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Elmer Paul Luetgert

Adolph and Louise Luetgert's youngest child.

Born: March 5, 1892, Chicago, Illinois.
Died: July 31, 1976, St. Joseph, Michigan. 

He was living with his brother Louis's family in Oak Park in 1910 and working as a grocery-store clerk. In 1913, he married Magalena (Lena) Krishack. Their son, Ralph, was born in 1913 and died within a week. They also had an adopted daughter. Elmer Luetgert later moved to Hartford, Michigan, where he worked as a milkman for the Borden Milk Company.

To read about the whereabouts of Louis and his brother Elmer during the years after their father's death, see the page on Louis.

View the Luetgert-Bicknese family tree.