STIRN, John 1870 - 1947
STIRN, ROTTLER, RINGENBACH, HURLEY, GILLES, FERRIS, CALVERT, BENNETT, ROHLMAN, HOFFMAN, WAGNER, FERRING, KNUTSON, SCHARPHOFF
Posted By: IA GenWeb Volunteer
Date: 10/3/2010 at 13:51:42
Life Long Resident Passes Away Suddenly
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Mr. John Stirn, 77, passed away quietly in his sleep at his home on North Street Friday evening while sitting in the room with his daily paper. He had worked all day at the lumber yard and it was his custom to read a while each night before retiring. He had been his usual self following supper and was found in the above described condition when his wife returned from attending Novena devotions at the church nearby. It was a great shock to this good lady who called the doctor and the two sons, Herbert and Leo, who reside in Lansing.
THE LATE JOHN STIRN
John Stirn was born Sept. 22nd, 1870 in Lansing township, a son of the late Frank Stirn and Anna Rottler Allamakee County has been his home during his entire life. Following his education in the rural schools he was married Oct. 6th, 1896, by the late Father Haxmeier, to Josephine Ringenbach, who with their five sons and one daughter will mourn the loss of a kind and loving husband and father. Besides the above mentioned sons survivors include, Father A. F. Stirn, Iola, Ia.; Father Clarence C. Stirn, Milligan, Nebr.; Clement G. Stirn, Drummond, Mont.; Mrs. Florence Hurley, La Crosse, Wis. Other immediate survivors include four sisters, Mrs. Emma Gilles, Flushing, N.Y.; Mrs. Elizabeth Ferris, Mason City; Mrs. Kathryn Calvert, Omaha, Neb.; Mrs. Sophia Bennett, Council Bluffs; three brothers, Henry, Bozeman, Mont; Otto Carseland, Canada; George, on the old home place west of town, and ten grandchildren.
Mr. Stirn was a lifelong farmer retired since 1929 when he moved to Lansing which has since been his home. He was industrious and honest to the last degree and with his wife and family enjoyed the great privilege of celebrating their golden wedding anniversary about a year and a half ago. He served as township trustee for several years and was a member of St. Matthews Court No. 1570, Waukon, Knights of Columbus, who on Sunday afternoon sent a delegation to pay their last respects to a departed brother and friend, saying the Rosary and the Burke Funeral Chapel for the repose of his soul.
Funeral services were held at Immaculate Conception Church, yesterday morning at ten o’clock. Archbishop Henry P. Rohlman of Dubuque presided over the offering of a solemn Requiem Mass with Rev. A. F. Stirn, celebrant, Rev. C. C. Stirn, deacon, and Rev. M. M. Hoffman, sub-deacon, the latter delivering an appropriate sermon to the sorrowing relatives and friends. Burial was in the family lot in Gethsemane Cemetery and carrying his mortal remains to their final resting place were Carl Wagner, Nick and John Ferring, Alex Knutson, Theodore Weipert and Phillip Rethwisch. Father Henry Scharphoff officiated at the graveside.
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