Mrs. J.H. Heirseman

HEIRSEMAN

Posted By: Rebecca Foster (email)
Date: 8/31/2014 at 12:23:02

Heirseman

Feb. 26, 1898, at 10:30 a.m. occurred the death of Mrs. J.H. Heirseman. The deceased was born in Buffalo in 1851. Early in the seventy's she was married to J.C. Heirseman who was a blacksmith by trade. They afterward moved to a farm in Montpelier Township where her husband died some seven years ago. In 1896 she came to Buffalo and built a home for herself and children. She is survived by her aged mother, Mrs. M. Bald who is 84 years of age, and seven children, four daughters and three sons, Josephine, Katie, Clara at home and Mrs. Frank Kautz of Rock Island and Charles, John and George at home, she has two sisters and two brothers who survive her, Mrs. Bender of Kansas, Mrs. Brown of Durant, George of Mexico and Charles of Buffalo. The deceased was highly respected and will be mourned by all who knew her.

The funeral takes place today from St. Peter's church.

Source: Davenport Weekly Leader; Davenport, Ia., 01 Mar 1898.