Otto Frederick Hunziker - Family Life

Family Life

All three sons of Professor Hunziker attended Purdue University. Children of Otto and Florence were:

• Thelma Belle (Raymond Alton Tipple), born 12 November 1905, Ellicottville, New York, died 4 February 1995, Dallas, Texas.

• Florence Louise (Carroll Dunham Galvin), born 15 December 1906 in Indiana, died 27 January 1980, Concord, California.

• Karl Otto, born 27 June 1908, Lafayette, Indiana, died 3 November 1932, West Lafayette, Indiana, in an automobile accident while a student at Purdue.

• Walter Burne (Mary Ann Murphy Hyer), born 1 Aug 1910, Indiana, died April 1971, Alexandria, Louisiana, graduated from Purdue in 1931 with a B.S. in mechanical engineering, as business manager of the Purdue Engineer magazine, and as a member in the band, orchestra, and Delta Chi.

• Isabelle Mary (Milton Eugene Kerr), born 8 March 1912, Indiana, died 16 January 1994 in Oakland, California.

• Otto Frederick, Jr., born 5 September 1915, Lafayette, Indiana, died 19 August 1993, Osprey, Florida, graduated from Purdue in 1937 with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and as a member of the Cary Club and Kappa Delta Rho.

Otto (Sr.) was on the board of the La Grange First Methodist Church and the La Grange Federal Savings and Loan Association as well as active in the Civic Club, Kiwanis Club, and American-Swiss Chamber of Commerce. Hobbies included water sports, mountain climbing, ice skating and gardening.