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LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
July 16, 1912

DEATH ENTERS HOMES
MRS. MARY ROERIG SUCCUMBS AFTER MUCH SUFFERING

Following a long illness caused by cancer, Mrs. Mary Roerig died at her home on Franklin street on Saturday night at ten o’clock. She was fifty-one years and six months old at the time of her death. She was born at Galena, Ill., where she grew to young womanhood and was united in marriage with Matthew Roerig. They moved to Plymouth county, where they lived on a farm east of town. For the past few years Mrs. Roerig has lived in this city. She leave to mourn her loss several children who are: Mrs. Jos. Meis, Mrs. Nic Salentine, Frank, Mary, Barbara, Della and Emma.

The funeral will be held this morning at St. Joseph’s church in this city. Mrs. Roerig was a good woman, who suffered much. She was a devoted wife and mother, a sincere friend and neighbor.

MOURN LOSS OF INFANT
Mr. and Mrs. John Bortscheller, residing near Oyens, mourn the loss of their infant babe, which survived its birth only a short time.

VETERAN DIES AT MARSHALLTOWN
Was Formerly a Plymouth County Resident and Lived in Akron and LeMars in Former Years
George Relyea, a former Plymouth county resident, died at the Old Soldiers home at Marshalltown of valvular disease of the heart. During the war, he served in Company D., one Hundred and Thirteenth Illinois Infantry. He had been in the home at Marshalltown for the past nine or ten years.

ASLEEP ON TRACKChild Was Peacefully Reclining Between the Rails
People going to the Chautauqua on Friday evening found a boy apparently about five or six years old peacefully sleeping between the rails of the main track of the Illinois Central railroad on Sixth street on Friday evening. The little fellow was so tired and sleepy that it was with difficulty that he could be aroused. M. B. Tritz was the first to notice the child and he went to awaken the little sleeper. The Misses Sudmeyer came along and recognized the child and took him home to his mother in the west part of town.

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, Friday, July 26, 1912, Page 1, Col. 4.

WAS A NONOGENARIAN - Mrs. Elizabeth Diediker Dies At Advanced Age

Mrs. Elizabeth Diediker passed away at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Sarah Schweppe, on Wednesday, July 24, at the advanced age of
91 years, after a brief illness. The funeral will be held on Saturday
morning at 8:30 from the Schweppe residence on Fifth street. Mrs. Diediker
was one of the pioneer residents of Plymouth county, coming here in the
early seventies with her husband, who preceded her in death more than twenty
years ago. She was a native of Switzerland, where she was born in the year
1821. She and her husband emigrated to America and settled near Madison,
Wis., where they lived some years before coming to Plymouth county. For the
past few years she had made her home with her daughter, Mrs. H. Schweppe,
and part of the time with her son, Sam Diediker, who lives near Crathorne.
Two other sons and daughters survive her. They are John Diediker, of Paola,
Kan.; Geo. Diediker, of Leeds; Mrs. Kate Hermann and Mrs. Mary Pfaff of
Sioux City. The remains will be taken to Lincoln township and interred
beside those of her husband. Mrs. Diediker was well known among the early
settlers of the county and was highly esteemed by many neighbors and
friends.