Edwin Frederick Doerr

• Name	Edwin Frederick Doerr
  Gender	Male
  Buried	Y  [1]
  Person ID	I98127	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2017

  
  

  Father	Emil Doerr,   b. 23 Mar 1881, Millstadt, Saint Clair County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 24 Oct 1954, Missouri, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Emma Frances Roth,   b. 23 Aug 1882, Missouri, USA ,   d. 31 Mar 1982, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 99 years)
  Married	28 Oct 1907	Missouri, USA
  Family ID	F43597	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S926] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com). Emmett J. Doerr Memorial Photos Flowers Edit Share Learn about removing the ads from this memorial... Birth: 1910 Death: Jul. 20, 2000 Cedarburg News Graphic (WI) - July 27, 2000 Cedarburg - Emmett J. Doerr Sr.,who along with his brothers owned Doerr Electric on a street named after the company here, died Thursday from complications of a stroke at the age of 90. Doerr and brothers, Lee and Edwin, moved the family's electric motor company to Cedarburg in the mid-1940s. The business was started in St. Louis in 1940. W.W. Grainger of Chicago purchased the business in 1969 which later became Emerson Electric. The company no longer is operating on Doerr Way, off Pioneer Road. Besides being an industrialist, Doerr was known for his philanthropy, having donated money to the Boy Scouts of America and several Catholic schools, including Marquette University, Dominican High School and St. Louis University. Doerr of Fox Point died at the family compound in Michigan. He is survived by sons Emmett Jr. of Mequon; Emil of Chilton, Wis.; Thomas and John of Nashville; and two daughters, Elizabeth Doerr-Wells of San Francisco and Mary Ellen Ceverha of Dallas. Funeral services were scheduled today at 10 a.m. at St. Eugene Catholic Church in Fox Point. Burial will be at Resurrection Cemetery on Donges Bay Road in Mequon. Family links: Spouse: Mary Martha Hatch Doerr (1914 - 1990) Burial: Resurrection Cemetery & Mausoleum Mequon Ozaukee County Wisconsin, USA Created by: GenealogyNora Record added: Sep 30, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 77357640