Minnie was born in 1900, the youngest child of Eduard August Stielow and Johanna Louise Spieker. Her father worked in a lumber mill and her mother was age 49 when Minnie was born. Minnie grew up in Mansfield, located near Arnprior. In 1921 she married Charles Loock, the brother of Mary Loock who had married Minnie's older brother Charles Stielow. Minnie and Charles Loock had 7 children: Desmond, Frances, Clarence, Kenneth, William, unknown twin of William that died and Norman. By 1945 Minnie and husband Charles were living in Arnprior and son Desmond, who was in the military,was with them. Minnie died in in 1962: (*) "At her home, 36 Poole St. Arnprior, on Monday Nov 5, 1962. Minnie Louise Stielow, dear wife of Charles Julius Loock in her 63rd year." Minnie was buried in the Albert Street Cemetery in Arnprior.
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