Osterbuhr, Mrs. Fred (Mary) 1887-1947

OSTERBUHR, POPKEN, DETLOFF, EUKEN

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Date: 2/19/2010 at 18:24:09

Hawarden Independent, Hawarden, Sioux, Iowa, USA Thursday, July 24, 1947 Section 2 page 17

Rites Held For Mrs. Osterbuhr

Funeral Services Held Tuesday For Resident Near Hawarden Who Died Saterday(July 19,1947) After Long Illness

Mrs. Fred Osterbuhr 60, Hawarden, who spent most of her life in Plymouth county, died at her home 4 1/2 miles northeast of this city about 5 :30 Saturday morning followmg a heart attack. Mrs. Osterbuhr had been in poor health for some time but was up and about and was preparing break fast when she was stricken.

Funeral services were held at the Ross Funeral Home at 1 :30 Tuesday afternon and at Grant Township Lu­theran church in Plymouth county at 2:30 with Rev. F. Bunge in charge. Interment was in the church ceme­tery.

Mrs. Osterbuhr was born in Plymouth county near Le Mars Septem­ber 15, 1887. She was married to Fred Osterbuhr in 1905 and continued three rears ago when she came to Hawarden and made her horne on a farm in this vicinity, She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Grant township Lutheran church and the Ladies Aid of that organization.

Survivors include the widower and four children, Otto of Akron, Elmer and Mrs. Elmer Popken of Hawarden and Mrs. John Detloff of Omaha; one brother, Jacob Euken of Long Beach, Calif., and seven grandchild­ren. One child died in infancy,