Amelia (Beisheim) Streuber (1861-1911)

BEISHEIM, STREUBER, WILSON

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 5/12/2024 at 14:49:13

From Story City Herald April 20, 1911 (page 8)

OBITUARY
OF MRS. C. STRUBER [sic]

Amelia Beisheim, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lenord Beisheim, was born in Germany Oct. 18th, 1861. She was married to Mr. Conrad Struber [sic] Nov. 3, 1884, at Peru, Ill. Some years after their marriage they came to Iowa, locating in Hamilton County, where Mrs. Struber [sic] died on their homestead April 4, 1911.

They were blessed with six children, one son died in infancy and rests in the cemetery at Jewell beside whose body the mother was laid to rest. The surviving children are Lenord, Mrs. Richard Wilson, Conrad A. and Bertha, Minnie and Earl. The husband and children were all at her bedside at the end.

Mrs. Struber [sic] was troubled with tuberculosis but for the last six months had been able to be up and around most of the time until five days before her death. The funeral services were held at the Bethesda church conducted by Rev. Eastvold.