Kroger, Peter Henry 1850-1917

KROGER, NIELSON

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Hinton Gazette
September 6, 1917

OBITUARY
Peter Henry Kroger was born June 30, 1850, in Schleswig, Germany. Was
raised a German Lutheran and was married in 1870 to Marie Hilda Neilson.
To this union nine children were born one of which died in infancy. He
came to this country in 1881 landing in New York the day Garfield died.
He settled on a farm in Crawford county, Iowa, and later in Plymouth
county, Iowa, where he lived until the death of his wife in 1908. Since
then he has made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Fred Calkins. He was
taken sick June 7, 1917, and all that loving hands could do for him with
the aid of doctors and nurse was done, but he finely gave way to the
dreaded disease of cancer and died August 28, 1917, aged 67 years, 1
month and 28 days. He leaves to mourn his loss four sisters and two
brothers besides five daughters and three sons as follows; Mrs. Edward
Page, and Mrs. C. T. Stover, of Kingsley, Iowa, Mrs. Clyde Rayhill of
Wagner, S. D., Mrs. Earl Peron of Luverne, Minn., Mrs. Fred Calkins of
Hinton, Iowa, Peter Kroger of Wessington Springs, S. D., John Kroger of
Cottonwood, Minn., and Jerry Kroger of Johnson, Minn. Funeral services
were held in the United Evangelical church of Hinton by the pastor, Rev.
Belden Weikel, after which the remains were taken to Kingsley cemetery
and laid to rest beside the body of his wife. Out of town relatives
present at the funeral was Mr. Audolph Kroeger and Mrs. Marie Ruess of
Anthon, Ia., Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schultz, Herman Schultz and Mrs. Elisa
Vausgraau of Odebolt, Ia., Mr. and Mrs. Peter Boeck, Mrs. Meeta Boeck
and Willie Vausgran, of Charter Oak, Ia., the pallbearers were Herman
Peters, John Steffens, Emil Krueger, of Kingsley, Ia., Delbert Nash and
George Klaber of Hinton, Ia.