Friedmann, Jacob, 1884-1940

FRIEDMANN, WESTENDORF, SCHNEIDER

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Date: 3/14/2022 at 12:00:03

Born: May 28, 1884
Died: September 4, 1940

From the Sioux County Capital, September 5, 1940

JACOB FRIEDMANN DIES SUDDENLY
Alton Farmer Suffers Heart Attack

Jacob Friedmann, well known Alton farmer and at one time president of the Orange City Co-operative Creamery, was found dead Tuesday morning in the basement of his home with death due to a heart attack. Mr. Friedmann was 56 years of age and was the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Friedmann of Alton who survive him. He leaves his wife and six children, four sisters and 1 brother. Funeral services will be held Friday at 9:30 a.m. in St. Mary’s Catholic church of Alton. Mr. Friedmann was active in all farm work. He was an energetic member of the Farmers Union and held positions of respect and trust in a number of farm enterprises.

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From the Alton Democrat, September 6, 1940:

WELL KNOWN ALTON MAN SUMMONED
FUNERAL ON FRIDAY, JAKE FRIEDMANN
Died Suddenly at His Home Tuesday Morning

The Alton community was shocked Tuesday morning by the sudden death of Jacob Friedmann, prominent farmer, who passed on from a heart attack at about nine o’clock. He had apparently been in good health and had assisted the previous day with the annual parish picnic of St. Mary’s church.

Mr. Friedmann, whose fine farm adjoins Alton, was an outstanding farmer of the community. For nineteen years he served on the board of the Orange City Co-operative creamery, residning last year because of other duties. He was secretary-treasurer of the East Orange township Farmers Union and a past president of the union. He was a man of progressive ideas and wide interests and there is far-reaching regret and sympathy for the family over his untimely passing at the age of 56 years.

He was born in Alton on May 28, 1884, and his pioneer parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Friedmann, are still living. He attended the Catholic schools at Granville, where the family lived for a time, and at Alton. He was married to Miss Catherine Schneider at St. Mary’s church, Alton, on January 19, 1909. Six children were born to the couple: Veronica, Joseph, Virginette, Raymond, Lillian and Cecil, all at home.

Mr. Friedmann is survived by his wife and children, his aged parents, and by four sisters and one brother, namely: Mrs. Fred Odenbrett of Elrose, Minn.; Mrs. J. N. Schneider, Newberg, Oregon; Mrs. O. J. Kaschmitter, Roscoe, Minn.; John Friedmann, Salt Lake City; Mrs. O. E. Lower, Tigard, Oregon. Mrs. Kaschmitter arrived here Wednesday morning and will be followed by her family. Other relatives are expected today.

Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 9:30 at St. Mary’s church of which Mr. Friedmann was a loyal member.

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RESEARCH NOTES

His death certificate (informant Mrs. J. Friedmann) has Jacob Friedmann, husband of Kathern Schneider; born May 28, 1884 in Alton, Iowa; parents George Friedmann and Kathern Westerdorf, both born in Ohio; a farmer; died at 9 a.m. September 3, 1940; cause, coronary embolism; due to arteriosclerotic heart disease [without?] nephritis, duration 1-2 years; buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Alton.

His FindaGrave.com page has him as Jacob John Friedmann and adds his parents’ life dates: George Friedmann (1855-1943) and Catherine Westendorf Friedmann (1856-1945); eight siblings listed; spouse Catheriine Schneider Friedmann (1885-1978); children Veronica Catherine Friedmann (1910-2004), Joseph George Friedmann (1913-1996), De Ricci Friedmann [Sister De Ricci Friedman, O.S.F., birth name Virginette],1916-2006), Raymond Francis Friedmann (1918-1945), Lillian Clara Friedmann Heuertz (1921-2016), and Cecil Henry Friedmann (1925-2018). There is a photo of his and Catherine’s joint headstone (with him as just “Jacob”).

His World War I draft registration card (September 1918) has him as Jacob John Friedmann, age 34, farming in Alton, medium height and build, blue eyes, light hair.