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Lilian Fleck Maas 

Lillian C. Fleck Maas was born in 1885 and died in 14 JUN 1908, with an inflammation of the brain, as the result of a tornado which struck Charles City on June 7, 1908. Her birth parents were surnamed Fleck, but Lillie and her sister Katherine later lived with their foster parents Nicholas and Emma (Rothke) Maas -- who were also their aunt and uncle.

Lilliam Fleck Maas

Both Lillian and Katherine took their foster parents' surname of Maas (or alternatively Mass). Katherine (a.k.a. Catherine) later married Jules E. Gonseth Sr.

All four individuals, Nicholas, Emma, Katherine and Lillian are interred in Eastside Cemetery (Also known as Hillside Cemetery), Lot #136, at Marble Rock, Iowa.

Emma Rothke was born on 29 NOV 1855 and died on 31 OCT 1931. Her husband, Nicholas Maas was born 23 DEC 1823, and died on 2 MAY 1894.

1. Below is a newspaper article from The Greene County Recorder, dated 21 June 1933, that has a re-printed article from June 1908 (a 25 years ago today re-print) that states “Miss Lily Mass died at the home of Mrs. Henry Stolte, Wednesday morning, her death being due to injuries received during the tornado Sunday.”

2. Below are two documents showing Lillie C. Fleck/Maas's recorded Floyd County Death Certificate showing her cause of death as ‘inflammation of brain’ on 14 June 1908.

Lillian's sister, Catherine Agnes Fleck, was born in Minnesota, on 29 July 1888, and died 26 October 1918, in Cook County, Illinois, from the Spanish Influenza. Katherine married Jules E. Gonseth Sr.

Katherine had also taken her foster parents' surname of Maas before she married Mr. Gonseth.

SOURCE:
Jeanne Gonseth Robichaud
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