Otto Herman Prochnow

Otto Prochnow was baptized on Sunday, June 13, 1897.2 He was born on Sunday, June 13, 1897 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, Wisconsin, son of Friedrich Samuel Prochnow and Alvina Maria Buchholz.1,2 Otto Prochnow was confirmed on March 13, 1912 in St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery in Indian Creek, Clifton Township, Monroe County, Wisconsin.2

Otto remained a bachelor. In the summers he worked in Montana on ranches. The winters he spent in Wisconsin with his brothers and sister, helping relatives and neighbors with chores, etc. Upon reaching retirement age, he took up living with his brother Adolph on the home farm.1,2

Otto died on Saturday, January 20, 1968 of a heart attack, at the farm home in Oakdale Township. He was 70 years old.1,2

Otto Prochnow's GravestoneHe was laid to rest beside his parents in the St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery in St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery.

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