William KASSNER

KASSNER, ERICKSON, GEAR, LONGNECKER

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:56

March 1849 ---- September 20, 1919

DEATH OF FORMER MONTMORENCI MAN
William Kassner, a former resident of Tippecanoe and White counties died at Goldfield, Iowa, Saturday evening at 6 o'clock. His demise was caused by a complication of diseases. The greater part of his life was spent in the vicinity of Chalmers, and he moved to Iowa eight years ago. He is survived by a widow and five children, and one brother, Rufus [Rudolph] Kassner of Medaryville, and two sisters, Mrs. Gus Erickson and Mrs. Thomas Gear, of Montmorenci. The body was taken to Montmorenci for burial and the funeral services were conducted at the home of his sister Mrs. Erickson, at Montmorenci, Tuesday afternoon afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Burial was made in the Montmorenci cemetery.

Otterbein Press – Otterbein, Indiana
September 25, 1919

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[William Kassner married Alfretta Longnecker in LaFayette, Tippecanoe county, Indiana on July 23, 1897. He was the son of Ludwig and Minnie Kassner. The family emigrated from Hamburg, Germany on 15 June 1865; birth date from 1900 census enumeration;]