Luther, Emma (Fricke) 1885-1923

LUTHER, FRICKE

Posted By: Mary Durr
Date: 4/16/2006 at 15:21:40

On Monday morning Mrs. Jessie Fricke of Guttenberg received a message from Spokane, Wash., bringing the sad news of the death of her daughter, Mrs. John E. Luther (nee Emma Fricke), which occurred at her home in that city on Sunday night, Jan. 21.

Deceased was born in Guttenberg on April 1, 1885,
and therefore was 36 years, 9 months and 20 days of age at the time of her death. She attended school here and graduated from the Guttenberg high
school, after which she was engaged as a teacher in the rural schools of Clayton county for a time.

She was married at Guttenberg to John F. Luther
on Oct 12, 1904. Soon after their marriage the couple went to St. Paul, Minn., to reside, then resided at Coeur D'Alene and Sandpoint, Idaho, for a time, after which they went to Spokane, Wash., where Mr. Luther is successfully engaged in the barber business and where the deceased lived until called to the Great Beyond by the Angel of Death.

She had been in poor health for some time, and last October underwent an operation for gallstones, but never again regained her health.

She was a kind and loving wife, mother, daughter and sister, and always prepared to do kind acts for her family and friends. Her untimely death is deeply mourned by her husband; one daughter, Grace, 15 years of age; her mother, Mrs. Jessie
Fricke, of Guttenberg; two brothers, Reuben, of Guttenberg, and Oliver, of Omaha, Neb., and many other relatives and friends by whom she will be sadly missed.

Her father, John Fricke, preceded her in death twenty-two years ago and one sister, Miss Clara Fricke, died seventeen years ago.

Dubuque Telegraph-Herald; Wednesday, January 31, 1923

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