Alfred Gustav Fleck (1885 - 1952)

Born 2 Nov 1885 in Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elsa Christina Sophia (Falck) Fleck — married Nov 1910 in De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 19 Mar 1952 at age 66 in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States

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Biography

Green Bay Press-Gazette Tuesday, March 20, 1952 Page 40

Alfred Fleck, Builder, Dies Selmer Co. President Passes in Florida; Plan De Pere Rites

De Pere – Alfred G. [Gustav] Fleck, 66, president of the Selmer Company, died suddenly Wednesday evening in St. Petersburg, Fla. Funeral services will be conducted at De Pere but arrangements are incomplete pending arrival of the body at the Coffey Funeral home.

Mr. Fleck had been at St. Petersburg since last Jan. 4. For the past few years he had been in semi-retirement due to a heart condition.

Leader in Field

As president of the Selmer Company he was an acknowledged leader in the construction field in this section of the state. Since 1926 when he became president and general manager, the Selmer firm has been identified with every phase of development in the industrial and cultural growth of the community.

Among the Green Bay projects Mr. Fleck personally directed were construction of the Fort Howard Paper mill plant, the Northern building and the new Wisconsin Telephone company building. The firm built several plants for the Lloyd Company at Menominee, Mich., the Irwin grade school at De Pere and the new Oconomowoc High school, among others.

Father Also Builder

Born at Kaukauna Nov. 2, 1885, Mr. Fleck was the son of G. H. Fleck, also a general contractor. When the family moved to De Pere in 1903, the son served as his father’s apprentice for a number of years, then operated a hardware store on N. Broadway before joining the construction firm of Henry Selmer as draftsman and estimator in 1919. Following a company reorganization in 1926, he became president and general manager.

Mr. Fleck was a life member of Des Peres lodge No. 85, F. and A. M., and was affiliated with Green Bay Rotary and the Elks lodge. He was a communicant at St. John Lutheran church in De Pere.

Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. N. V. Reinhart; two sons, Howard and Alfred, Jr., and 10 grandchildren, all of De Pere; a sister, Mrs. Edward Beglinger, Madison, and a brother, William, Milwaukee. His wife died March 23, [actually April 18] 1951, shortly after moving from De Pere to their new residence in the town of Allouez.

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84575376/alfred-fleck : accessed 11 May 2022), memorial page for Alfred Fleck (1885–1952), Find a Grave Memorial ID 84575376, citing De Pere Greenwood Cemetery, De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin, USA ; Maintained by cbtoby (contributor 50511350) .
• "Wisconsin State Census, 1905", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMSD-N2C : 5 March 2022), Alfred Fleck in entry for Gustav Fleck, 1905.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP24-BQR : accessed 11 May 2022), Alfred Flick in household of Gustavus H Flick, De Pere Ward 1, Brown, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 4, sheet 17A, family 375, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1701; FHL microfilm 1,375,714.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFK5-MQZ : 4 February 2021), Alfred Fleck in entry for Jacob Falck, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X93K-DLQ : accessed 11 May 2022), Alfred F Fleck, De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 3B, line 95, family 86, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2561; FHL microfilm 2,342,295.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7NH-2FG : 10 January 2021), Alfred Fleck, De Pere, Brown, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5-7, sheet 8A, line 1, family 160, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4459.
• "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VVSD-S72 : 25 December 2014), Alfred F. Fleck, 1952; from "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing vol. 1520, certificate number 8178, Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.
• Green Bay Press-Gazette

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