Karl William Meinke, 76, of Route 1, Ripon, died Saturday, October 22, 1988, at Ripon Memorial Hospital.
He was born February 3, 1912, in Fond du Lac County, to Herman and Bertha Tabbert Meinke. On August 26, 1944, he married Dorothy Fleming in Michigan.
Mr. Meinke was a farmer and mechanic at Green Giant. He was a member of Our Saviours United Church of Christ in Ripon. He lived in the Ripon area all of his life.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy; two sons, David W. of Medina, Ohio and John R. of Princeton, WI; six grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Florence Miller of Ripon.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday, at 1:30 pm at the Butzin-Marchant Funeral Home in Ripon. The Reverend Harley C.W. Tretow will officiate. Interment will follow in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Ripon.
Friends may call Tuesday, from 12:30 pm until the hour of the service at the funeral home.
Please visit www.butzinmarchant.com to send online condolences.