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Household of Eleanor Lillian Kuhlmeier

She is married to Bertus Henry Plucker.

They got married on June 22, 1933 at fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten, she was 19 years old.

Bertus Henry Plucker oo Eleanor Lillian Kuhlmeier

Marriage sources: Author: Hull, LaRie, Title: Kuper GEDCOM file, (Publication location: Fergus Fls., MN, Publisher: L.H., Publication date: MCMXCVI) for dom.

Mrs. Hull cites her source: Mrs. Doris Bent Bousfield, Lennox, SD
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Child(ren):

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  5. James Elroy Plucker  1949-2017


Notes about Eleanor Lillian Kuhlmeier

Eleanor Lillian Kuhlmeier

Sources: Author: Hull, LaRie, Title: Kuper GEDCOM file, (Publication location: Fergus Fls., MN, Publisher: L.H., Publication date: MCMXCVI) for name, dob.

Mrs. Hull cites her source: Mrs. Doris Bent Bousfield, Lennox, SD

Author: Knock, Marvin, Title: "Knock Family Genealogy," (Publication location: Souix Fls., SD, Publisher: WorldConnect at RootsWeb.com, Publication date: xx Apr MMII), Repository: The Cloud

Link: worldconnect.rootsweb.com

"... Stanley Walter PLUCKER ...

Father Bertus Henry PLUCKER ...
Mother: Eleanor Lillian KUHLMEIER ..."

Author: Hammerstrom, Gene, Title: "Eleanor Lillian Kuhlmeier Plucker," (Publication location: Chancellor, SD, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: iv Apr MMXI), Repository: The Cloud

Link: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67899418/eleanor-lillian-plucker

"[photograph of a woman] Added by: Jesse on 7 Apr 2011
[photograph of a woman & infant] Eleanor with granddaughter Jessica baptism Aug. 18, 1991.
[photograph of a woman & a man] Added by: Jesse Stratmeyer on 7 Apr 2011
[photograph of stone shared with Bertus H. Plucker] Added by: Jesse Stratmeyer on 14 Jun 2020
[photograph of 3 men & 5 women Added by: Christin Bartels on 30 Dec 2011

Eleanor Lillian Kuhlmeier Plucker Birth 31 May 1914 Death 4 Apr 2011 (aged 96) Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA Burial Germantown Presbyterian Church Cemetery Chancellor, Turner County, South Dakota, USA Memorial ID 67899418

Eleanor Plucker, 96, died Monday, April 4, 2011 at Good Samaritan Luther Manor, Sioux Falls, SD, having suffered a fractured pelvis several weeks before.

Eleanor Lillian Kuhlmeier was born on a farm near Tea, SD on May 31, 1914, the daughter of Walter and Katherine (Nuttbrock) Kuhlmeier. She attended rural school and grew up in the Tea, Chancellor and Davis areas. She survived the Davis tornado in 1928.

On Jun. 21 1933 Eleanor was united in marriage to Bert H. Plucker in Canton, SD.

They farmed north of Chancellor and moved into Lennox in 1978. Her husband died Feb. 7, 1980. She had opened her home to 58 foster children from 1961 to 1993, having raised Debbie and Pennny to adulthood. She moved to Sioux Falls in 2008 and since that time her special caregivers were her son, Jim and her granddaughter, Darcy Waldner.

She was a member of Lennox Ebenezer Presbyterian Church and in addition of being a foster mother, she was a charter member of the Lennox Senior Citizens, Lennox Legion Auxiliary, Garden Club and Women's Relief Corp.

In 1989 she received the "Spirit of South Dakota" Award, being recognized as one of our pioneer women. She was a cancer survivor and had beaten cancer five times in her lifetime.

Besides her parents and her husband, Bert, she was preceded in death by two daughters and three sons in infancy; four grandchildren; two brothers; Armour and Glenwood Kuhlmeier, two sons-in-law: Dale Hammerstrom in 1986 and Dale VanBockern in 2009.

Survivors: two sons: Stanley (Marlene) Plucker, Tea and James Plucker, Sioux Falls; three daughters: Bernice (Bill) Beaumont, Sioux Falls, Delores VanBockern, Sioux Falls and Eldonna (Larry) Butler, Landrum, NC; two foster daughters: Debbie (Paul) Hartz, Luverne, MN and Penny (Allen) Stratmeyer, Tea; 24 grandchildren; 47 great-grandchildren; 27 great-great-grandchildren; two sisters: Dorothy Heibult and Arlis Poppens, both of Lennox; plus several nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.

Services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Apr. 9, 2011 at Lennox Ebenezer Presbyterian Church with burial in the Germantown Cemetery.

The family requests memorials to the Children's Inn, Children's Home Society or a charity of your choice in lieu of flowers.

Parents
Photo[graph of stone shared with Kate Kuhlmeier] Walter Kuhlmeier 1886-1965
Photo[graph of stone shared with Walter Kuhlmeier] Kate (Katherine) Bertha Nuttbrock Kuhlmeier 1894-1968

Spouse
Photo[graph of a woman & man] Bertus Henry Plucker 1909-1980

Siblings

Photo[graph of stone shared with Annie Kuhlmeier] Armour Joseph Kuhlmeier 1912-1985
Photo[graph of his stone] Glenwood Kuhlmeier 1916-1918
Arlis Kuhlmeier Poppens 1930 – unknown

Children

Photo[graph of her stone] Lorretta Jean Plucker 1936-1938
Photo[graph of her stone] Gladys Kathryn Plucker 1941-1943
Photo[graph of a man] James Elroy Plucker 1949-2017
Photo[graph of stone shared with Robert J. Plucker & Craig S. Plucker] William J. Plucker 1954-1954
Photo[graph of stone shared with William J. Plucker & Craig S. Plucker] Robert J. Plucker 1955-1955
Photo[graph of stone shared with William J. Plucker & Robert J. Plucker] Craig S. Plucker 1960-1960

Created by: Gene Hammerstrom Added: 4 Apr 2011 Find a Grave Memorial 67899418"
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    Birthday May 31, 1914

    • The temperature on May 31, 1914 was between 4.8 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
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    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
      • January 1 » The SPT Airboat Line becomes the world's first scheduled airline to use a winged aircraft.
      • May 30 » The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMSAquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
      • August 6 » World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
      • August 17 » World War I: Battle of Stallupönen: The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Paul von Rennenkampf near modern-day Nesterov, Russia.
      • August 30 » World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.
      • November 5 » World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.

    Day of marriage June 22, 1933

    • The temperature on June 22, 1933 was between 10.0 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1933: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
      • March 12 » Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This is also the first of his "fireside chats".
      • May 8 » Mohandas Gandhi begins a 21-day fast of self-purification and launched a one-year campaign to help the Harijan movement.
      • June 17 » Union Station massacre: In Kansas City, Missouri, four FBI agents and captured fugitive Frank Nash are gunned down by gangsters attempting to free Nash.
      • August 1 » Anti-Fascist activists Bruno Tesch, Walter Möller, Karl Wolff and August Lütgens are executed by the Nazi regime in Altona.
      • August 25 » The Diexi earthquake strikes Mao County, Sichuan, China and kills 9,000 people.
      • September 8 » Ghazi bin Faisal became King of Iraq.

    Day of death April 4, 2011

    • The temperature on April 4, 2011 was between 8.2 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
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      • The Netherlands had about 16.5 million citizens.
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      • November 23 » Arab Spring: After 11 months of protests in Yemen, Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh signs a deal to transfer power to the vice president, in exchange for legal immunity.
    

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