B. Wasserman, died 1921

WASSERMAN

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 4/18/2009 at 16:07:15

B. WASSERMAN DIES SUDDENLY

Was Stricken with Heart Failure While Bathing at Orleans--Dies Twenty Minutes Later

The waving wand of death has again stricken from the earth one of the best known and well liked citizens of our city.

B. Wasserman, one of the most progressive business men of Estherville, was called to the Great Beyond last Sunday afternoon [17 Jul 1921] at 4:30.

Mr. Wasserman and his family left the city about two o'clock Sunday for an afternoon outing at the lakes [in Dickinson county] and upon arriving at Orleans on Spirit Lake, decided on stopping a few minutes to bathe. He had been in the water a little over an hour when overcome by a faint spell of the heart. He went on shore, and his condition became so serious that he left his family and in company with two gentlemen went to see a doctor at Spirit Lake who injected two hypodermics, which relieved his pain for about twenty minutes. But with the passing off of the stimulant his condition again grew worse, and he died in a few minutes. The family was notified as soon as possible at the lake, but arrived five minutes after his death. The body was then brought to the Brees undertaking parlors in this city, where arrangements were made for the body to be shipped to Minneapolis. The body, accompanied by his wife and their son John, was sent to that city Monday morning, where funeral services were held at the Jewish synagogue on Tuesday morning, with interment in the Jewish cemetery, Rabbi Horwitz officiating.

Mr. Wasserman was 49 years,1 month and 5 days old, and has been a business man and resident of Estherville since March, 1919. He was born in Russia, and when about twenty years of age was married to Miss Bertha Peikle. A year after their marriage they moved to this country. and located in Sheboygan, Wis., where he went into business six weeks after their arrival. From Sheboygan they moved to Rhinelander, Wis., where they made their home until the fall of 1915 when they moved to Minneapolis, where Mr. Wasserman went into the theater business. In 1919 they moved to Estherville, where he went into the grocery business, and which business he was in at the time of his death. For the present time the store will be run under the management of his son-in-law, L. E. Garber, who has been associated with him since the origin of this store.

To Mr. and Mrs. Wasserman have been born 17 children, all of whom are living with the exception of three, two boys and a girl, who died several years ago. Those children remaining to mourn the loss of their beloved father are Simon, age 25, married and living in Minneapolis, Sophia, age 24, now Mrs. L. E. Garber of this city; Max, 22, Thirteenth field artillery, now located at Honolulu; Idell, 20, now Mrs. D. Rodin of Sioux City; John, 18; Esther, 16; Louis, 14; Sylvia, 12; Bernard, 11; Adaline, 9; Evelyn, 8; Dale, 6; Celia, 4, and Norman, 2, all of whom are living at their home on South 10th Street.

Contributed by: Ruth Hackett. Source: Estherville Democrat, Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa, July 20, 1921.