Jos. Olberding, 1809-1893

OLBERDING, NOIEHAUS, LAMPE

Posted By: David Reineke (email)
Date: 7/21/2004 at 01:35:10

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, 12 January 1894. I have kept the name and place spellings as they were in the article, and have added some information in brackets and notes at the end. It reads as follows:

Arcadia

On the morning of 23 December 1893, Jos. Olberding passed away after receiving the Last Rights of the Catholic Church. He was born in Steinfeld, Oldenburg, on 10 December 1809, and so had reached the advanced age of 84 years and 16 days. The funeral took place on 26 December with a large attendance at the local Catholic Church. May he rest in peace. Mr. Olberding is survived by his wife (who is over 82 years old and also confined to bed), and two sons and three daughters, namely: Heinrich, Frank, Mrs. Hermann Niehaus, and Mrs. Brd. Lampe, all of whom live near Arcadia, and also Mrs. Heinrich Scherbring in Petersburg, Delaware County.

NOTES: Steinfeld (Oldenburg) is located in northern Germany, northwest of Hannover and south of Oldenburg and Bremen.