Pick, Jacob 1866 - 1908

PICK, WILLENBURG

Posted By: Karen Danzer (email)
Date: 12/29/2008 at 14:28:56

From: Remsen Bell Enterprise, January 30, 1908

Jacob Pick

(Photo of Jacob Pick above the obituary)

After a painful illness of nearly three months death came on Monday January 27 at 10:30 a.m. to relieve Jacob Pick from his sufferings.

We can hardly find language by which we can fittingly portray the good character, christian life and general uprightness that made Jacob Pick beloved by all who ever met him. At all times and under all circumstances was he to be found in the path of righteousness, true to his God, his family, his country and his fellow citizens. Jacob Pick should leave no enemy, for all he did, was done to please or at least to give satisfaction. His wife and children, and his friends as well, sustain a loss that is boundless, and no words, but time only, with the help of Christian hope, can heal the smarting heartsores that were caused by his too early demise.

Jacob Pick was born in the parish Marot in the Duche of Nassan, Germany, on the 12th day of October, 1866. When but three years old he came with his parents (Anton and Helena Pick) to this country. Their first home was near New Vienna and later near Petersburg, Ia. On February 4th, 1890 Miss Anna Willenburg of Petersburg, joined hands with him at the altar, and in 1893 they came to live in this neighborhood. Ten children were born to them and nine are today mourning his loss, one having gone to the hereafter fourteen years ago.

The burial takes place this Thursday, January 30, after solem obsequies at St. Mary’s Catholic church, and will be under the auspices of the members of the Roman Catholic Mutual Protective Association. Details of the funeral will appear in our next issue.

From: Remsen Bell Enterprise, February 6, 1908

The funeral of Jacob Pick took place on Thursday January 29. St. Mary’s church was filled with relatives and friends of the bereaved family. Mr. Pick was a member of the Roman Catholic Mutual Protective Association and held a $2000 insurance policy in that order. The members of the local lodge and delegates from lodges in neighboring towns were in attendance. The deceased was president of the German Catholic Fire Insurance Association of Remsen at the time of his death, and members from LeMars, Oyens, Alton and Granville were present to pay to their departed leader the last tribute of respect