCHMAN were married on 5 Oct 1939 in Kankakee,
Illinois.53 Wilma
KIRCHMAN was born on 8 Feb 1917 in Kankakee, Illinois.53 She died on 2 Sep 2002 in Kankakee, Illinois.329
Hartke, Wilma
Wilma Hartke,
motel owner
Wilma B. Hartke, 85, of Bourbonnais, formerly of Kankakee, died Monday (Sept.
2, 2002) at Riverside Medical Center, Kankakee.
Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at the Kankakee Chapel of the Schreffler
Funeral Homes, and from 9:30 a.m. Thursday until the 10:30 a.m. services at St.
Paul's Lu theran Church, Kankakee, where she was an active member. Revs. Karl
Koeppen and Curtis Boyer will officiate.
Burial will be in Mound Grove Gardens Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to St. Paul's Lutheran Church.
Mrs. Hartke, with her husband, Kenneth Hartke, built the Fairview Courts Motel
in Kankakee.
She was born Feb. 8, 1917, in Kankakee, the daughter of Ambrose and Louise Fritz
Kirchman.
Surviving are her husband, Kenneth T. Hartke, whom she married Oct. 5, 1939,
at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Kankakee, of Bourbonnais; one son and daughter-in-law,
Ken L. and Sherry Hartke of El Paso, Ill.; two daughters and sons-in-law, Jan
and Hal Bryant of Bourbonnais, Nancy and Rufus Blackley of Hudson, Ohio; 10 grandchildren
and three great-grandchildren; and a special niece, Dolores Bergmann of Kankakee.
One infant son, David; one sister, Mildred Robinson; and four brothers, George,
Walter, Harry and William Kirchmann, are deceased.
Mrs. Hartke was past president of the Ladies Aid at her church and past president
of St. Paul's Lutheran School PTA.
She enjoyed embroidery.
Kenneth Theodore HARTKE and Wilma KIRCHMAN had the following children:
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