Fredrich R. ZUELKE

1909 - 1995  (85 years)

• Name	Fredrich R. ZUELKE
  Nickname	Fritz or Fred
  Birth	4 Dec 1909	Grant, SD   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	beginning in 1940	Renville Co., MN   [2, 3]
  	On the 1940 Census, Fritz is listed as a laborer at the cooperative feed mill. From 1951-66 Fritz and Norma owned and operated Your Cafe in Buffalo Lake, followed by five years working at Freddy's Cafe in Hector. They also managed Oakdale Country Club for 30 years.
  Death	15 Jun 1995  [4]
  	Fritz was 85 years old at the time of his death, five days shy of his 59th wedding anniversary with Norma.
  Person ID	I64883	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Robert ZUELKE,   b. c 1875, Minnesota
  Mother	Ida LANGENBERG,   b. c 1886, Minnesota
  Marriage	c 1908  [5]
  Family ID	F7953	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Norma Violet Augusta MICHELSON,   b. 17 Sep 1916, Buffalo Lake, Renville Co, MN d. 9 Nov 2015, Buffalo Lake, Renville Co., MN (Age 99 years)
  Marriage	20 Jun 1936	Hector, Renville Co., MN   [2]
  	Norma and Fred were married at the Swedish Lutheran Church.
  Children	1. Darla Jean ZUELKE   2. Robert Fredrich ZUELKE   3. Ann Louise ZUELKE
  Family ID	F7925	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos		1910 US Census / Zuelke, Robert. Twin Brooks, Grant Co, SD
  		1940 US Census / Fred R. Zuelke Buffalo Lake, Renville, MN

  
  

• Sources

  [S5621] South Dakota Birth Index, 1856-1917, Frederick Zuelke. State File No. 50140; File date: 11 Dec 1909. [S5617] Norma Violet Zuelke obituary, Hantge-McBride-Hughes Funeral Chapels & Crematory, Hector, MN, November 2015. . [S5622] 1940 US Census / Zuelke, Fred R. [S5618] Fred R. Zuelke. SSDI. Ancestry.com. [S5623] 1910 US Census / Zuelke, Robert.