Mrs. Matilda Specht 1839-1918

SPECHT, NIPP, NEUWOENER, STUBER, HAAS, LENZ, SPRENGLEMEYER, HARTMAN

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Date: 4/4/2015 at 16:27:58

MRS. SPECHT OBEYS
FINAL SUMMONS
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DEATH CULMINATES A LOG
ILLNESS – WILL BE
BURIED TUESDAY
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Mrs. Matilda Specht, 2216 Couler Avenue, passed away Saturday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, death culminating a long illness. During the eighty years which marked the span of the decedent's life, she endeared herself to a wide circle of friends and her demise has case a mantle of sadness over the community.

Mrs. Specht was born in Bavaria, Germany, January 10, 1839. When eight years old, she came to this country living for a while in Hartford, Wis. She has resided in Dubuque fifty-six years.

Six daughter and two sons all of Dubuque survive her. They are as follows: Mrs. Margaret Nipp, Mrs. Anton Neuwoener, Mrs. Henry Stuber, Mrs. D. J. Haas, Mrs. Edward Lenz, and Mrs. Julia Sprengelmeyer; and Caspar and Peter Specht. Another daughter, Mrs. Henry Hartman, died a year ago.

Funeral services will be held from the family home to the Sacred Heart Church at nine o'clock Tuesday morning. Internment will take place at Mt. Calvary Cemetery.

Dubuque Telegraph Herald 1918