Fritz Strohbeen

STROHBEEN

Posted By: Tammy (email)
Date: 9/23/2010 at 16:40:29

BUSINESS DRIVES REINBECK MAN INSANE

Fritz Strohbeen, Wealthiest Resident of Grundy County, Taken to an Asylum at Yankton, S. D.

Fritz Strohbeen, without doubt the richest man in Grundy County, has been adjudge insane and by reason of his having acquired residence in South Dakota, has been taken to the insane hospital at Yankton, of that state.

The family reside in Reinbeck where Mr. Strohbeen has lived for many years. During the past year he has spent much of his time in Dakota where he owns a bank and several other commercial enterprises. He owns 2,800 acres of land in Grundy county and was one of the most extensive stockraisers in this section.

Mr. Strohbeen has a wife and ten children all of whom are living. One son was adjudged insane about a year ago and is now confined in the insane asylum at Independence.

--The Waterloo Times-Tribune (Waterloo, Iowa), 4 February 1911