Hentges, Mrs. John (Mary) 1850-1912

HENTGES, BURG

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, Volunteer (email)
Date: 8/18/2016 at 16:10:25

Alton Democrat, March 16, 1912
The Death Roll For A Week

Mrs. John Hentges, a LeMars pioneer, died at Los Angeles, California, on Saturday, March 9th. Death followed an operation. Mrs. John Hentges was born August 5th, 1850 at Bissen, Luxemburg. She came to this country in the Sixties and lived first in Caledonia, Minn. She was married at the age of twenty and came with her husband to LeMars, where she had made her home ever since.

The funeral Services were held at LeMars on Wednesday. Deceased is survived by seven sons—John and Edward of Chicago, Frank, Leonard and Romane of LeMars, Joseph of Watertown, Stephen of Yankton, and four daughters—Mrs. D. N. Hoffman and Clara of LeMars, Cecelia of Chicago and Clementine of Washington D.C. She is also survived by two brothers—M. Burg of LeMars and Frank Burg of Caledonia, Minn., and two sisters—Mrs. Mike Roeder of Granville and Mrs. Eugene Schwebach of Dell Rapids, South Dakota.
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Transcriber Notes:
Per her husband, John Hentges’ obituary in January 1911, his wife’s name was Miss Mary Burg, and they were married in Caledonia, Minn. January 19, 1871,