ESKE, Mary (a.k.a. Marie) (nee Miller) 1858-1942

ESKE, HALVERSON, SCHALLOCK

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 1/24/2010 at 00:10:19

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ST. ANSGAR WOMAN DIES

Funeral Services
Will Be Held Saturday
for Mrs. Mary Eske, 84

ST. ANSGAR, IOWA — Mrs. Mary Eske, 84, died following a lingering illness Thursday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Grover Halverson.

Surviving Mrs. Eske are two daughters, Mrs. Martha Schallock, Floyd, and Mrs. Grover Halverson, St. Ansgar; three sons: August, of Stacyville, and William and Herman of St. Ansgar. She is survived also by 15 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home and at 2:30 in the Immanuel's Lutheran church. The Rev. Paul Brammer will be in charge. Burial will be in the Rock Creek Cemetery, southwest of St. Ansgar.

[Mason City Globe-Gazette - Friday, August 21, 1942]
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ST. ANSGAR, IOWA - Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the home and at 2:30 at Immanuel Lutheran church for Mrs. Mary Eske, 84, who died Wednesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Grover Halverson, after a lingering illness.

She was born in Wisconsin and had lived in the St. Ansgar vicinity for 63 years.

She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Martha Schallock. Floyd; Mrs. Grover Halverson, St. Ansgar; three sons: August, Stacyville, William and Herman, St. Ansgar; 15 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Burial will be in Rock Creek Cemetery south of St. Ansgar.

[Waterloo Courier, Friday, August 21, 1942]

(Credit S. Bell)
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