Stephen Luecke was a semi legendary figure in Marshfield's history. He was known as a hot headed saloon keeper in Marshfield's early days who mellowed into an alderman in his later years. But Stephen's wild side had a good start in Milwaukee where he had a wife and another family before his marriage to Marie Weigel.
It has been a few weeks since we last left the trail of Henry Thompson and his missing years. Honestly, I have been dreading writing about the last chapter of Henry's life. It is the price of digging into family history that sometimes you will unearth things that are wonderful and amazing, but you will also discover things that are dark and disturbing. The truth is the truth though, and if you praise the good then you must also reckon with the bad. I should note a trigger warning regarding elder abuse in the following story.
