Crouch, Magdalena 1852-1945

CROUCH, ROESCH

Posted By: Plymouth County Coordinator (email)
Date: 11/29/2003 at 19:35:34

Mrs. A. W. Crouch Died Sunday After Suffering Stroke
Was Widow of the Last Civil War Veteran in the County

Mrs. Magdalena Crouch, one of LeMars' oldest residents and widow of the late Andrew W. Crouch, the last Civil War veteran in Plymouth county, died Sunday, March 25, 1945, in Sacred Heart hospital, where she had been taken Saturday night following a stroke at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harold Pew, where she had lived since Mr. Crouch passed away, January 11, shortly before his 96th birthday.

Mrs. Crouch was born June 23, 1852, in Aachen, Germany. She came to the United States at the age of 5 in a sailing vessel with her parents, who settled in Wisconsin.

On September 15, 1871, she was married to Mr. Crouch at Potosi, Wis. The following year they homesteaded 10 miles north of Sioux City in Plymouth county, where they resided until 1901, when they retired and moved to LeMars. She had lived 73 1/2 years in Plymouth County.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the First Methodist church in LeMars. Rev. J. J. Share will officiate. Burial will be in the LeMars cemetery. Her grandsons will be pallbearers.

Mrs. Crouch, 93, Dies at LeMars
Civil War Veteran's Widow Came to U. S. in Sailing Vessel

LeMars, Ia.---Special: Mrs. Magdalena Crouch, widow of the late Andrew W. Crouch Civil War veteran, who would have been 94 years old June 23, died Sunday morning here at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Harold Pew, after suffering a stroke Saturday night.

Mr. Crouch, who was the last surviving member of the Grand Army of the Republic post here, died in January shortly before his 96th birthday.

Mrs. Crouch was born June 23, 1852, in Aachen, Germany. She came to the United States at the age of 5 in a sailing vessl with her parents, who settled in Wisconsin.

On September 15, 1871, she was married to Mr. Crouch at Potosi, Wis. The following year they homesteaded 10 miles north of Sioux City in Plymouth county, where they resided until 1901 when they retired and moved to LeMars.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Methodist church in LeMars, Rev. J.J. Share will officiate. Burial will be in the LeMars cemetery. Her grandsons will be pallbearers.

Survivors are a son, O. W. Crouch, Hinton; five daughters, Mrs. C. C. Hauff, Merrill; Mrs. H. Van Dyke, Sioux City; Mrs. W. F. Douglass, Hampton, Ia; Mrs. A. C. Lemon, Moscow, Idaho, and Mrs. Pew of LeMars; three half brothers, Oto, Charles, and August Roesch, all of Lancaster, Wis.; 19 grandchildren, 19 great grandchildren and a great great grandchild.

Four grandsons and three grandsons-in-law are in the military service. They are Lt. (jg) Dean Lemon and V-12 Student Ralph Lemon, both in the Navy; Maj. Guy H. Todd in France; S. Sgt Richard Pew in England; Sgt Donald Douglass in Pacific area; Pfc. Richard Stillinger and Raymond Hodapp, both in the United States. S. Sgt. William E. Bergman, a great grandson-in-law, was killed May 29, 1944 in Italy.