Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Wrage

WRAGE, FIEDLER, SCHRODER, INHELDER

Posted By: Rebecca Foster (email)
Date: 8/31/2014 at 11:45:30

MRS. WRAGE SUCCUMBS TO LONG ILLNESS
Was a Well Known and Popular Resident of Buffalo, Ia.

Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Wrage, wife of Rudolph Wrage of Buffalo, Iowa, died at 7:15 o'clock this morning at Mercy Hospital, Davenport, after a lingering illness. She had been confined to the hospital over the past three weeks.

The deceased, whose maiden name was Anna Fiedler, was born in Germany, Dec. 10, 1867, and when a mere baby was bro [sic] to Buffalo with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mathias Fiedler. On June 5, 1888 she was united in marriage with Rudolph Fiedler [sic- Wrage], the ceremony performed by Rev. J.T. A. Flannagan at St. Peter's Church in Buffalo.

Soon after marriage they came to Davenport, remaining here until 1895 when they returned to Buffalo and have resided here for the past 30 years.

Mrs. Wrage was a devoted wife and mother and leaves many friends to mourn her passing. She is survived by the bereaved husband and the following children: Arthur R., Charles C., Elmer W., Mrs. O.E. Schroder, Mrs. John Inhelder and Miss Edna Wrage, all of Buffalo. There are also two sisters and a brother as follows: Mrs. Clement Bogelbaugh, Davenport; Mrs. John Porstmann, Kansas City, Mo., and Charles Fiedler, of Buffalo.

The body was removed to the Fred N. Ruhl funeral home where it will remain until Wednesday morning when it will be returned to the family home in Buffalo. The funeral will be held from here at 8:30 o'clock at St. Peters church and interment at Rose Hill cemetery, Buffalo.

Source: Davenport Democrat and Leader, Davenport, Ia., 12 May 1925.