Henry M. Blitsch

BLITSCH, BAKER

Posted By: Lynn McCleary (email)
Date: 6/12/2021 at 20:55:34

Columbus Gazette, June 6, 1935, page 8

H. M. Blitsch, husband of Mrs. Elizabeth Baker, formerly of Cone, died at their home in Cedar Rapids at 8:20 Wednesday evening, May 1, 1935, after a lingering illness.

Mr. Blitsch visited here a number of times with Mrs. Blitsch and also attended several Gazette picnics in which she took an active part. He made friends readily and enjoyed the picnics and the new friends it brought him.

Henry Michael Blitsch was born in Waterloo, March 24, 1871 and had resided in Cedar Rapids for the past 27 years, coming there from Muscatine. He was a wood worker and was employed for many years by the Williams & Hunting Co.

He was a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and the I.O.O.F. He was a regular attendant of the United Brethren church and an upright Christian man.

Besides his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Kathryn A. White, Cedar Rapids, and Mrs. Faith Connors, Santa Fe, N. M.; two sons, John Albert Baker, Cedar Rapids; Ernest Baker, Fort Dodge; six grandchildren and two brothers, Edward, of Minneapolis and William of Portland, Oregon. A sister, Sophia, and a brother, Nicholas, preceded him in death.

Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the Rohn chapel in Cedar Rapids conducted by the Rev. J. F. Uhlenhopp, pastor of the United Brethren church.

Four singers from the choir led by Mr. James F. Cowden of the Cedar Rapids Gazette sang "Rock of Ages" and "Sweet By and By". The service was largely attended and the floor offerings were beautiful. Following the ceremony the body was brought to Muscatine where a short service was held at Greenwood chapel and burial was made in the Greenwood cemetery.