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Marie Kathryn Wichmann Suntken

14 Jun 1882 – 6 Oct 1976

Birth	14 Jun 1882
Death	6 Oct 1976
Cemetery	Saint Johns Lutheran Church Cemetery Anchor , McLean County , Illinois , USA
Added by	betty bottles on 06 Aug 2012
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7254625

Bio

Daughter of August W. D. and Louise Caroline Dauel Wichmann, she was born in Delemhorst, Germany. The family immigrated so that she was confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church, Anchor in 1896. Marie married John H. Suntken on Dec. 6,1899 in Anchor. They lived in Sibley, IL and had 13 children. John worked as Town Marshall, maintaining the village water system which was also the jail, when there was a tenant. Marie helped support the large family working at the Sibley Telephone office where she received 10 ¢ an hour. (Several of the children worked too.)

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Family

Parents

• August W. D. Wichmann 1843–1895 FaG
• Karolina Dortea Louisa Dauel Wichmann 1847–1914 FaG

Spouse

• John Henry Suntken 1874–1948

Siblings

• William Henry "Willy" Wichmann 1877–1927 FaG

Children

• John August Suntken 1900–1941
• Sidone L. Suntken Barber 1902–1992
• Louise Bertha Suntken Roesch 1903–2000
• Pvt Martin H. Suntken 1906–1944
• Annette Sophia Suntken Seamonds 1908–1990
• Dorothea T. Suntken Falck 1912–1984
• Elsie A Suntken Stevens 1915–1993
• Ernest A Suntken 1917–2001
• Erwin L. Suntken 1919–1980
• Albert Suntken 1921–1921
• Irene Mae Suntken Faulk 1922–1989
• Margaret Alberta Suntken Osborne 1925–2000

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