John Reineke, 1839-1916

REINEKE, SCHMIDTT, SPIEKER, OSAKIS, BRINCKS, SAAK, RIESENBERG

Posted By: David Reineke
Date: 10/25/2015 at 08:47:21

The following obituary for John Reineke was published in the Carroll Times Herald on October 11, 1916. He was born Johann Caspar Reineke in Steinheim, Westphalia, Germany. He came to the United States around 1865, and went by “John”. I have made some corrections to the spellings. For
example, the paper misspelled the last name as “Reincke.” Other additions/corrections are in
brackets.

Death of John Reineke

John Reineke passed away Saturday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jos. Schmidt [should be spelled Schmitt], south of Carroll, after an illness of four months, the cause of death being
Bright’s disease and diabetes.

Mr. Reineke was born at Steinheim, Westphalen, Germany, June 23, 1839 and died Saturday, October
7, 1916.

In 1869 he was married to Mary Spieker at Newton, Iowa. There they lived until 1876, when they moved to a farm south of Carroll. They remained there until five years ago, when they moved to
Carroll to the home they purchased at 410 south Adam[s] Street. On December 18, 1914 his wife
died and since then Mr. Reineke has made his home with his children.

Of the ten children born, eight survive to mourn their father. John and Anton pr[e]ceded him in
death, July 1913.

The surviving children are: Mrs. Joseph Schmidt [or Schmitt], Carroll; Joseph and Fred [Reineke],
Randolph, Nebraska; Mrs. Nic. Eltgroth, Osakis, Minnesota; William [Reineke], Dedham; Mrs. Joseph
Brincks, Maple River; Mrs. John B. Brincks, Willey; and Matthew [Reineke] of Carroll. He also
leaves three sisters: Mrs. Hermann Saak, Baxter, Iowa; Mrs. Anton Spieker, Carroll; and Mrs.
Anton Riesenberg, Carroll; and thirty-one grandchildren.

The funeral was held Tuesday morning from S[aints] Peter and Paul Church, of which he was
member.

Mr. Reineke was a good-hearted, generous minded man, a true neighbor and friend and when in good
health, very faithful to his church duties.

He will be missed not only by his children, b[ut] by many dear friends.