Arthur D. Stern (1895-1972)

STERN, SCHIERHOLZ, GATER, PATTERSON, DORNBUSCH

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Date: 6/12/2021 at 21:05:24

Funeral services for Arthur D. Stern were held on Friday, August 25, 1972, at the Zion Lutheran church at 10:30 a.m. Rev. Henry Friedrich officiated, and burial was in Praire View Cemetery with arrangements by Gaudian Funeral Home.

Arthur D. Stern was born Jauary 17, 1895 at Sterling, Illinois. He came to Paullina in 1906. He received his education in Sterling and Paullina.

On June 2, 1921, he was united in marriage to Levera Schierholz at Estherville, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Stern farmed near Paullina and Sutherland until 1937 and moved to Paullina where they operated a cafe a couple years. Three children were born to this union. Then Mr. Stern did several types of trucking and some carpenter work.

Survivors include his beloved wife, one son, Arnold of Aurora Colorado; two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Gater of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Elaine (Mrs. Fred Patterson) of Odessa, Texas; 12 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren and one stepbrother, Martin Dornbusch.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Edwin Stern (as a small boy) at Sterling, Illinois; and a stepbrother, Ina Dornbusch.

Paullina (Iowa) Times, 7 Sep 1972, pg. 3