Augusta Johanna Wilhelmine LUEDTKE

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• FamilySearch ID: LZPC-7BC
• Immigration: 1881
• Immigration: 1882
• Immigration: 1883
• Residence: 1905, Grafton, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States
• Residence: 1930, Port Washington, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States; Address:
  609 Van Buren St
• Residence: 1940–1958, Port Washington, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States; Address:
  312 Van Buren St.

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Died:
Cedarburg News -- Wed 26 June 1963

"Mrs. LAST, 100 Years Young"

There will be an "open house" for immediate friends and relatives of the family at Columbia Hall, on Thursday afternoon, July 4 from 2 to 5 for Mrs. Augusta LAST who will 100 years young on the 3rd of July. Given by her children, they will later meet from 7 to 9 in the evening at the home of Mr & Mrs Arthur THIELKE, 1320 - 13th ave., Grafton, where she is now making her home.

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Mrs. Augusta Last, a 100-year-old Grafton resident with 109 direct descendants, died suddenly Sunday morning after being stricken with a hemorrhage at her home.

She was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Alphonsus Hospital in Port Washington.

The former Augusta Luedtke, she was born in Germany, July 3, 1863, and formerly made her home in Port Washington. She celebrated her 100th birthday at a family reunion on the 4th of July.

She was married to Carl Last who died more than 30 years ago. The couple operated a farm in the Town of Grafton before moving to Port Washington.

Survivors are three sons, William and August of Port Washington and Walter of Milwaukee; four daughters, Mrs. Helen Kibbel and Mrs. Leonard (Ella) Didier of Port Washington, Mrs. August (Ida) Schlueter of West Bend and Mrs. Arthur (Dora) Thielke of Grafton; 24 grandchildren; 72 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Frieden's Church, Port Washington, the Rev. Christopher Boland, pastor of the church, officiating. Burial will be at the Port Washington Union Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Poole Funeral Home after 3 p.m. Tuesday and at the church from noon Wednesday.

-- Sheboygan Press, July 15, 1963

Augusta married Carl Friedrich Hermann LAST on 25 Feb 1883 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Carl (son of Johann Wilhelm Gottlieb LAST and Hanne Charlotte Regine STRASSMAN) was born on 26 Sep 1851 in Döringshagen, Naugard, Pommern, Germany; died on 5 Jun 1926 in Port Washington, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States; was buried on 8 Jun 1926 in Port Washington, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Fried Herman LAST was born on 23 May 1885 in Grafton, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States; died on 5 Dec 1953 in Port Washington, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States; was buried on 8 Dec 1953 in Port Washington, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States.
2. Emma A LAST was born between 1886 and 1887 in Grafton, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States; died in 1923; was buried in Port Washington, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States.
3. William Henry LAST was born on 7 Mar 1888 in Grafton, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States; was christened on 15 Apr 1888 in Port Washington, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States; died on 10 Aug 1965 in Port Washington, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States; was buried on 12 Aug 1965 in Port Washington, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States.
4. Ida Ella Mathilda LAST was born on 16 Dec 1889 in Grafton, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States; was christened on 23 Feb 1890; died on 19 Aug 1963 in West Bend, Washington, Wisconsin, United States; was buried on 22 Aug 1963 in Campbellsport, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States.
5. Helena J LAST was born on 16 Dec 1889 in Grafton, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States; was christened on 23 Feb 1890; died on 17 Oct 1980 in Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States.
6. August Carl Edward LAST was born on 6 Aug 1891 in Grafton, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States; died on 20 Jun 1969 in Port Washington, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States; was buried on 22 Jun 1969 in Port Washington, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States.
7. Bertha LAST was born on 7 Apr 1893 in Grafton, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States; died about 1894.
8. Charles M LAST was born on 8 Dec 1894 in Grafton, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States; died about 1914.
9. Frieda Ottilie Louise LAST was born on 26 May 1897 in Port Washington, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States; died about 1898.
10. Madora Martha Louisa LAST was born on 13 May 1898 in Grafton, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States; died on 10 Sep 1979 in Grafton, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States; was buried in Grafton, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States.
11. Edward Walter LAST was born on 23 Dec 1899 in Grafton, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States; died on 27 Jan 1901 in Grafton, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States; was buried on 30 Jan 1901 in Port Washington, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States.
12. Clara LAST was born in 1901 in Grafton, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States; died about 1902.
13. Walter Lewis LAST was born on 27 Feb 1902 in Grafton, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States; died on 26 May 1970 in Wauwatosa, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States; was buried on 28 May 1970 in Eagle, Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States.
14. Martha LAST was born on 28 Feb 1902 in Grafton, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States; died on 11 Jul 1902 in Grafton, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States; was buried on 11 Jul 1902 in Port Washington, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States.
15. Hilda A LAST was born on 8 Apr 1904 in Grafton, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States; died on 18 Sep 1944 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States; was buried in Port Washington, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States.
16. Ella M LAST was born on 13 Jul 1909 in Grafton, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States; died on 30 Apr 1996 in Port Washington, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: August Ludke
• FamilySearch ID: LZGJ-Z29

Carl married Friederike FRITZ. Friederike was born in Germany; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Wilhelemine Caroline Fisiae Guisar
• FamilySearch ID: LZ6W-JYJ