Meisner, Louise (Hofer) 1874-ca1936
MEISNER, HOFER, WEST, DENNLER, LEONARD, CLARK, ACKELMEYER, ODEGARD, TOKMAN
Posted By: SHARON PRATT
Date: 3/18/2004 at 10:05:05
MRS. WM. MEISNER, NEE HOFER, DIED AT HER HOME WEST OF ELKADER ON OCTOBER 31ST, AT THE AGE OF 62 YEARS AND TEN DAYS.
THE DECEASED WAS BORN IN MARION TOWNSHIP, OCTOBER 21, 1874.
ON OCTOBER 6, 1906, SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE WITH WILLIAM MEISNER.
ALL OF HER LIFE SHE SPENT IN IOWA AND THE GREATER PART OF IT IN THIS COUNTY. SHE WAS A FAITHFUL WIFE AND MOTHER AND ATTENDED TO HER DUTIES WELL.
SHE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE FRAUEN VEREIN OF THE FREIDEN'S EVANGELICAL CHURCH.
LAST JULY MRS. MEISNER BECAME ILL. IMMEDIATELY SHE CONSULTED HER PHYSCIAN AND AFTER SEVERAL EXAMINATIONS IT WAS FOUND THAT SHE WAS AFFLICTED WITH THE DREAD DISEASE OF CANCER. EVERYTHING POSSIBLE, TO AFFECT A CURE WAS DONE FOR HER, BUT ALL THESE EFFORTS WERE N VAIN.
THE DECEASED WAS CONFINED TO HER BED FOR TWO MONTHS BEFORE HER DEATH, AND LOVED ONES MADE HER LAST DAYS ON EARTH AS COMFORTABLE FOR HER AS POSSIBLE. MRS. MEISNER BORE HER AFFLICTION WELL AND PATIENTLY LOOKED FORWARD FOR HER MAKER TO CALL HER HOME.
SHE LEAVES TO MOURN HER DEATH HER HUSBAND, ONE DAUGHTER, MRS. AB WEST OF ELKADER; FOUR SONS, HAROLD AND ARTHUR, OF VOLGA, FRANCIS AND REALTO, OF ELKADER. ONE DAUGHTER DIED IN INFANCY.
THE FOLLOWING SISTERS AND BROTHERS ALSO SURVIVE: MRS. JACOB DENNLER, MRS. GOTTLEIB DENNLER, BOTH OF ELGIN; MRS. LENA ACKLEMEYER, PASEDENA, CALIFORNIA; MRS. ANNA CLARK, LOS ANGELES; MRS. LYDIA ODEGARD, ELGIN; MRS. JOHN LEONARD, STRAWBERRY POINT; SAM HOFER, POSTVILLE; BEN AND FRED HOFER, ELGIN.
ONE BROTHER, JOHN HOFER, AND ONE SISTER, MRS. BERTHA TOKMAN, PRECEDED HER IN DEATH.
BESIDES THE ABOVE, SIX GRANDCHILDREN AND MANY FRIENDS MOURN HER DEATH.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD MONDAY AFTERNOON AT 1:15 AT THE LATE HOME, AND AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE EVANGELICAL CHURCH, WITH BURIAL IN THE EAST SIDE CEMTERY, THE REV. P. KITTERER OFFICIATING.
****ELKADER NEWSPAPER OBITUARY (FROM FAMILY FILES)
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Added by Reid R. Johnson 5/10/2023:
This obit appears in the Clayton County Register, 04 Nov. 1936
Clayton Obituaries maintained by Sharyl Ferrall.
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