Krumm, Louis 1853-1918

KRUMM, DRIER, ROBER, RONEY, PAGE, BUSCH, HEFNER, POTAS, KOHLMORGAN

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Date: 10/13/2009 at 20:14:56

Louis Krumm was born in Glaisen, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany on May 10, 1853, and died on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 1918, at the age of 65 years, 3 months and 25 days. He left the fatherland on Nov. 1, 1872, and came to this country, locating in Clayton county, Iowa. On December 14, 1876, he was united in marriage to Miss Maria Drier at Garnavillo, Iowa. To this union eleven children were born, nine of whom survive him. The family lived on a farm at Elkport, Iowa, until 1891 when they moved to a farm near Postville. There they lived until 1899 when they again decided to move and came to South Dakota and purchased the farm Chester is now located on, where the family have since made their home.

He leaves to mourn his loss beside his wife, nine children, five boys: Charley, John, Edward, Louis and Willis; and four daughters, Mrs. W.H. Rober, Mrs. R.W. Roney, Mrs. Ray Page and Miss Mamie. There are also two brothers, Chas. Krumm of Postville and John Krumm of Paulina, Iowa. Four sisters, Mrs. Frantz Busch, Mrs. Al Hefner, Mrs. John Potas, all of Chester, and Mrs. John Kohlmorgan of Farmersburg, Iowa. They were all present at the funeral except his son Louis, who is serving with the U.S. Army in France, and his sister, Mrs. Kohlmorgan.

Louie, as he is familiarly known to everyone, left his native land at the age of nineteen years and came to this county to escape being under the Prussian heel. For several years he worked for farmers in Clayton Co., and being a hard worker and saving his money he was able to buy a farm in a few years after his arrival. In the year 1891 he sold his farm and bought near Postville, where he lived for eight years when he again sold and came to South Dakota and bought a whole section. Chester is now located in the southwest corner of this section. With hard work and the aid of his family he was able to make a success, his land at that time was considered quite worthless. At the time the South Dakota Central planned on building a road from Sioux Falls to Watertown he worked hard to get the road to come this way, realizing that it would not only increase the value of his land but also give farmers a nearer place to market their grain and livestock, as up to that time it had to be taken to a place quite distant from here. Since coming to this part of the country he has helped many and there is not a man living who can say that Louie Krumm has treated him anything but fair, as he was a man who once gave his word would never break it. His life was an open book in the community which he lived. He was a booster, giving freely of his purse and labor to anything that would benefit the community. Through hard work and good management he has accumulated enough to leave his family in good circumstances. For .....

note: remainder of obit is cut off my photocopy -the obit was reprinted from the Chester, South Dakota Journal in the Postville Herald, Sept 20, 1918