Witte, Wilhelmina (Miller) 1855-1915

WITTE, MILLER, MUELLER, KLUCKER, LAUCK, GOERINGER

Posted By: Ken Johnson (email)
Date: 9/19/2015 at 14:44:22

[from Thurs., 13 May 1915 issue, Rock Rapids [Iowa] Reporter, page 4, column 2]

Mrs. Herman Witte Dead.

Mrs. Herman Witte died at the family home in this city Tuesday morning after an illness of three months. Death was caused by nephritis, which followed an attack of pneumonia about three months ago, and during most of the time, Mrs. Witte was a great sufferer. Everything that loving hands and medical skill could do was without avail to stay the ravages of the disease, and for several days her demise was hourly expected.

Wilhelmina Miller was born at Prieman [Priemen] Kreis Anklum [Anklam], Province of Primmern [Pommerania], Germany, on February 1, 1855. Her family moved to this country in 1865, settling at Buffalo, N. Y., whence they moved to Clayton county, Iowa, where they settled on a farm near Elkader. In April 1875, she was united in marriage to Mr. Herman Witte, at Elkader. In 1889 they moved to this city, where they have made their home ever since, except for a few years when they lived on a farm near Dell Rapids, S. D. They returned to this city about ten years ago.

Besides her husband, Mrs. Witte is survived by three daughters, two sons, and one brother, all of whom were here at the time of her death of a few days previous. The children are Wm. F. and Fred C., Miss Minnie, Mrs. S. P. Klucker of Sioux Falls, and Mrs. Fred C. Lauck, who lives five miles west of this city. Her brother, Wm. F. Miller of Sioux Falls was here. All were present at the funeral.

Funeral services were held this afternoon from the German Lutheran church, north, by the pastor, Rev. Edw. Goeringer, and there was a large attendance of friends and neighbors. Interment was in Riverview cemetery.

Mrs. Witte was a quiet, home loving woman, and was not as well acquainted as many in this community, though those who knew her best admired her sincerely for her many good traits, her love of home and family and her willingness at all times to help those in distress or who needed aid. She was a kind and loving wife and mother, and the bereaved ones have the sympathy of all in the loss of the dear one.

[TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: Several of her children were baptized at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Garnavillo, Iowa. Those records give the surname as Müller or Mueller.]