Henry Bruening, 1902 Obituary

BRUENING

Posted By: david reineke (email)
Date: 8/16/2008 at 17:09:18

I translated the following obituary from Der Carroll Demokrat, a German-language newspaper published in Carroll, Iowa, between about 1874 and 1920. It was originally published on Friday, 21 March 1902. Any information in brackets or notes at the end are my own explanations. It reads as follows:

Henry Brüning [Bruening], one of the oldest settlers from Roselle Township, died last week on Friday evening at the home of his son-in-law Henry Kennebeck. He was about 82 years old and came to America 40 years ago. In 1873 he came to Roselle Township. His wife died four years ago, and for a long time he had suffered the infirmities of old age. The burial took place in Willey at nine o’clock on Monday morning. He was highly regarded by all his acquaintances.