Klumb, John Peter 1842-1916

KLUMB, JOACHIM

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 2/15/2012 at 19:18:29

Hawarden Independent
August 3, 1916

HIS LAST LONG SLEEP
Peter Klumb Passes Away After Long Illness
Had Been a Resident of This Vicinity Nearly Thirty Years—Funeral Held Sunday

John Peter Klumb, who has been a resident of this vicinity for nearly thirty years, died last Friday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Emil Schimming, a few miles northeast of Hawarden. He had been in poor health for several months and his death was not unexpected at this time.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at one o’clock at the German Lutheran Church. Rev. George Steinkamp, pastor of the church, conducted the funeral services. Interment was made in Grace Hill Cemetery. The deceased was a splendid type of manhood, highly respected by all who knew him, and his death will be mourned by many friends.

John Peter Klumb was born Nov. 16, 1842, in Seckenheim near Mannheim, Baden, Germany. On Easter Sunday of they year 1867 he was united in marriage with Anna Barbara Joachim. She preceded him in death on June 28, 1876. His first marriage was blessed with five children, four sons and one daughter. Three of these children died in early childhood. One son and one daughter survive him.

He was married the second time to Margaretha Joachim in November, 1876. Three children from this marriage, two daughters and one son survive him. He came with his family to America in 1883 and settled at Freeport, Ill. Four years later he moved to Union county, S.D., and settled on a farm a few miles southwest of Hawarden. They resided there for twenty-three years. In 1909 they moved to Eagle township in Sioux county, where about three years ago his second wife also preceded him in death. The sympathy of the community is extended to the sorrowing children in their loss of a kind and affectionate father.