Oswald, Lewis Henry 1851 - 1917

OSWALD, ROTHLISBERGER, KENYON, ROBINSON, SCHWERT, HERBST, BRANDAS, CARL, WEAVER

Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 12/3/2013 at 08:41:46

Elgin Echo, Thur., 20 Dec. 1917. (condensed).

Friday afternoon of last week our people were surprised and sorrowed when the word was passed from one to the other that L. H. Oswald, one of Elgin's early settlers and best known citizens had passed away.

The summons was sudden and came while he was seated at his own fireside, enjoying the company of his wife and the warmth and comfort of his home. He was shelling corn for his chicks when he was stricken and in a short time he had passed from this life.

When a lad of 18 Mr. Oswald came to Elgin and this has been his home ever since. He was a mason by trade and the works that he wrought bear evidence of his efficiency. On the most of our public buildings he has worked and it was his pride to always give his best.

As a man he was true and honorable. As a husband and father he was loving, kind and indulgent. As a neighbor and friend he was always ready and willing to extend a helping hand. In his death Elgin has lost a good citizen who will be missed, but in the years to come his handiwork will be a monument to his skill and the memory of his many kind deeds will live in the hearts of all who knew him. He was a member of the Yeoman lodge and will be missed by all the brethren of that fraternity as well as by every citizen of Elgin.

Lewis Henry Oswald was born July 31, 1851, in Saxony, Germany, and died Dec. 14, 1917, in Elgin, Iowa. He came to Wauzeka, Wisconsin, with his parents when but an infant. June 1, 1863 he was confirmed and united with the German Evangelical Lutheran church at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.

On Jan. 17, 1878, he was united in marriage to Alice Rothlisberger and to them were born two daughters, Ada, now Mrs. John Kenyon of Gary, South Dakota, and Lillie, now Mrs. Elmer Robinson of Gary, South Dakota. Besides his wife and daughters there are left to mourn his death two granddaughters, five sisters, four brothers and many other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held from the German Baptist church Monday afternoon and interment was made in the Elgin cemetery.

Those attending the services from afar were Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Kenyon and two children, Alice and Rachel, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Robinson and Chas. Oswald, all of Gary, South Dakota; Mrs. Lena Schwert of Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin; Mrs. Ida Herbst of Hammond, Indiana; Mr. and Mrs. W. Brandas of Boscobel, Wisconsin; O. J. Oswald and son, Franklin, of Bagley, Wisconsin; Leo Oswald and son, Jay, of Wauzeka, Wisconsin. Thus all but one brother, Herman, of Gary, South Dakota, and two sisters, Mrs. Nettie Carl of Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, and Mrs. Selma Weaver of Erie, Pennsylvania, were permitted to be at the last sad rites of the loved one.

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