Mary Goldsmith 1861-1945

GOLDSMITH, GEEHRLS, TECHAU, BIERE, EILERS, MACKEY, LONG

Posted By: Sharon Elijah (email)
Date: 2/9/2017 at 09:19:56

22 February 1945 - The Clarence Sun

Mrs. Heinrich Goldsmith, nee Mary Geehrls, was born on November 14, 1861, at Kasendorf, Mecklenburg Schwerin Germany. Here she was baptized in infancy and later confirmed in the Evangelical Lutheran faith.

On February 16, 1881, she was married to Heinrich Goldsmith at Clarence and their whole married life was spent on farms in Cedar and Jones counties until in 1907 when they retired from active farm work and moved to the town of Clarence.

Mr. and Mrs. Goldsmith became the parents of seven children, two sons and five daughters. One son, Edwin, and a daughter, Emma, Mrs. Wm. Techau, preceded their mother in death, and on Sept. 24, 1943, her husband, with whom she had been privileged a wedded life of almost 63 years, was taken unto his eternal rest.

Since then Mrs. Goldsmith continued to make her home in Clarence but spent the greater part of this winter with her daughters, Mrs. Eilers and Mrs. Biere. It was at the latter home where on Tuesday, Feb. 13th, she was called by the angel of death to join her beloved departed.

She leaves to mourn her death, her son Ernest of Cascade, Ia.; four daughters, Elizabeth, Mrs. Fred Biere of Anamosa; Amanda, Mrs. Chas. Eilers of Olin; Clara, Mrs. Ira Mackey, of Long Beach, Calif.; and Ella, Mrs. Claire Long of Kinross, Ia.; sixteen grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren; also numerous more distant relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held from the Goldsmith residence and the St. John's church on Feb. 16th with burial in St. John's cemetery. Rev. F. J. Mittler officiated.

In charge of flowers were Mrs. Henry Boettcher and Hertha Koch. The casket bearers were August Dresden, Louie Conrad, Rudolph Wulff, Ernest Kintzel, William Ibsen and Otto Oellrich.