Ursula Oetker
Ursula Oetker was a German businesswoman and heiress of the Oetker family. She was a member of the Nazi Party since 1940.
Life
Oetker was born 26 May 1915 in Bielefeld, German Empire, the older of two children, to Rudolf Oetker and Ida. Her father died during World War I in Verdun, shortly before her younger brother Rudolf August Oetker was born. From her father, she received a relatively meager inheritance in comparison to her brother. Most notably she inherited the Schwartauer Werke which was financially destitute. Her son, Arend Oetker, ultimately saved Schwartauer Werke from bankruptcy and developed it to market leader in Germany in the 1960s.Personal life
Oetker married Heinrich Oetker, a farmer, originally from Wiedensahl, Lower Saxony, who was very distantly related to her. They were 8th cousins, hence her married name remained Oetker. They had five children:- Arend Heinrich Rudolf Oetker, colloquially Arend Oetker, who became an industrialist himself and took-over his mothers holdings and served as president of the Federation of German Industries and the German Council on Foreign Relations. He was married two times and has five children.
- Renate Oetker, married Rânebach, an artist.
- Ernst-August Oetker, who was mentally disabled.
- Regine Oetker, never married and without issue.
- Roland Karl Theodor Oetker, a businessman, industrialist and former banking executive as well as controlling shareholder of R.O.I. Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH. He is married to Suzanne von Franquet; two children.