Hugo 'Otto' and brother
Herbert Henry Marcks

Brother
William Gustov Marcks

Otto Marcks and Ottilie Moschcau were married September 1, 1910. They had one son, Herbert Otto Marcks. Born in Lakeside May 7, 1911. He was nicknamed ‘Kye’ because of his German ancestry during the days of the Kaiser. Otto was a very intelligent individual. Like all of his brothers he was very religious knew his bible thoroughly, but did not believe in the institution of the Church. He liked to argue and prove a point here and there. Through these early years he had many a meeting with the various ministers who came to Lakeside and no doubt could out-argue most of them as to accuracy.

Otto was born in Mills County, Iowa, near Council Bluffs, October 26, 1876. He was nine years old when his family settled on a homestead at Eagle Peak. He received his education in the mountain schools. He and his brothers operated a large bee ranch there. He and his wife operated a grocery store in Lakeside for many years. Mr. Francis M. DeWeese had a dry goods department at one time. Generous to a fault, the needy of the community were always able to obtain groceries in his store. No one will ever know how many families he fed during the depression years, with no thought as to whether the bills would ever be paid.

He served over 25 years as a member and clerk of the Lakeside School Board. Following the death of Otto Marcks in 1938, a monument was erected in his memory at the Lakeside Grammar School (now Lakeside Middle School) on Woodside Avenue, and remains there today.

Key’ lived in Lakeside for many years, and a s a young man he worked in his father’s store until it was sold. There are many stories, rumors, legends around my father and the gang he ran around with. “Who put the cow in the church on Halloween those many years ago?” Herbert married Lucille Kerns and they had two sons, Frank and Eldon, and myself, Geraldine. They were later divorced and Herbert left Lakeside, working in drywall construction until he retired. He and his second wife, Wilma, lived in el Cajon for many years. My father was a lifetime member of the Lakeside Historical Society. He died in 1985.  

09/2010 Historical Happenings Article

William Henry Marcks

Brother
Arthur Walter Marcks

 
Mother
Mary Elizabeth Marcks
(Mary Elizabeth Hoyer)