Mrs. Anna ( Mauerman) Glissendorf 1847-1920

GLISSENDORF, RAYMOND, SCHILLING, KING, SEARLES, FERGUSON

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Date: 2/19/2020 at 12:29:32

Mrs. Anna Glissendorf, for many years a resident of Manchester, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Leslie Raymond, at La Crosse, Wis., Monday evening, July 12th, 1920, her death being due to a general breaking down of the physical forces incident to age. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond are accompanying the remains to Manchester, and will arrive here this evening. Funeral services will be held in the Congregational church, Thursday afternoon, at 2:30. Rev. W. J. Suckow, will have charge of the services. Interment will be made in Oakland cemetery.

Anna Mauerman was born near Vienna, Austria, January 24th, 1847, and came to America in 1855. When she was nine years of age her people came to Iowa, and located at Forestville, where she grew to womanhood. She was united in marriage with Mr. Fred Schilling, who passed away in 1865. In 1867 she was united in marriage with Mr. Fred Glissendorf. For many years Mrs. Glissendorf and her family resided in Manchester, and only last summer, when her strength began to fail, did she leave the old home on Main street and go to Chicago, to make her home with her daughter, Mrs. Anna King.

During the past winter Mrs. Glissendorf passed through a critical illness but has sufficiently recovered so as to be able to go to the home of her other daughter, Mr. Raymond at La Crosse. About a week ago a marked decline was noted in her condition, and she passed away Monday evening.

Mrs. Glissendorf was the mother of seven children, three of whom have preceeded her in death. The children who mourn for her are; Mrs. Ona Searles, of Poughkeepsie, New York; Mrs. Anna King, of Chicago; Mrs. Leslie Raymond, of LaCrosse, Wisconsin; and one son, George F. Glissendorf, of Prairie Township, this county. Four grand-children, one sister, Mrs. Julia Ferguson, of Lamont, Iowa, and two brothers, Frank Mauerman of Bartonville, Illinois; and Edward Mauerman, of Peoria, Illinois, also survive Mrs. Glissendorf.

On April 17, 1872, Mrs. Glissendorf united with the first Congregational church of this city. During all of the years she has remained a faithful member of the church. She truly loved to attend the services and was absent form the services only when her strength failed her. Although suffering constantly from an ailment from which there was no relief, she was always cheerful and happy, and never burdened her friends with murmurings about her lot in life. Mrs. Glissendorf lived for her family and her church, and in the discharge of her duties in the home and the church, she exemplified in a most beautiful manner the principles taught by her Savior. She was a member of the Womans' Relief Corps, of this city, and was beloved by the ladies of that organization.

The death of Mrs. Glissendorf takes from our midst one of the saintly women, one who has played well her part in life. Those who have been attached to her by tender family ties, can find consolation in the thought that for their loved one death was but the stepping from this life in that greater life.

The sorrow that has come to the children, and the sister and brothers, is shared by a host of friends in this city.

Manchester Democrat - Manchester, Iowa - July 14, 1920