Witt, Herman 1871-1951

WITT, MIELKE, BERTRAM

Posted By: Paul Van Dyke --Volunteer
Date: 10/1/2015 at 23:58:49

Source: Hawarden Independent (3-22-1951)

Born: May 16, 1871
Died: 1951

Herman Witt, 79, a pioneer of this vicinity, died Sunday morning at the Hawarden Hospital. He suffered a heart attack and entered the hospital Tuesday of last week.

Funeral services were held at 1:30 at the Barnard Funeral Home and at 2 o’clock at Trinity Lutheran Church Wednesday afternoon with Reverend H.E. Sieving in charge. Burial was in Pleasant Hill Cemetery at Ireton.

A son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman and Henrietta (Mielke) Witt, Sr., he was born May 16, 1871, in Chicago. When he was 5, he came to Iowa, locating in Plymouth County. Two years later he came to Sioux County with his parents and resided east of Hawarden and in town the past 73 years. In his youth it was a common occurrence for Mr. Witt to haul grain to Le Mars, which required an entire day as the distance from his home to Le Mars was about 30 miles.

He married Miss Minnie Bertram March 6, 1895, and they lived on a farm east of Hawarden many years. Later they built a new home on a farm southeast of Hawarden and in 1946 they came to town to live.

He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith.

He is survived by two sons, Alfred and Walter of Hawarden; one daughter, Mrs. Pete Moelier of Ireton; two brothers, Otto of Pipestone, Minnesota, and Fred of Hawarden; two sisters, Mrs. Edith Kemis of Spencer, Iowa, and Mrs. Anna Noteboom of Aberdeen, South Dakota; 16 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

His wife and a daughter, Mrs. William (Mabel) Dierks, died three days apart in July of 1948. Three brothers and a sister preceded him in death.