WI WI - Louise N Zunker, 56, Portage, August 17, 1976

[victoriarobinson642]

Added to NAMUS today:
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)

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Demographics
Missing Age - 56 Years
Current Age - 101 Years
First Name - Louise
Middle Name - N
Last Name - Zunker
Sex - Female
Height - 5' 5" (65 Inches)
Weight - 125 - 135 lbs
Race / Ethnicity - White / Caucasian

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Circumstances
Date of Last Contact - August 17, 1976
NamUs Case Created - September 4, 2021

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Last Known Location Map
Location - Portage, Wisconsin
County - Columbia County
Missing From Tribal Land - No
Primary Residence on Tribal Land - No
Circumstances of Disappearance - The missing person, Louise N Zunker, had a scheduled dentist appointment for 8/17/1976 in Portage, Wisconsin. Louise's sister took her to the dentist appointment. They were in the parking lot when her sister turned around and Louise was gone. There were reported sightings of Louise walking east on Albert Street in the Mud Lake vicinity several hours after becoming separated from her sister. There has been no known contact with Louise since this time.

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Physical Description
Hair Color - Brown
Eye Color - Brown

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Clothing and Accessories
Clothing - blue and white square patterned sleeveless dress; blue-black raincoat

Eyewear - Dark rimmed, tinted, glasses

Footwear - Beige low-heeled shoes

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Investigating Agencies
CASE OWNER
Portage Police Department
(608) 742-2174
Agency Case Number - 76-1842

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[victoriarobinson642]

I've edited Louise's photo so that it's not stretched out.

 

[Keiri]

Just some info. She had a find a grave memorial but it is incorrectly listed with her sisters dates of birth and death. Her stone is in the picture and shows 1919 birth, no death date. She was apparently single and lived in Springvale, Columbia county, wisconsin. Her family is correctly listed on her find a grave page, and her stone was in portage’s cemetery.

 

[Keiri]

Father Otto zunker mother Lena Holmes.

 

[Keiri]

View attachment 312524
I've edited Louise's photo so that it's not stretched out.

live taken the liberty of enhancing your photo with myheritage. Hope you don’t mind.

 

[Keiri]

She was reported missing and this picture comes from the newspaper. Note they said she was shopping, not at the dentist.

 

[Keiri]

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) What do you think? Clothes say near the victim so maybe not on her?

 

[Keiri]

I submitted it as a possible match. Why not? She was found with a dental plate. Maybe they can match it.

 

[Keiri]

this is where she went missing

 

[JnRyan]

The Charley Project updated her page: Louise N. Zunker – The Charley Project

 

[Keiri]

Does anyone have a way to contact adventurers with purpose? I know it’s a long shot but I bet she ended up in the lake

 

[DS2021]

I submitted it as a possible match. Why not? She was found with a dental plate. Maybe they can match it.

Did you ever hear anything back about this?

 

[alb1on]

It is quite odd that although the family appears in numerous trees on Ancestry with her 7 siblings all appearing in most, she appears in only one that I have found (and is then misspelt Lowis). It is almost as if she has been written out of family history.

 

[Pennysmom1]

Louise N. Zunker​

Louise Zunker was last seen in Portage, Wisconsin on August 17th, 1976.

Louise is a white woman, 5’5”, and 125-135 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a blue and white square patterned sleeveless dress, a blue-black raincoat, beige low-heeled shoes, and dark rim, tinted glasses.

Her sister took her to a scheduled dentist appointment the day she went missing. When they were in the parking lot, her sister turned around and Louise was gone.

There were reported sightings of Louise walking east on Albert Street in the Mud Lake vicinity several hours after being separated from her sister. There has been no known contact with Louise since.

At the time of Louise disappearance, Louise lived in the 600 block of west Franklin Street. She used to work in a cannery.

Louise was 56 years old when she went missing. She would be 101 years old.

Louise N. Zunker

Louise Zunker was last seen in Portage, Wisconsin on August 17th, 1976. Louise is a white woman, 5’5”, and 125-135 pounds. She has brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a blue and white square patterned sleeveless dress, a blue-black raincoat, beige low-heeled shoes, and dark rim...

www.wimissing.org

 

[Keiri]

no. I don’t think it’s her anyway anymore. If there are any remains left, I think they are in the lake. That makes them almost impossible to find.

 

[Keiri]

No exclusions. They ignored my submission.

 

[Keiri]

I sent it to Columbia county instead (the home of the Doe, vs. Zunker) - we will see.