Priester, Peter 1833-1917

PRIESTER, SCHAEFER

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Date: 10/30/2014 at 11:25:40

Algona Courier
January 3, 1918

PETER PRIESTER ANSWERS CALL
Aged Whittemore Man Passed Away At His Home Wednesday.
Was Prominent Kossuth Farmer Since Moving Here In 1881. Wife and Five Children Survive.

Last Wednesday afternoon at four o’clock at his home in Whittemore occurred the death of Peter Priester, one of the old and highly respected citizens of that community. It is said the aged man had not been in the best of health of late so that his death although rather sudden was not wholly unexpected. Just the day before he was up and around and ate Christmas dinner with the family.

Peter Priester was born in Wederath, Prussia, August 3, 1833, being more than eighty-four years of age at the time of his death. He came to this country in May 1866, and worked as a farm hand for several years in Wisconsin and eastern Iowa. On September 14, 1873, he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Schaefer at Cassville, Wisconsin. For seven years they resided on a farm near Glenn Haven, Wisconsin. Then in the spring of 1881, they moved to Kossuth county settling on a farm four miles south of Whittemore where they made their home until March 1, 1908, when they moved to Whittemore.

To this industrious German couple six children were born, three boys and the same number of girls. Those living are: Anna, wife of Peter Neu, Whittemore; Cecelia, wife of John J. Elbert, Whittemore; Gusta, at home; H. C., Whittemore; and J. O., who lives on the old place. Peter Jr. died in September 1882, at the age of six years. Besides the wife and children, Mr. Priester is survived by eight grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Saturday morning from St. Michael’s Catholic church in Whittemore and the remains laid to rest in the Catholic cemetery northwest of town.