Emma Feuchter d. 1925

FEUCHTER, AULS, MAGDLIN, SCHRAMM, SPIERING, DELL

Posted By: The Obituary Fairy (email)
Date: 8/28/2006 at 15:02:47

The Davenport Democrat and Leader; Monday Evening, January 5, 1925:

Feuchter

Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Feuchter, wife of Fred Feuchter, will be held Tuesday afternoon from the Halligan funeral home at 2 o’clock.

In addition to the survivors mentioned in yesterday’s Democrat, three sisters and two brothers in Chicago survive. They are Mrs. William Auls, Mrs. Fred Magdlin, Mrs. Rudolph Schramm, Fred Spiering and Charles Spiering.

The family request that flowers be omitted. Incineration will take place at the Davenport crematorium after the services at the Halligan funeral home.

The Davenport Democrat and Leader; Wednesday Evening, January 7, 1925:

Floyd Dell in Tribute to Mrs. Feuchter

Deceased Woman was like Mother to Author When He Lived Here

When Floyd Dell, now an author of note with a home overlooking the Hudson, was a Davenport boy of high school age, among his best friends here were Mr. & Mrs. Fred Feuchter. He was much in their home, and they were like father and mother to him, and as his readers here know, Mr. Feuchter was the inspiration of one of the principal characters in Moon Calf, Mr. Dell’s first important novel. When he received word of the death of Mrs. Feuchter, therefore, Mr. Dell was prompt to wire back to the bereaved husband the following message of sympathy and of tribute to the deceased:
Groton-on-Hudson, N.Y., Jan. 5. Fred Feuchter, Davenport, Ia. Your message received. I am filled with grief and a deep sense of personal loss. Emma was not only a dear friend but almost a mother to me. You have all my sympathy. Floyd