Margaret Herman Laatz 1877-1957

LAATZ, HERMAN, CRONK

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 10/1/2014 at 23:34:57

Armstrong Woman Dies
Mrs. Margaret [Herman] Laatz, 80, Armstrong, died at 4:55 yesterday afternoon at Holy Family Hospital following a month’s illness with heart disease. Mrs. Laatz, a resident of the Balmer Rest Home here for the past two and a half years, was admitted to the hospital around one o’clock yesterday afternoon.

Mrs. Laatz was born in 1877 at Manitowoc, Wisc. and received her education in Wisconsin schools. She went to Chicago at the age of 18 and in 1901 married John Laatz. The couple moved to a farm near Armstrong in 1913. In 1928 they returned to Chicago where they lived until Mr. Laatz died in 1942. After her husband’s death, Mrs. Laatz moved back to Armstrong where she lived with her daughter, Mrs. Earl Cronk, of rural Armstrong for six years. She then moved to Armstrong where she resided until she became a resident of Balmer’s Rest Home.

Survivors are one daughter, Mrs. Earl (Lena) Cronk and one son, Ray, both of Armstrong, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband.

Funeral services will be held at the Methodist Church in Armstrong with the Rev. R.D. Tappmeyer officiating. Burial will be in Armstrong Grove Cemetery. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, November 6, 1957)