DAUBENBERGER, Myra --- 1886-1946

DAUBENBERGER, NICOLAY, STULZMAN, HANKS, COYLE, GRATTIDGE

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Date: 12/11/2010 at 15:21:59

Myra Daubenberger, Beloved Local Nurse, Passes on Saturday

Miss Myra Daubenberger, 59, a long-time resident of Postville where she served as nurse in Postville hospital when that institution was directed by its founder, the late Dr. A. A. Schmidt, passed away Saturday at the county home near Waukon where she had been for care the past several years.

Funeral services were held at the Schutte Funeral in this city Tuesday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. Eldon Seamans, pastor of the Community Presbyterian church, and interment was in Wagner cemetery.

Almyra May Daubenberger was born in Wagner township, Clayton county, on August 14, 1886, the daughter of George and May Daubenberger, she being the eldest of eight children. The early years of her life were spent on the home farm and in 1912 she with her parents removed to Postville where she began nursing in Postville hospital. In her work at the hospital she endeared herself to all who came in contact with her. Ill health finally forced her to give up her work.

She is survived by five sisters and two brothers: Mrs. G. A. Nicolay of Minneapolis, Minn.; Mrs. C. F. Stulzman of Lansing, Iowa; Mrs. Harry N. Hanks of Muskogee, Okla; Mrs. V. D. Coyle of Mason City; Mrs. C. T. Grattidge of Laurelville, Ohio; William G. Daubenberger of Detroit, Mich. and Leslie E. Daubenberger of Los Angeles, Calif. Also surviving are ten nieces and four nephews. Her parents passed away in 1932.

Postville, Iowa newspaper of the time clipping, hand dated March 1946, from Dorothy Schave's obituary collection.