Kiesau, Albert 1879-1939

KIESAU, GOEKE, SNITKER

Posted By: S. Ferrall - IAGenWeb volunteer
Date: 8/17/2014 at 22:00:00

Albert Kiesau, Ludlow, Passes Away Suddenly
Albert Kiesau, one of the well known farmers of Ludlow township passed away very suddenly near home on Tuesday evening, heart [illegible] being the cause.

As we hear it Mr. Kiesau had gone to a nearby neighboring farmers shortly before the supper hour to [illegible] an animal he had purchased. As he failed to arrive home in due [illegible] his wife became alarmed and went to see if she could discover what was the cause of the delay. She stayed along the road near her home and had not gone far when she found the lifeless form of her husband beside the road.

Deceased is survived by his wife, three children, one of the latter being Miss Inez Kiesau, the nurse-maid in the home of Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Rob[illegible] of this city.

We are informed the funeral will be held Friday afternoon at two o'clock from the Reformed church in Ludlow. The Rev. DeBuhr will officiate.

~Postville Herald, February 23, 1939

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Waukon, Ia. - The funeral of Albert Kiesau, 59, was held Friday afternoon at the Salem Reformed Church in Ludlow Township with the Rev. E.B. DeBuhr, pastor, officiating. Burial was in the nearby cemetery.

His death occurred suddenly, the result of a heart attack.

He was born in 1879 on the Kiesau homestead near the Allamakee-Winneshiek County line, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Kiesau, early settlers of that vicinity. Following his marriage to Inez Goeke, the home was made on the homestead farm.

Survivors include his widow; three children, Inez of Postville, and Marian and Roland, both at home; a sister, Mrs. Albert Snitker of Ludlow Township; and three brothers, Ernest and Otto, both of Waukon, and Robert of Ludlow Township.

~Dubuque Telegraph-Herald, Friday evening edition, February 24, 1939