Mrs. Julia Ann Strub (1823 – 1915)

STRUB, KRUCKENBERG, RUPPERT, DOYLE, YENTSCH

Posted By: Greg Strub (email)
Date: 5/15/2008 at 19:22:31

1915 – 30 August - Iowa City Daily Citizen

DOUBLE GRIEF IN STRUB HOME

Death Claims Remarkable Aged Pioneer, but ere He Bears Her Hence, Her Kinsman Dies Suddenly

Double grief has cast a pall upon the home of Mrs. Julia Strub, who passed away Saturday night, a little after 8 o’clock, at 421 East Davenport Street, where she was passing her declining days with her daughter, Mrs. Fred Ruppert.

Two Cruel Summons

Ere the Death Angel claimed her, however, another daughter, Mrs. Julia Yentsch, had been called back to her home in Blooming Prairie, Minn., by a message announcing the death of Otto Kruckenberg, her son-in-law, who died suddenly, of a bursted blood vessel.

Mrs. Strub will be laid to rest Tuesday afternoon. The funeral will be held at the German Lutheran church, at 2 p.m., where Rev. H. Brueckner will officiate. The internment will be at Oakland cemetery.

A Nonagenarian

Mrs. Strub was one of the oldest residents of Iowa City, having almost reached her 93rd year. During near three score years of that period, she had resided in Johnson county.

Surviving are six children – three sons and three daughters—John, of Johnson county; William, Cedar Rapids; George, of Helena, Mont.; and Mesdames Fred. Ruppert, Iowa City at whose home she spent happily her sunset days; Mary Doyle, Cedar Rapids; and Mrs. Julia Yentsch, of Blooming Prairie, Minn.

Mrs. Strub during her long life in Iowa City proved herself a most estimatable and lore-worthy woman, and she had a great circle of friends, among pioneers, and the younger generation, as well. All will join in mourning her death, and will offer sympathy to the doubly-bereaved kinsfolk.