Klemme, Mrs. Christian (Sophia) Died 1922

KLEMME, GRAGES

Posted By: Janet Schuldt, Volunteer (email)
Date: 8/11/2012 at 14:52:42

Akron Register-Tribune, Akron, Plymouth, Iowa, USA Thursday, September 14, 1922

Aug. Klemme, of this city, received the sad news of the death of his mother, Mrs. Christian Klemme (nee Sophia Grages), at Crete, Illinois, on September 9, 1922. Mrs. Klemme was born in Hanover, Germany, and would have been. 88 years old next January. She came to America in 1847 and married Christian Klemme in Chicago. He passed away in 1903. She is survived by three daughters, four sons, thirty-two grandchildren and thirty-six great-grandchildren,. The funeral was held September 12 and burial was in Hanover township, in Indiana. Aug. Klemme, of this city, and Christian Klemme aud wife, of LeMars, visited their mother at Crete about three weeks ago.