SOENKE, ERNEST E
General Manager & Secretary Fire Insurance Co; b Scott co, Iowa June 20, 1880; s of Peter Soenke Catherine Rohwer; ed rural schs; Iowa St Coll 1898- 1900; Brown's Business Coll, Davenport 1901-02; m Hertha Holler Oct 19, 1909 Davenport; s Harold Ha11er, John Ernest; d Elsa Catherine, Madan Louise, Marjorie Ann; 1902-03 emp in various cos doing clerical work, Davenport; 1903-07 cash Register Life Ins Coo Davenport; 1907- 17 elk & asst mgr Security Fire Ins Co, Davenport, 1917- mgr; many years dir Western Sprinked Risk Assn; dir Western Ins Bur; mbr Natl Bd of Fire Underwriters . New York City; Iowa Hist Soc; past dir C of C; Davenport Country Club; AF & AM 221 ; Scot Rite; Kaaba Shrine; Unitarian Ch; Rep; off 217 W 4th; res 2226 Ripley, Davenport.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1105.