Klauer, Catherine 1852-1915

KLAUER, BURKHARD

Posted By: Linda Ziemann (email)
Date: 5/17/2006 at 21:35:50

Source: LeMars Sentinel, dated 14 Dec 1915

DEATH OF MRS. KLAUER

Lived in LeMars for a Number of Years At One Time

The Dubuque Daily Times-Journal of December 2, 1915, gave the following
account of the death of Mrs. Jacob Klauer, mother of E. P. and J. B. Klauer,
of Akron.

"The many friends of Mrs. Catherine Klauer, widow of the late Jacob Klauer,
were shocked by the news of her sudden death on Wednesday night at 11:45
o'clock. Mrs. Klauer was in her usual good health throughout the evening,
retiring about ten o'clock. A short time later she was seized with heart
failure and in less than a half hour passed into the sleep that knows no
waking.

The deceased, whose maiden name was Catherine Burkhard, was born January 1,
1852, at Hessen, Darmstadt, Germany, and came to America when quite young.
She was married at Chicago in 1870 to Jacob Klauer, and the couple came
direct to Dubuque, and lived here until 1882, when they moved to LeMars.
They returned to this city in 1906. Mr. Klauer died one year ago and the
following children mourn their mother's death: Edward P. and Joseph B., of
Akron, Iowa; J. M., of Cassville, Wis.; Carl W., George N., Mamie and
Adelaide, of Dubuque. She is also survived by one brother, Philip Burkhard,
of Vermont, Ala., and granddaughter, Mrs. A. Schimdt, who made her home with
the deceased.

Mrs. Klauer was a woman whose many ennobling traits of character made her
beloved by a very wide circle of friends and her death has caused much
sorrow wherever she was known.

The funeral was held Saturday morning at 9 o'clock from the family
residence, 2126 Jackson street, to the Sacred Heart church, and burial was
at Mt. Cavalry."