Dittmer, Frederika Henrietta (Rausch) 1842 - 1895

DITTMER, RAUSCH

Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 3/23/2022 at 19:40:00

Elkader Register, Thur., 21 Feb. 1895. From the Guttenberg News, undated.

DIED - Of hemorrhage of the lungs, Frederika Henrietta, wife of Gustav Dittmer, Feb. 10, 1895, aged 52 years, 5 months and 3 days. Mrs. Dittmer was born on the 7th of September, 1842, in Muenden, Hanover, Germany, and came to Cincinnati with her parents in 1855, from where her father, Mr. C. Rausch, moved on a farm near Guttenberg. She was married to G. Dittmer Nov. 15, 1859, and was the mother of four girls and three boys, who are all living with the exception of one boy who died at the time of his birth. She was a woman of untiring energy and a kind and loving wife and mother, and her departure will cause deep grief in the hearts of the surviving family. On Feb. 13th her remains were laid at rest. James Schroeder spoke at the schoolhouse near the cemetery, and W. H. Scholz made a few appropriate remarks at the grave. - Guttenberg News.

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Note: Burial is in St. John's aka Niehaus or Dittmer cemetery