Maria Gertrud Bült [Buelt], 1903 Obituary

BUELT, SIBBEL, LOXTERKAMP, SOPPE

Posted By: David Reineke (email)
Date: 7/26/2005 at 22:27:48

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, 27 March 1903. Any information in brackets or notes at the end are my own explanations. It reads as follows:

Maria Gertrud Bült

Mrs. Maria Gertrud Bült died last Sunday in Roselle a the age of 65. The deceased was born on 6 July 1837 in the parish of Ankum, County of Berkenbrück, Westphalia, Germany. She married her husband in 1863. The family came to America in 1889 and purchased a farm close to Roselle, where the elderly couple had lived up to now.

The deceased leaves behind her spouse and five children, namely: Katharina, Mrs. August Sibbel; Anna, Mrs. Henry Loxterkamp; Heinrich; Herman; and Theodor. Heinrich married a daughter of Anton Soppe and lives east of Templeton. Both of the other sons still live with their father on the farm.

The burial took place yesterday in Roselle, with a large attendance by neighbors.