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KRAUSE GENEALOGY
FREDERICK WILHELM KRAUSE PERSONAL CHRONOLOGY
1983
WINDSOR STAR OBITUARIES
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F. WILLIAM KRAUSE
DECEMBER 9, 1983
W. KRAUSE dies at 86
Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon for F. William Krause, of Point Pelee National Park, who died suddenly at his residence Friday. He was 86.
Born in Germany, Mr. Krause came to Canada in 1928.
Working on a farm for one year, he turned to commercial fishing and was employed at Crewe Brothers Fisheries, Port Alma, until 1938.
With help from his wife, Maria, and his oldest son, H. William Krause, he began what is now Krause Fisheries, joined by his younger son, Rudy Krause, in 1946.
Mr. Krause remained active on Lake Erie until 1953 when he retired from the water but remained active with all shore duties.
The firm was joined in 1972 by his grandson, Paul Krause.
Mr. Krause retired in 1980 but remained as an advisor until his death.
Surviving are his wife, Marie; a son, Rudy, of Mersea Township; a sister, Frieda, in Germany; six grandchildren and five great grand children.
A son, H. William Krause, died in 1980.
Rev. Peter Janzen officiated for the last rites at the Reid funeral home, Leamington, with interment in Evergreen Memorial cemetery.
http://ink.ourontario.ca/browse/lp -The Leamington Post. December 14, 1983 - pg. 5
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