Eden Brekke
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Eden T. Brekke was a Chicago businessman and politician who served as the last Commissioner of the West Chicago Park District and was Republican Committeeman of the 36th Ward and 37th Ward.
, Cook County, Illinois. His siblings included: Mabel Brekke (1898-1980) who married a Bowie; John Brekke; and Evelyn Brekke who married a Mackett.
He was the 36th ward Republican committeeman from at least 1936 to 1956. In 1944 sought reelection in a difficult campaign. In 1956 a bomb was set off outside his house.
and was buried in Mount Emblem Cemetery in Bartlett, Illinois
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Birth and siblings
Eden was born in 1893 in ChicagoChicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Cook County, Illinois. His siblings included: Mabel Brekke (1898-1980) who married a Bowie; John Brekke; and Evelyn Brekke who married a Mackett.
Marriage and children
In 1910 Eden was working as a clerk and living at 815 North 51st in Chicago. Eden married May Danielson (1894-1986) in 1912. May was the daughter of Carrie Hansen. Together Mae and Eden had the following children: June E. Brekke (1914-1989) who married Charles N. Shaw; Donald E. Brekke (1915-1982) who died in Barrington; Fern M. Brekke (1918-1978) who married Stuart M. Williamson (1913-1987); and William E. Brekke (1922-1990). On June 5, 1917 Eden registered for the draft for World War I while living at 1010 Latrobe Avenue and he was working as a coal and ice dealer.Career
Eden was working as a Superintendent of Parks for the City of Chicago from at least 1920. Charles Shaw writes:
Eden Brekke, was a rising Alderman and Committeeman for the 37th Ward, and the Commissioner of the West Chicago Park District, under the infamously corrupt William Hale "Big Bill" Thompson, chief political lickspittle to one Alphonse Capone. As Park Commissioner, my great-grandfather worked with the internationally renowned landscape architect Jens JensenJens JensenJens August Jensen was an Australian politician and Minister for the Navy.Jensen was born in Ballarat, Victoria and educated at Ballarat, leaving school at 11. He became a rabbit-hawker and miner at Beaconsfield, Tasmania. In July 1885 he married Elizabeth Frances Broadhurst; she died in 1894...
and his associates to build a number of smaller West Side parks including Austin, Davis, LaFollette, and Riis in the 37th Ward.
He was the 36th ward Republican committeeman from at least 1936 to 1956. In 1944 sought reelection in a difficult campaign. In 1956 a bomb was set off outside his house.
Death and burial
He died in 1978 at a nursing home in Long Grove, IllinoisLong Grove, Illinois
Long Grove is an affluent village located in Lake County, Illinois, approximately northwest of Chicago. As of the 2005 census, the village had a total population of 6,735...
and was buried in Mount Emblem Cemetery in Bartlett, Illinois
Bartlett, Illinois
Bartlett is a village located in both Cook County and DuPage County, Illinois. A small parcel on the western border is in Kane County. The population was 36,706 at the 2000 census. A 2002 recount gave the village a population of 37,304. In 2007 another recount gives the village a population of 41,500...
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External links
- Eden Brekke at Findagrave
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