Malinda Yahnke 1883-1919

YAHNKE, THOMPSON, THOMAS, WOODRICK, PALMBY, ELL, ELDER, MCCABE

Posted By: S. Ferrall - IAGenWeb volunteer
Date: 11/30/2009 at 15:21:45

Mrs. Ed Yahnke
Mrs. Malinda Thompson Yahnke was born June 29, 1883, in Caudle county, Ill., and entered her eternal home Wednesday morning, March 5, 1919, being 35 years, 8 mos. and 26 days old. She was one of twelve children, of whom only three remain to mourn her departure. Her childhood days were spent at Rake, Iowa. On Feb 10, 1900, she was married to Edward Albert Yahnke. They went to housekeeping on the farm near Rake where they remained two years. They then moved to Attwater, Minn., and lived there and at Windom, Minn., for nine years. Eight years ago this spring they came back to Iowa and located in their present home northeast of Buffalo Center. Mrs. Yahnke was the mother of six children, Glenn, Edna, Arthur, Minnie, Wallace and Evelyn. The husband and six children were all by her bedside to bid her farewell when she passed away. Besides her husband and children Mrs. Yahnke is survived by her aged mother, Mrs. T.T. Thomas, and two brothers, Nels and Andrew, all of Story City, and one sister, Mrs. Tillie Woodrick, of Tappen, N.D. Also many other relatives and friends. When the influenza epidemic broke out, Mrs. Yahnke and four of the children contracted the disease. In spite of medical skill and loving care, Mrs. Yahnke took pneumonia from which she was not able to recover and Wednesday morning death claimed her.

Mrs. Yahnke was confirmed in the Lutheran church when she was a girl. After moving to Buffalo Center she united with the Methodist church, of which she has ever been an active member and from its ranks she will be sorely missed. She was ever a kind and helpful neighbor, being especially good in times of sickness or trouble as her many neighbors testify. Whilst she will be greatly missed from church and neighborhood it will be in the home where her loss will be sorely felt. The husband and children are doubly bereaved and the sympathy of the entire community goes out to them in their great sorrow. To them and the aged mother and all other sorrowing friends we extend our sincerest sympathy and may the Christ who alone can comfort be their help and stay.

Short funeral services were held at the home Friday noon, conducted by Rev. M.J. McCabe. Many beautiful flowers adorned the casket, the gift of relatives and friends. After the service her body was taken to Graceland cemetery and laid away in its last resting place. those present at the funeral from a distance were: Mr. and Mrs. Nels Thompson, of Story City, Iowa; Henry Yahnke, of Garden City, Minn., Henry and Ed. Palmby, of Eagle Bend, Minn.; Albert Yahnke, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ell, Mrs. Ralph Elder, all of Klemme, Iowa.

"It was not far that she had to go,
For she followed the heavenward path below;
And well she knew the Celestial Guide,
For day by day he was by her side,
Till the Gate of Morning opened wide
For the pilgrim hasting to nightless day,
And up the portal she took her way.
Her radiant smile, like the afterglow
Which follows the sunset here below,
Still beckons the hearts that loved her so,
To follow on, till we also "know."

~Buffalo Center Tribune, March 13, 1919