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36. Theodore George HARTKE was born on 25 Nov 1881 in Artesia Township, Iroquois County, Illinois.130 He died on 24 Nov 1963 in Kankakee, Illinois.131

Theodore Hartke
Buckley relatives attended funeral services on Tuesday for Mr. Theodore Hartke, Kankakee. Mr. Hartke, 81, died Sunday in the St. Marys Hospital, Kankakee, where he had been a patient since November 9th, when he suffered a fall, receiving a fractured hip. His death followed complications.
Born November 25, 1881, at Buckley, the son of Wm. Hartke and Mary Krumwiede Hartke.
He was married to Miss Pauline Kaufmann at Kankakee on April 13, 1912, where the couple lived. She preceded him April 19, 1949. Surviving are one son, Kenneth of Kankakee; three grandchildren; a sister, Mrs. Laura Wilkens, Rolla, Mo., and other relatives.
In addition to his wife, he was preceded by a sister, Mrs. Tillie Wilkens in 1918; a brother, Geo. Hartke in August 1955; a brother Henry Hartke, who lived in Minnesota.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, November 19, in St. Paul Lutheran Church, Kankakee, where he was a member. Burial was in Mound Grove Cemetery near Kankakee. Rev. Herbert H. Bohlman officiated. Rehr & Kaiser Funeral Home was in charge. This record was modified on 4 Dec 2000.53 Corrected assumed dates.

Theodore George HARTKE and Pauline KAUFMANN were married on 13 Apr 1912 in Kankakee, Illinois.53 Pauline KAUFMANN (daughter of August KAUFMANN and Friederika SCHOENFELDT) was born before Apr 1889. She died on 19 Apr 1949.132,133

Word was received here Tuesday of the death of Mrs. Paulina Hartke, 60, of Kankakee, who died at 3 a.m. on Tuesday, having suffered a hemorrhage on Monday and been failing for several years. Funeral arrangements incomplete. She is survived by her husband Theodore Hartke, and one son Kenneth, both of Kankakee, three brothers, George and Martin Kaufmann of Buckley, Edward Kaufmann of Rantoul, and four sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Koschnick, Mrs. Lillie Krumwiede, both of Buckley, Mrs. Allie Priesel and Miss Clara Kaufmann, both of Kankakee. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Fred and William Kaufmann and one sister, Alma. She was born at Buckley, the daughter of August and Fredericka Kaufmann.

Theodore George HARTKE and Pauline KAUFMANN had the following children:

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Kenneth Theodore HARTKE.