Stern, Emma Caroline Lissette (Leffler) 1873 – 1913

STERN, LEFFLER

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 5/22/2024 at 16:07:23

Source: Cresco Plain Dealer July 11, 1913, P-FP, C-5

STERN.
Emma Caroline Lissette Leffler was born at Right’s Corner, Dearborn County, Indiana, July 13, 1873 and died at her home at Cresco, July 7, 1913, after an illness of about a year. In 1873 she came with her parents to Howard County, Iowa, where she grew to womanhood. She was confirmed in the German Lutheran Church at Cresco, March 4, 1888, and was united in marriage, May 18, 1892, to Gustave Emil Stern. To this union four children were born, one son William and three daughters Henrietta, Gertrude and Winnie, all of whom live to survive her.
In the spring of 1902, she with her husband and children moved to Morris, Minn., and removed from there in the fall of 1903 to Anoka, Minn., and from there in the fall of 1908 removed to Cresco, Iowa, where she resided permanently until the time of her death.
She leaves to mourn her loss a husband and four children, one son and three daughters, a father, mother, two brothers and three sisters, all of whom were present at the funeral.
Funeral services were conducted from the German Lutheran Church by Rev. John Pleas. Interment was at New Oregon Cemetery.

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