Mrs. AUGUST (Katie Schulte) FISCHER 1869-1898

SCHULTE, SCHULTZ, FISCHER, MOLLER, KROGMAN, MEYER, BRASE

Posted By: Volunteer
Date: 5/29/2005 at 23:01:20

Mrs. AUGUST (Katie Schulte) FISCHER 1869-1898

At October 22nd, in the evening at 6 o'clock, died in the age of 29 1/2 years, Mrs. Sophie Wilhelmine Katharine FISCHER, the spouse of the farmer August FISCHER.

She is the daughter of Joachim and Katharine SCHULTE and was born at 23 March 1869 near Guttenberg, Clayton. Since June 1886 she was married, and out of her lucky marriage with August FISCHER resulted 3 children. A boy of them went his mother ahead to eternity when he was 5 1/2 years old. A girl of 5 1/2 years and a boy of 7 months together with the grieving spouse are the surviving dependents.

Furthermore there are grieving two brothers and three sisters of the so young deceased woman; and the participation of the whole living surrounding population was testified to the grievings in fullest (beyond) measure. The poor woman had to surmount a hard sick-bed, she suffered of a lower abdomen inflammation and lay there in the last days without consciousness and fínally lost the speech, too.

The funeral happened Tuesday at midday and there had arrived numerous participants to the grief public worship. Pastor E. Bockelmann led the grief ceremony.

Oh, how empty the house is now,
The spouse, mother has gone,
She'll never come back
Despite our hot desire.
How hard has she run,
To escape the death,
She did not succeed,
But there is a reunion.

Submitters notes: This German language obituary was found in the Postville, Iowa German newspaper called the Iowa Volksblatt, in a late October, 1898 issue and translated into English. Katie is buried in the Postville Cemetery with her young son, Fritz Fischer and her husband August Fischer, who was born in Schessinghausen Province, Hanover, Germany and his family attended the Husum church. His parents were Friederich "Fritz" Diedrich and Dorothea Brase Fischer.

Schulte, was also spelled Schultz. Joachim (Joseph in English) Schultz was from Grebs, Canow Parish, Meckl/Schwerin, Germany. Katie's mother's maiden name was Moller. Katie's mother's parents were Johann and Catharina Krogman Moller from Grohen, Eldena Parish, Meckl/Schwerin, Germany.

Katie's children were Fritz Fischer (1884-1889), and Elsie Dorothy (Fischer) Meyer (1893-1989) and William Fischer (1897-1958).