Name Michael Joseph Krubsack28 Birth 20 Sep 1862, Lebanon, Dodge, Wisconsin Residence aft 27 Jul 1893, Bessemer, Gogebic, Michigan Residence 1905, Hurley, Iron, Wisconsin Residence 1910, Pine River, Lincoln, Wisconsin Employment 1920, Merrill, Lincoln, Wisconsin36 Employment Memo Farmer, Apiarist Census 1920, Pine River, Lincoln, Wisconsin34 Census Memo M. J. Krubsack Census 1930, Pine River, Lincoln, Wisconsin35 Census Memo Michael J. Death 16 Jul 1944, Merrill, Lincoln, Wisconsin Employment ca 1885, Gogebic Iron Range, Michigan Employment Memo Millwright, Oliver Mining Company Occupation Millwright, Farmer, Apiarist Cause of death Complications of arm amputation after becoming entangled in a power grinder Father Ludwig Krubsack (1820-1902) Mother Amalie (Maria) Miller (1825-1907) Obituary Michael Krubsack was born September 20, 1862 in the Town of Lebanon, Dodge County, Wisconsin. There he spent his childhood days and attended the public and the Lutheran parochial school. Later he went north to the Gogebic Iron Range in the 1880's and worked as a millwright in the sawmills for the Oliver Mining Company. After he was married to Elizabeth Gutekunst on July 27, 1893, he lived in Bessemer, Michigan. From 1905 to 1910, they lived in Hurley, Wisconsin. As a supplement to farming, he began bee-keeping soon after he came to Pine River. He was one of Lincoln County's most eminent bee-keepers (apiarist). He was a lifelong member of the Lutheran church at Pine River, Wisconsin. He was the father of five boys and six girls, however, two boys died in infancy. At the age of eighty-one, Mr. Krubsack was resurfacing the floor of a room in his home; while sharpening a scraper, he became entangled in a power emery grinder which severly injured his arm. He was taken to Holy Cross hospital, where the surgeons decided that amputation was necessary. However, the result of the accident was that he died June 16, 1944. The Rev. Harold Krenz officiated at the funeral service, and he was buried in the church cemetery. Spouses 1 Elizabetha Katherine Gutekunst28 Birth 2 Nov 1872, Coldwater, Branch, Michigan Baptism 10 Nov 1872, Coldwater, Branch, Michigan Death 2 Mar 1951, Merrill, Lincoln, Wisconsin Father Karl Jacob Gutekunst (1848-1922) Mother Anna Maria Denner (1850-1917) Marriage 27 Jul 1893, Hurley, Iron, Wisconsin37,38 Marriage Memo German Lutheran Church Children Walter (1894-1946) Esther (1896-1984) Clara M. (1898-1978) Hubert (1900-1900) Carl (1901-1994) Martha Elisabeth (1903-1997) Leone Sophie (1906-2003) Louise (1908-) Anna (Ann) S. (1910-1998) Adolph (Died as Infant) (1913-1913) Marcus J. (1915-2001) Last Modified 16 Oct 2003 Created 5 Dec 2003 by Reunion 8.04 for Macintosh <csg> Family Tree Home * Index * Surnames * Web Family Card
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