Ludowisi, Theresa Mrs. Nicolas 1821-1897

LUDOWISE, LUDOWESE, SCHLESSER, PONCIN

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 6/19/2011 at 07:19:24

From the Alton Democrat of Mar 6, 1897
Death of Mrs. Ludowisse
Last Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock occurred the death of Mrs. Nic Ludowisse at her home in this
city. The deceased was in the seventy- sixth year of her life and was well known throughout the county she and her husband being among the pioneer settlers. For the past three years she
had been an invalid and during that time she bore her sufferings patiently.
All that loving hands and medical skill could do to restore her to health and relieve her sufferings was done but to no avail and on Wednesday evening she was called to that bourne
where suffering and pain are no more.
Besides her husband she leaves six children to mourn her loss, Mrs. Nic Reiter and Mrs. Peter Wagner of this city, Mrs. J. P. Schwebach of Granville, Mrs. L. Youngers and Paul of Sheldon, and Nic of West Branch, Iowa all of whom were present at the funeral. The funeral was held from
St. Mary's church (this) Friday morning at 10 o'clock, Rev. Father Brune officiating, interment in Catholic cemetery.
(There is a family account with many sources listed on Ancestry.com. Nicolas Ludowese b. 3 Mar 1821 Syren Luxembourg, died 22 Jan 1913 Hospers buried St. Mary's Alton IA, wife Theresa Schlesser b. 28 Apr 1821 Dudalange Luxembourg died 3 Marcy 1897 buried in St. Mary's Alton. She was the daughter of Bernard Ludowese and Maris Catharina Poncin.)