Bernhard Stephan Renk

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Bernhard Stephan Renk (Rink)

Also Known As: "Bernard", "Ben"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Schönfeld, Konitz, West Prussia, Germany
Death: November 09, 1973 (89)
Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, United States (cerebral infarction)
Place of Burial: Winona, Minnesota, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Michael Joseph Renk and Franciska Elisabeth Renk
Husband of Hedwig Elizabeth Augusta Renk
Father of Marie (Renk) Crowley; Jeannette Hawes ; Carl Bernard Renk; Eleanor Louise Wunder; Arthur Joseph Renk and 1 other
Brother of Maria Theresia Johnson; Martha Agnes Canar; Anna Francisca Renk; August Renk; John Michael Renk and 3 others

Occupation: printer
Managed by: Will Wunder
Last Updated:

About Bernhard Stephan Renk

Baptized as "Bernhard Stephan Rink" on Dec 16, 1883 in West Prussia, this record also states his birth date as Dec 9, 1883, the son of Michael Rink and Francisca Landmesser ["Deutschland, Preußen, Westpreußen, Katholische und Lutherisch Kirchenbücher, 1537-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZMV-92VT : 8 February 2021), Bernhard Stephan Rink, 1883].

Most other records, except St. Mary's Cemetery, state his birth date as Dec 8, 1883, including his obituary in the Nov 9, 1973 issue of the Winona Daily News:

Bernard S. Renk, 89, Sauer Memorial Home, died at 1:45 a.m. today at the home. He had retired as a printer with Watkins Products, Inc. Prior to that he had been a printer with Jones and Kroeger several years.
The son of Michael and Frances Landmesser Renk, he was born in Schoenfeldt, Germany, Dec. 8, 1883, immigrating to the United States with his family in 1891. On May 17, 1905 he married Hedwig E. Schmidt at Winona. She died May 3, 1968. He was a member of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart and St. Joseph Society.
Survivors are: three sons, Bernard J., Minneapolis, Minn; Arthur J., Omaha, Neb., and Carl B., San Diego, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs. Marie Crowley, Minneapolis, and Mrs. Bill (Eleanor) Wunder, Anamosa, Iowa; 14 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; triplet great-great-grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Edward (Rose) Vondrasek, Winona. One daughter, two brothers and three sisters have died.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Burke's Funeral Home, Winona, and at 11 a.m. at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, a grandson, the Rev. Louis Wunder, Waterloo, Iowa, officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery.
Friends may call Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home where Father Wunder will lead a wake service at 8.

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Bernhard Stephan Renk's Timeline

1883
December 9, 1883
Schönfeld, Konitz, West Prussia, Germany
December 16, 1883
Konitz, West Prussia, Germany
1905
December 2, 1905
Winona, Minnesota, United States
1907
January 11, 1907
Winona, Minnesota, United States
1908
August 14, 1908
Winona, Minnesota, United States
1910
August 3, 1910
Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, United States
1912
July 7, 1912
1917
September 9, 1917
Winona, Minnesota, United States
1973
November 9, 1973
Age 89
Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, United States