Pfaeffle, Albert 1830-1908

PFAEFFLE, PFAFFLE, KLEMME, BATES

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 9/28/2020 at 12:16:56

The LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
Tuesday, March 17, 1908

KINGSLEY: (From the News-Times)

Died at the home of his son, A. F. Pfaffle, north of Kingsley, March 8th, of pneumonia, Albert Pfaffle. The deceased was born in Baden, Germany, April 6, 1830, and had he lived until April 6th of this year would have been 78 years of age. He came to America when he was 23 years of age and located in Chicago, where he worked at his trade of painting for a number of years. He was married in 1854 in Will county, Illinois, to Miss Caroline Klemme. With his family he moved to this county in 1890, where he resided until the time of his death, which occurred on the date above mentioned. To Mr. and Mrs. Pfaffle were born nine children, three of whom with his wife preceded him to the great beyond. Six children: A. F. and Will, of Kingsley; C. C. Pfaffle, of Clark , South Dakota; Ed. Pfaffle, of Boise City, Idaho; Edwin Pfaffle, of Nome, Alaska; and Mrs. Matilda Bates, of Pomona, California, survive him. Service was held at the home of his son, A. F. Pfaffle, by Rev. Shideler, Wednesday, March 11th, and the remains were laid to rest in the Pleasant Hill cemetery, north of Kingsley. The deceased was a kind and loving father and a good neighbor and was a man who was highly respected by all who knew him. The bereaved relatives have the sympathy of all in their sad loss.
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RESEARCHER NOTE:
The surname is spelled PFAEFFLE on the large stone in the Henry township cemetery (also known as - The Pleasant Hill cemetery] Plymouth County Iowa.