Schwarzhoff, Gerald 1918-1940

SCHWARZHOFF, SCHWARTZHOFF, HOSCHEIT, VIOLA

Posted By: Sharyl Ferrall - IAGenWeb volunteer
Date: 10/29/2013 at 15:46:59

Waukon, Ia. - Gerald Schwarzhoff, 23 year-old farm [illegible], living near Dorchester, was Allamakee County's third drowning victim in three days. He drowned Sunday noon in the Iowa River, 15 miles northwest of [illegible] while wading with several other youths about his same age. The victim couldn't swim and witnesses to the tragedy told Sheriff King that he accidentally slid off an eight-foot ledge and when would-be rescuers reached him, he fought them off, finally disappearing beneath the surface. The body was recovered an hour and a half later. Attempts at recesitation proved futile and the body was removed to the Pleumer-Bakke Funeral Home here. Funeral arrangements had not been completed Monday.

The victim was the youngest son of Chris Schwarzhoff, farmer, three miles northwest of Dorchester. His mother died Christmas, 1935. Surviving are his father; three brothers, Francis, Emmett and [illegible], all of Waterloo Township, and two sisters, Mrs. Edward [illegible] of Chicago and Mrs. [illegible] of Caledonia, Minn.

~Dubuque Telegraph-Herald, Monday evening edition, July 8, 1940

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Waukon, Ia. - Funeral arrangements were completed here Tuesday for Gerald Schwarzhoff, 22, who drowned Sunday while wading in the Iowa River near Dorchester.

The last rites will be held Wednesday morning at St. Mary's Catholic Church at Dorchester, with the Rev. Michael J. Brogan, pastor, celebrating the requiem mass. Burial will be in the family lot in the nearby cemetery.

Mr. Schwarzhoff was born Dec. 5, 1917, in Waterloo township, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Schwarzhoff. He had always lived on a farm, three miles northwest of Dorchester.

Surviving are his father; two sisters, Mrs. Peter Hoscheit of Caledonia, Minn., and Mrs. Edward Viola of Chicago; and three brothers, Carence, Francis, and Emmett, all at home. His mother died Dec. 24, 1935.

~Dubuque Telegraph-Herald, Tuesday evening edition, July 9, 1940
~correct spelling of surname 'may be' Schwartzhoff