August Gustav Uecker (1902 - 1968)

Born 15 Apr 1902 in Basel, Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland

Died 2 Oct 1968 at age 66 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

August Gustav Uecker was born in Basel, Basel, Switzerland on 15 Apr 1902.^[1]

It is very likely that he was the "Gus" Uecker that married Sue and emigrated to the United States, settling in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. Gus was a tool and die maker and had played soccer in Switzerland. They had one son, future baseball player and announcer Robert George "Bob" Uecker (b. 26 Jan 1934 in Milwaukee), and two daughters.^[2] In 1962, Gus had circulatory issues in his legs and had them amputated. He passed away a few years after.^[3]

August Gustav Uecker passed away 2 Oct 1968 in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin with his last residence being Menomonee Falls (53051).^[4] According to his grave, he had married a Mary C. Schultz (b. 23 Jan 1911 Macomb County, Michigan, d. 15 Sep 1983 Utica, Michigan) which may have been a second wife after Sue. After Gus died in 1968, Mary moved back to her birthplace. They are both buried in Holy Cross Mausoleum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/55398169/august-gustav-uecker : accessed 15 August 2021), memorial page for August Gustav Uecker (15 Apr 1902–2 Oct 1968), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55398169, citing Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA ; Maintained by cryptfindr (contributor 47285541).
2. ↑ Smith, Curt. Voices of Summer: Ranking Baseball’s 101 All-Time Best Announcers (New York: Carroll and Graff Publishers, 2005), 269.
3. ↑ Aron, Erik. Biography of Bob Uecker at SABR (Society for American Baseball Research).
4. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J16C-J3T : 9 January 2021), August Uecker, Oct 1968; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).