Charles Fuss, 1891- 1939

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Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 11/5/2010 at 14:39:13

Charles Fuss, 48, well known Estherville barber, died suddenly in the office of the police station shortly after midnight Saturday morning. Fuss after an evening of cards at the Elks club had gone to his rooms in the Olaf Skog residence on south Seventh street but suffering with what he thought was heartburn from a late supper went out for a walk and up to the police station.

Merle Moller, officer, gave him some stomach mints and was preparing a dose of soda, water when Fuss collapsed.

With the aid of one of the prisoners,and after calling the doctor, Moller put the stricken man on a cot. He expired just before the doctor arrived.

The deceased man had never married. He had since a young lad been in the barber business in Estherville first as an apprentice under Chas. Dayton and later having a chair in that shop until it was discontinued in 1934. Since then he had had a shop of his own in the Rohde building at the corner of Fifth and Central. During the world war he was in service from June 1918 until Feb. 1919 but was not overseas.

Charlie was born March 22, 1891 at Williams, Iowa, and came to Estherville as a small boy with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fuss. The elder Mr. Fuss was a shoemaker.

Four brothers survive, Joseph and Frank, Estherville, William of Nehigh, Neb., Louis of Long Beach, Calif. The parents, three brothers and a sister who died in infancy preceded Charlie in death. There is one nephew, Frank Jr., of Estherville.

Funeral Tuesday
Funeral services were held at two p. m. today from the Union Baptist church and burial made in Oak Hill cemetery. Rev. J. Albert Biggs, pastor of the church is in charge. Pall bearers are members of the Elks lodge and include Wallace Berg, Dr. John Osgood, Geo. Booth, Wm. Swift, M E. Salyers and C. V. Kilgore.

Source: Vindicator and Republican, Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa; April 25, 1939.