Knodt, Dora died 1913

KNODT, RIECK, CASTEN, RUCKDASCHEL, NUERNBERGER

Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 6/25/2013 at 08:15:58

Postville Review, Friday, 27 June 1913. In the Lutheran Church Notes column.

Mrs. Dora Knodt, nee Rieck, was born in Zitterich, Germany, June 22, 1829, and died at the home of John Casten, four miles southeast of Postville, at 5:30 Friday afternoon, June 20, 1913, aged 84 years, less two days. In 1863 she came to America, living a year in Cleveland, Ohio, afterward coming to Elkport, Iowa, with her brother. January 12, 1870, she was married to Charley Knodt, a widower with six children. No children were born to this union. On May 8, 1899, Mr. Knodt died. She is survived by her six step-children- Mrs. John Casten, Mrs. John Ruckdaschel, John Nuernberger, Henry, Charles, August and Mrs. Wm. Knodt. The funeral was held from the Lutheran church at two o'clock Monday afternoon, Rev. R. Kuehne officiating. Interment in Postville cemetery.

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