Mrs. Wilhelmina Schulz

SCHULZ, THOENSEN, HINTON, GROENING

Posted By: Rebecca Foster (email)
Date: 7/7/2014 at 15:11:25

Mrs. Wilhelmina Schulz

Mrs. Wilhelmina Schulz, 71, a resident of Davenport for 52 years, died in her home at 527 West 13th Street at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday following a short illness. Born in Bowden, Germany, June 9, 1865, she received her education in German schools and married Jacob Schulz on Oct. 16, 1884. The couple came to the U.S. and directly to Davenport in the following year. Mr. Schulz died in 1921. She was a member of Zion American Lutheran Church and of Deutsche Hertha Lodge, No. 148 of Davenport.

Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Rudolf Thoensen and Mrs. Claude Hinton, both of Davenport and Mrs. H. Groening, of Mobile, Ala., one son, August, of Chicago and several brothers and sisters in Germany; and nine grandchildren.

Source: The Democrat and Leader, 18 Mar 1937.