SIMON HENRY GROTEGUT 1869-1949

GROTEGUT, RECHTUMEIER, REUTKEMEIER, RUTKEMIER, GOEKE, EHDE, STOCK, FLAGE, BECKER, BECHTEL, THOMAE

Posted By: Volunteer
Date: 5/19/2005 at 20:46:26

SIMON HENRY GROTEGUT 1869-1949

Simon Grotegut Died Wednesday.

Came To Allamakee When 15 Years Old.

Funeral services for Simon Grotegut, 80, will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the home on West Main Street, and two o'clock at Salem Reformed church in Ludlow. The Rev. Edmund DeBuhr will officiate. Burial follows in the nearby cemetery.

Born at Manitowoc, Wis., July 6, 1869, he came to Allamakee county when fifteen years of age and was employed on the Henry Hager farm in Ludlow. Later he purchased a farm in that vicinity but gave up the active duties of life several years ago and purchased property on West Main street where his death occurred Wednesday afternoon, following four months illness.

He was married three times, his first wife being Lydia Rechtumeier, who was the mother of two children, Arthur Grotegut and Mrs. John Ehde of Waukon. Helen Stock was the second Mrs. Grotegut and to this union was born Mrs. Arthur Flage of Waukon. On September 24, 1937, his marriage to Mrs. Lydia Becker took place. She survives with the above named children. Also two sisters, Mrs. Fred Bechtel and Mrs. Lydia Thomae of Waukon. There are twelve grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

Notes: Death date: July 20, 1949. The spelling of Rechtumeier can also be Reutkemeier or Rutkemier. Simon's parents were Simon Henrich and Wilhelmina Caroline (Goeke) Grotegut. Simon and Helen had 3 children, according to my family papers. Elmer Grotegut, born July 1, 1906, Ludlow Twp. and died June 25, 1907, Death Register 1907 - 1913, Page 22, Waukon, Iowa courthouse. And an infant daughter but no other information is available on that one.

unknown newspaper - contributed by Mary Durr