Furchner, Dorthea 1888-1916

FURCHNER, CORDES

Posted By: Doris Hoffman, Volunteer (email)
Date: 3/17/2019 at 11:51:54

Note: Her mother's maiden name was Cordes.

DEATH OF MISS FURCHNER

Deceased Young Woman Formerly Lived in LeMars

Craig Independent: Mrs. S. W. Edwards received a message about noon Wednesday stating that her sister, Miss Dorothea Furchner, was very sick at Ottumwa, Iowa, and that if she wished to see her alive she should come immediately.

Mrs. L. Collman, prepared to go and later on another message came saying that the lady died at three o’clock that afternoon.

Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Collmann left on the evening train for Ottumwa for the purpose of bringing the body here for burial in the Grant township cemetery.

Dorothea Furchner was born two miles west from Craig, on the farm now occupied by Ames Hoeck, twenty-seven years ago the first of last October. She chose nursing as her life’s work and graduated as a nurse at Burlington eight years ago and has been actively employed in that work ever since.

For the greater part of the last spring and summer she nursed her little niece, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. Collman, now deceased, and since her mother, Mrs. Mary Furchner, was hurt at Ireton last September has been almost constantly at her beside until a few weeks ago when she went to Ottumwa.

She was not feeling the best when she left here but paid no particular attention to that, thinking she was pretty well worn out from the long siege of nursing. Bronchial trouble was the cause of her death.

Lemars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
January 11, 1916
Le Mars, Iowa

Mr. and Mrs. Myrteen Gable and Mrs. Klemme attended the funeral of Dorothea Furchner which was held at the Grant township Lutheran church Sunday afternoon.

Lemars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
Friday, January 14, 1916
Le Mars, Iowa