Pfaffle, Will H. 1876-1940

PFAFFLE, TREPTOW, WOODALL

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer
Date: 12/8/2009 at 15:12:44

LeMars Sentinel
February 2, 1940

DEATH CLAIMS WILL H. PFAFFLE
Well Known Farmer Of Remsen Vicinity

Death claimed Will H. Pfaffle, well known farmer of Marcus vicinity, at the
Sacred Heart Hospital in this city Monday night after a brief illness from
heart trouble.

Will H. Pfaffle was born May 29, 1876, in Benton County and with his parents
came as a child to Northwestern Iowa.

Member of the Pfaffle family were early settlers in Henry township this
county and across the line in Tilden township, Cherokee County.

Will Pfaffle was the youngest brother of the late E. C. Pfaffle, popular
clerk of the courts in Plymouth County for several years and later in the
banking business in LeMars.

Will Pfaffle followed the occupation of farming all his life. He was well
known and esteemed in the community.

Mr. Pfaffle was married twice, his first wife being Martha Treptow, member
of another pioneer family in this section. He subsequently married Mabel
Woodall, who survives him.

He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Vera Roberts, of Bucyrus, Kansas, who before her
marriage was employed in the office of the county superintendent, Miss
Christine Petersen, and a son, William Wayne, living at home. He also
leaves three grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Mathilda Bates of Los Angeles,
Calif. One daughter, Lottie, preceded him in death.

The funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at the Mauer chapel, Rev.
A. Noack of Remsen officiating, and interment made in the city cemetery.