WILDE, Lawrence 1903-1929
WILDE, KANZENBACH
Posted By: Diane Scott (email)
Date: 5/17/2010 at 12:26:34
#1 of 2 items:
GRAFTON MAN DIES OF FLU
LAWRENCE WILDE, 26, IS VICTIM
OF DISEASE IN OSLALOOSAGrafton, Iowa, Nov. 21 -- Lawrence Wilde, 26, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wilde, who died at a hospital in Oslaloosa Tuesday morning, death being caused by brain fever and the flu, will be buried in the Rock Creek** cemetery here Friday.
He was born on the Wilde homestead in Rock Creek** township, September 11, 1903 and has spent practically his whole life there. He was educated in the rural and parochial schools of that township.
On January 31, 1926, he was married to Leona Kanzenbach and they moved to one of his fathers farms.
He is survived by his wife and two year old daughter, his parents, one brother and three sisters.
[Mason City Globe Gazette, Thursday, November 21, 1929]
** Notes: It is believed that all references to "Rock Creek" should read "Rock." St. John's Lutheran Church cemetery ( where he is buried) is located in Rock township, Mitchell county, Iowa.
Grafton is located in Worth County, Iowa.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#2:
The listing for the St. John Lutheran Church, Rock Township, (old) cemetery shows:Wilde, Lawrence (Lorenz); September 11, 1903 -- November 19, 1929; Son of Herman & Martha Wilde
Mitchell Obituaries Admin maintained by Sharyl Ferrall.
WebBBS Admin 4.32 Genealogy Modification Package by WebJourneymen