Hinton Progress
June 1, 1933

HAROLD BOGEN DIES AT ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS

Joe Bogen departed for Rockford, Illinois, Wednesday, in response to a
telegram he received Wednesday morning informing him that his son, Harold,
had been injured in an accident Tuesday night and died Wednesday at 11:00
o'clock, according to a later message.

The nature of the accident was not revealed in the telegram.

Harold was employed by the Western Union Telegraph Co. at Rockford. He had
many friends here who will be shocked to hear of his death. The bereaved
family have the sympathy of the entire community.

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
June 6, 1933

GRADUATE LONG AGO
Well Known LeMars Business Man Revisits Scenes of Youth

Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Post left Thursday morning for Munroe, Wis., where they
attended commencement exercises Friday evening of the Munroe high school
class. Mr. Post was graduated from Munroe school just fifty years ago.
From there Mr. and Mrs. Post will continue their trip and visit places of
interest in Wisconsin and Minnesota, returning to LeMars in about two weeks.

SENTENCED TO JAIL.
One of Men Caught by LeMars Police Convicted of Larceny

Rock County Star: Ray M. Wallace, who presented a forged check of $660 to a
Luverne beer dealer on May 20, pleaded guilty to a charge of larceny in the
second degree at a special term of district court in Pipestone, Monday. He
was sentenced to serve a year in the state penitentiary. Sheriff F. F.
Kitterman took the prisoner to Stillwater yesterday to begin serving his
sentence. Clint Colvin, who also was arrested on the same charge, was
released because of insufficient evidence. The two men were intercepted in
LeMars with a truck load of beer they purchased in Luverne.

FORMER STRUBLE RESIDENT IS DEAD
Joseph Obermire Was Well Known Farmer in Plymouth County

Friends in LeMars are in receipt of the news of the death of Joseph
Obermire, well known farmer resident of Plymouth County. Mr. Obermire died
Thursday, June 1, 1933, in a hospital at Atkinson, Neb., following a
lingering illness. He had been in poor health since last Christmas and some
weeks ago was taken from his home near Catalpa to the hospital for
treatment.

Mr. Obermire was born March 8, 1864, at Mayville, Wisconsin.

He came to Plymouth County with his parents in 1872, and grew to manhood.
He farmed near Struble for twenty-eight years before moving to Nebraska.
While living here, he was united in marriage with Amelia Haerling in 1895.
They were the parents of thirteen children, four of whom preceded their
father in death.

He is survived by his wife and nine children, who are: Mrs. Chas. Ziske,
Stewart, Nebr.; Gussie Obermire, Atkinson, Nebr.; John, Willis, Francis,
James, Paulina, Nick and Vincent living at home. He also leaves three
brothers, Ralph Obermire, of LeMars, John and Peter Obermire, of Sioux City;
and three sisters, Mrs. Ellen Johnson, of LeMars, Sister Anna Josepha,
Bruenberg, Germany, and Mrs. William McCloud of Fairbanks, Iowa.

The last rites were held Saturday at Butte, Neb.

Mrs. Ellen Johnson, Ralph Obermire and son, J. H. Obermire, of LeMars,
attended the funeral.

Mr. Obermire had many acquaintances and friends here who regret his passing.

PETER MUELLER PASSES DIVIDE
Came To Plymouth County in Early Days and Farmed Successfully

Peter F. Mueller, of LeMars, a resident of Plymouth County for the past
forty years, died at the Sacred Heart Hospital yesterday after a lingering
illness from an incurable malady at the age of 65 years.

Peter Mueller was born at Zimmer, Luxemburg, Europe, January 6, 1868, where
he grew to young manhood. He came to the United States to seek a livelihood
in the year 1890 and joined a number of his countrymen, who had located in
Remsen and vicinity.

On arriving here he worked on a farm and saved his money and with his
earnings bought land and became a successful farmer. He was married to Mary
Kittell in 1894. With his wife several children are left to mourn. They
are Mrs. Gus Feller, of Remsen; Mrs. Ed Rolling, Mrs. Peter Bohlke, Leo,
Nick and Roman Mueller, of LeMars and vicinity. There are seven
grandchildren. Two sons preceded him in death. He leaves two brothers, J.
P. Mueller, of Remsen, and Math Mueller, of Yakima, Wash., and a sister,
Mrs. Peter Thill, of Cudworth, Saskatchewan.

Mr. Mueller was a good citizen and neighbor, a devout member of the Catholic
faith, a member of St. Joseph church and the Holy Name Society.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning in St. Joseph Church, Mgr.
J. D. Fisch officiating. Interment will be made in St. Mary’s Cemetery in
Remsen.

DEATH TAKES MRS. REEVES
HONORED RESIDENT, OF SENEY, DIES FOLLOWING AN ILLNESS OF ONE WEEK

Following an illness of one week, Mrs. Arthur Reeves, one of the first
settlers in Seney community, died Monday afternoon. Mrs. Reeves suffered a
stroke Monday of last week and never rallied from the effects. Her husband,
Arthur Reeves, one of the pioneers of Plymouth County, and stalwart
upbuilders of the community, died a year ago.

Mrs. Reeves, a home builder, devoted wife and mother, kindly neighbor and
friend, will be mourned by many old associates and acquaintances. She was
one of the salt of the earth, esteemed by all who knew her. She attained
the age of 89 years.

She leaves to treasure her memory her daughters, Mrs. Frank Becker and Mrs.
C. W. Cook, of Seney, Mrs. Jessie Chambers of Hazel, S.D., and sons William,
Bert, and Clarence Reeves, of Seney.

Funeral arrangements had not been completed last evening.

BORN IN WESTFIELD
David Brimm, Aged 23. Succumbs To Illness of Pneumonia.

Sioux City Journal: David Brimm, 23, 423 Lafayette street, died Friday in a
Sioux City hospital, following a three weeks sickness with pneumonia.

Mr. Brimm was born in Westfield, August 16, 1909.

Survivors include his mother, a brother, Cecil and two sisters, Jessie
Brimm, of Marshalltown, and Goldie Brimm, of Austin, Tex.

Hinton Progress
June 8, 1933

HAROLD BOGEN DIES FROM BULLET WOUND

Harold Bogen, 38 years of age and the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bogen,
died in a hospital at Rockford, Illinois, last week Wednesday from a bullet
wound inflected Tuesday night by a man from Beloit, Wis., who was attempting
to rob the office of the Western Union where Mr. Bogen was employed. He was
also employed by the A.D.T. and was in charge of a burglar alarm system
operated for the police in Rockford. The robber was identified as Ercel
Howland, of Beloit, Wis., and was shot and killed by Harold after Harold had
been fatally wounded from two bullets from the gun of the bandit.

Harold grew to manhood in LeMars and was a graduate of the high school at
that place and a member of K company, I.N.G. He was married to Miss Ola
Chew, a former teacher in the LeMars public schools. In 1916 he went with K
company to the Mexican border where they were on duty for some time. He
enlisted in the World War and saw service in Siberia, as well as the
Philippines, Japan and China. While on duty in Siberia, he was wounded and
later returned to the United States. About 10 years ago he located at
Rockford where he has since resided.

Mr. Bogen is survived by his widow and two sons; his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Bogen, of Hinton; two brothers, Donald, of Hinton, and Alfred of
Detroit, Mich.; two sisters, Dorothy Bogen, of Hinton, and Gertrude Bogen of
Akron, Ohio.

The funeral was held Friday at Rockford and burial was made at that place.

The deceased had many friends in this vicinity and at Rockford.

Hinton Progress
June 15, 1933

WAS PIONEER OF THIS COUNTY

Word was received here Friday by Mrs. Frank Vondrak of Perry Center of the
death of her sister, Mrs. Catherine Muir Cunningham, of Redwood City, Calif.
She had been ill over a year and died in the hospital there on June 2, 1933.
Mrs. Cunningham was born February 23, 1888, and grew to womanhood in this
county.

Survivors are Mrs. Frank Vondrak of Perry township, Herman, John and Roy
Muir of Sioux City, and Mrs. C. J. White, of Redwood City, Calif.

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
June 23, 1933

EAST WESTFIELD: (Special Correspondence)
Mr. and Mrs. August Erickson and daughter, Bertha, visited in Sioux City Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Elba Campbell and family were guests in his father’s home in Sioux City Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Ben Andresen and family spent Sunday at the Harry Seibels home near LeMars, the occasion being Mrs. Seibel’s birthday.

The Hines family held their annual reunion at Yankton, S.D., Sunday. Mrs. Hines, Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Hines, the Everett Stinton and Everett Orr families attend from this section.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Shearer and daughters, Mrs. Rose Shearer and Tom Warren motored to Sioux Falls Sunday and enjoyed a picnic at Sherman’s park west of Sioux Falls with the Sidney Warren family and others.

Mrs. Everett Stinton, of Lucas, S. D., returned Sunday evening from Rochester, Minn., where she has been a surgical patient at Mayo hospital the past six weeks. Warren King, Mrs. Anna Green, and Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Morehead called at the Chas. Hilliker home in Akron Monday evening for a visit with Mrs. Stinton.

Guests in the Will Kiewel home Sunday included Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fickbohm and Pearl and Verne, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Fickbohm and son, Bobbie, all of Burbank, S. D., Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Walker and family of Sioux City, and Mr. and Mrs. John Reemts and sons, Russell Reemts remained for a week’s visit.

Guests during the day at the H. B. Morehead home Sunday included Mr. and Mrs. Earl Fletcher, of Sioux City; Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Kanago, Mrs. Truman Campbell, Mrs. Alma Sanford, Wm. Miller, Mrs. Rose Schreier, all of Akron; Mrs. Irene Nigg and sons, of Merrill; and Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Hines.