Individual Details
George G Arkebauer
(2 Jun 1897 - 11 Dec 1961)
On his World War I draft registration George is listed as George G. A. Arkebauer and is a student of Divinity.
Request from Allen Co., Public Library, failed to find George G.'s obituary but found his mother's. Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Thursday, May 19, 1960, Page 27, Col. 2: Lutheran choral Society Director's Mother, 83, Dies. George G. Arkebauer, 2810 Weisser Park Ave., received word of the death of his mother, Mrs. August E. Meier, which occurred shortly after noon yesterday in Wichita, Kan. She was 83 years old and had been ill for the past two months. Arkebauer conducts the Lutheran Choral Society, is choirmaster at Zion Lutheran church and is director of music at Defiance College. Mrs. Meier, born in Stover, Mo., was the daughter of a Lutheran minister, and also was married to a Lutheran clergyman, the Rev. George W. Arkebauer . Besides the son here, four other sons survive. They are Reinhold Arkebauer, Chicago; Arthur Arkebauer, Moline, Ill.; Martin Arkebauer, Seattle, and Bernard Arkebauer of Omaha. Also surviving are a sister, Hedwig Stessen, Wichita; 11 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. Services and burial will be in Wichita.
Request from Allen Co., Public Library, failed to find George G.'s obituary but found his mother's. Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Thursday, May 19, 1960, Page 27, Col. 2: Lutheran choral Society Director's Mother, 83, Dies. George G. Arkebauer, 2810 Weisser Park Ave., received word of the death of his mother, Mrs. August E. Meier, which occurred shortly after noon yesterday in Wichita, Kan. She was 83 years old and had been ill for the past two months. Arkebauer conducts the Lutheran Choral Society, is choirmaster at Zion Lutheran church and is director of music at Defiance College. Mrs. Meier, born in Stover, Mo., was the daughter of a Lutheran minister, and also was married to a Lutheran clergyman, the Rev. George W. Arkebauer . Besides the son here, four other sons survive. They are Reinhold Arkebauer, Chicago; Arthur Arkebauer, Moline, Ill.; Martin Arkebauer, Seattle, and Bernard Arkebauer of Omaha. Also surviving are a sister, Hedwig Stessen, Wichita; 11 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. Services and burial will be in Wichita.
Events
| Birth | 2 Jun 1897 | Kensington, Smith Co., Kansas |  | ||
| Marriage | 4 Aug 1921 | Deer Creek Township, Webster Co., Iowa - Amanda C. Zagel | | ||
| Death | 11 Dec 1961 | Ft. Wayne, Allen Co., Indiana | | ||
| Burial | Concordia Cemetery Garden, Fort Wayne, Allen Co., Indiana | |
Families
| Spouse | Amanda C. Zagel (1896 - 1993) |
| Father | George William Arkebauer (1869 - 1917) |
| Mother | Johanna Toenjes (1877 - 1960) |
| Sibling | Reinhold W. Arkebauer (1898 - 1981) |
| Sibling | Arthur Arkebauer (1904 - 1986) |
| Sibling | Martin H. Arkebauer (1907 - 1983) |
| Sibling | Bernhard H. Arkebauer (1912 - 1984) |
| Sibling | Hedwig Johanna Arkebauer (1915 - 2008) |