Veronica Wiedemeier, 1910 Obituary

WIEDEMEIER, THIELEKE, BREDEMANN, DONLAN, JANSSEN, GRONEMEYER, NEUMEYER

Posted By: David Reineke (email)
Date: 12/24/2005 at 11:29:13

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, 30 September 1910. Any information in brackets or notes at the end are my own explanations. It reads as follows:

Veronica Wiedemeier

On Thursday evening, the 22nd of September, Mrs. Veronica Wiedemeier died at the local Saint Anthony Hospital after having received the last rights of the Roman Catholic Church. She was suffering from a gallstone illness for which she had been operated on a short time earlier. However, the illness had progressed to such an extent that even surgical intervention was no help.

The deceased, whose maiden name was Thieleke, was born on the 25th of September 1848 in Eversen, Westphalia, Germany. She married Mr. Joseph Wiedemeier there in June 1869. In June of the following year, Mr. and Mrs. Wiedemeier immigrated to America and settled in Carroll, Iowa. After staying about a year in Carroll, they moved to their farm in Grant Township where they lived for the next 16 years. Then they moved again to Carroll, where they lived until death. Her husband died on the 26th of June this year.

The very happy marriage of the respected Mr. and Mrs. Wiedemeier produced the following children who survive their mother: Joseph, in Carroll; Maria, Mrs. Wilhelm Bredemann, in Chicago; Anton, in Grant Township; Matilda, Mrs. P. Donlan, also in Grant Township; Jospehine, Mrs. Hein. Janssen, in Carroll; Veronica, Mrs. Hein. Gronemeyer, in Vail; and Miss Rose, who lived with her mother. Three children died at a young age. The deceased is also survived by a sister, Mrs. Fritz Neumeyer, in Kniest Township; and a brother, Wilhelm Thieleke, in Germany.

The deceased was known as a devout Catholic, a good spouse and [the rest of the article is missing].