Szitnick, John David (Died 1897)

SZITNICK

Posted By: Jeannie Coston (email)
Date: 5/30/2004 at 19:40:57

DEATH OF JOHN D. SZITNECK

John D. Szitneck died Tuesday morning about nine o’clock. Mr. Szitneck was born in Germany and was about seventy years of age when he died. Dropsy was the immediate cause of his death. The funeral was at the home on Wednesday afternoon and was conducted by Rev. Mr. Wentzel, of St. John’s Lutheran church, of which church Mrs. Szitneck was a member.

Mr. Szitneck came to LeMars in 1872, previous to that time he had made his home in Wisconsin and at Galena, Illinois. He was married in 1854 to Agatha Leger in Galena, and six children survive to mourn the loss of an upright and beloved father. Although he has been confirmed invalid for six years, he was patient in his affliction. His death caused another vacancy in the ranks of the pioneers who founded the town of LeMars and bore the hardships of the frontier.
[Mr. Szitnick died 6 April 1897]