Mrs. Joe Handel 18?? - 1947

HANDEL, GORDON, DIETRICH, CORNISH, TIPP

Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 8/22/2012 at 19:18:24

Postville Herald, Wed., May 28, 1947.
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Former Local Resident Passes On At Dubuque.

Mrs. Joe Handel, 87, mother of Mrs. Anna Gordon of this city, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Alma Dietrich, in Dubuque last Tuesday and funeral services were held last Friday in St. John's Lutheran church in Dubuque.

The Handel family lived in Postville for many years, leaving for Dubuque in 1911. Mrs. Handel had made her home with Mrs. Gordon for 18 months and returned to Dubuque April 17 before becoming ill.

In addition to Mrs. Dietrich and Mrs. Gordon, two other daughters survive, Mrs. Kate Cornish of Beloit, Wis., and Mrs. Louise Tipp of McGregor.

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Submitter is not related.

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