Mrs. A. H. Reimers (1867-1917)

REIMERS, SIEMER

Posted By: Alan Nicholson
Date: 10/21/2011 at 14:29:54

Sutherland Courier, 12 Apr 1917, p 1 col 1

Card of Thanks

We wish to thank the neighbors and other friends for their kind expressions of sympathy, and for their various acts of thoughtfulness during the illness of our beloved wife and mother, and at the time of our great sorrow and bereavement because of her departure.

A. H. Reimers and family

Sutherland Courier, 12 Apr 1917, p 1 col 3

Obituary

Mrs. A. H. Reimers was born July 6, 1867, and died April 3, 1917, aged 49 years, 8 months and 28 days. Her last illness was but a few days duration, resulting in her death, the cause being an acute attack of appendicitis.

The deceased was numbered among the early settlers, having been a resident of O'Brien county since 1884. She was marred at Primghar Dec. 8, 1886 to A. H. Reimers and to this union 13 children were born, 11 of whom are left with the husband and father to mourn her loss. The funeral was held at the home of the family, 1-1/4 miles southwest of Calumet, on Friday afternoon, April 6, 1917, conducted by Rev. Rixmann, pastor of the Calumet German church; interment was made in Liberty twp. cemetery.

Sutherland Courier, 12 Apr 1917, p 8 col 4

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Siemers and two children, from Pipestone, Minn., came down last Thursday evening to attend the funeral of Mrs. Siemer's mother, Mrs. H. Reimers, returning to their home Sunday morning.