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HOERR, Peter
HOERR, Peter. (Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, Mar. 13, 1839-Dubuque, IA, Nov. 27, 1930). Vice-president, Wieneke-Hoerr Company. Hoerr came to Dubuque in August 1865, and was employed twenty years in the Beach Soap Factory. He purchased an interest in the Interstate Packing Company in 1889. This was later merged with the Wieneke and Hohenadel Company, a pickle-canning firm, which by 1930 was known as the Brede Company. Hoerr was elected vice president.
The company was reorganized as the Interstate Packing Company and, in 1896, the Wieneke-Hoerr Company. Business was carried on throughout the Midwest region.