Fritz, Freida (Nees) 1862-1938

FRITZ, NEES, HIGGINS, KERNDT, COLBORNSON, DECKER

Posted By: Aubrie Lenz-Monroe (email)
Date: 3/10/2019 at 18:03:50

Dubuque Telegraph Herald, April 5, 1938

Mrs. Conrad Fritz
Waukon, Ia.-Special: Funeral services were held at the home in West Waukon Tuesday afternoon for Mrs. Conrad Fritz, 75, who died Sunday afternoon following a paralytic stroke last Wednesday.

The last rites were conducted by the Rev. Frank E. Stucki, pastor of the Zion Reformed Church, and the burial was in the Englehorn Cemetery near Churchtown. The casketbearers were Dennis Higgins, Herbert Fritz, Oscar Kerndt, Carl Colbornson, John Decker, and Ray Higgins.

As Freida Nees, she was born in Dubuque on Sept. 27, 1862, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nees. Following her marriage to Conrad Fritz, they lived at New Albin where Mr. Fritz was in business. Following his retirement, they moved to Lansing whee Mr. Fritz died 11 years ago. Her only survivor is a daughter, Meta, who lives at home.