- Date Of Birth: March 21, 1923
- Date Of Death: January 22, 2014
- State: Missouri
Ludwig H. Starke, 90, of Hermann, passed away on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at Frene Valley Health Care South, Owensville, Missouri.
Mr. Starke was born in Lamar, Missouri on March 21, 1923, the son of the late Bernard and Odelia (Frechmann) Starke.
He was the widower of Clara E. (Ruegge) Starke. They were married November 21, 1951 at St. Joseph Church, Little Berger, MO.
Ludwig proudly served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He was a member of St. George Church, Hermann, Missouri and the Knights of Columbus. He was a farmer.
He is survived by a sister Rosella Schluss of McKittrick, two brothers Burnett Starke of Inman, Kansas and Quentin Starke & wife Carol of Hermann, two sisters-in-law Dorothy Starke of Rhineland and Millie Ruegge of Morrison and by many nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents, his wife, five brothers Henry, Milton, Edward and Harvey Starke and by six sisters, Sr. M. Odilia Starke, Ann Weaver, Lillian Pottebaum, Margaret Glatz, Estelle Elsenraat and Viola Oberg-Hollandworth.