Mary Hohmbraker 1850-1937

HOHMBRAKER, LAUBSCHER

Posted By: Deb (email)
Date: 5/3/2015 at 10:19:08

The Daily Hawk-Eye Gazette

HOHMBRAKER FUNERAL SERVICE TO BE ON SUNDAY

Funeral services will be held at Fry funeral home In Mediapolis, Iowa, at 2:30 Sunday afternoon (October 31, 1937) for Mrs. Mary Hohmbraker, 87, Muscatine.

Mrs. Hohmbraker died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Tom Meredith, Muscatine, Friday morning at 7:30.

Mrs. Hohmbraker was born January 1, 1850, in Switzerland and came to this country when 12 years of age. She lived in Iowa most ot her life, going to Muscatine about 14 years ago.

She was married to Gustav Hohmbraker in 1869 at Burlington. Her husband's death occurred 14 years ago.

Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. Meredith of Muscatine; Mrs. Wesley Westfall of Goldfield, Nevada; Mrs. Willard Dean of Mediapolis; and Miss Blanche Hohmbraker of Burlington; and five sons, John of Muscatine, Ed, Harry, Frank and Will of near Kingston, Iowa. Two sisters, Mrs. Anna Stein of Rutledge, Missouri, and Mrs. Lizzie Monroe of Oregon, and five grandchildren also survive.

Interment will be in Kossuth cemetery.