- From The Advertiser-Courier
Hermann, Missouri
Tuesday, May 25, 1993; Page 2-A:
ERWIN C. ENGELBRECHT
Erwin C. Engelbrecht, 91, of Stony Hill, retired Bay banker, died Sunday, May 16, 1993, at St. John's Mercy Hospital in Washington.
Mr. Engelbrecht was born at Stony Hill, April 16, 1902, a son of John and Anna Hilkerbaumer Engelbrecht. He was married at Berger, June 18, 1930, to Nora A. Kugel, who preceded him in death in 1986.
Mr. Engelbrecht was associated with the Bay Bank for many years. He was a member of St. James United Church of Christ at Stony Hill.
He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Robert (Carolyn) Wilmesherr of Cincinnati, Ohio; one sister, Laura Kugel of New Haven; and two granddaughters. Three sisters, Alvina Hesemann, Florence Blumer, and Hilda Engelbrecht, and two brothers, Theodore and Elmer Elgelbrecht, also predeceased him.
Funeral services, conducted by the Rev. Valerius Schultz, were held Monday, May 24, at St. James United Church of Christ at Stony Hill. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Memorials to St. James Cemetery are suggested.
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- Erwin had polio when he was 15 months old and used crutches for the balance of his life. He worked in the bank in Bay, Missouri. After marriage, Erwin and Nora lived with his parents, Dr. John and Anna in the house that Dr. John built in late 1897 in Stony Hill, Mo. Nora took care of Erwin’s parents until their death. After Nora died, Erwin continued to live in the house where he was born until his death there in 1993.
- by John C. and Liz Blumer
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