Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-11-09
Obituary..

Obituary.
| Mr.. Henry Weber was bosn in Ober-
Reinbach, Bavaria, June 9th, 1922. He
was baptized as little child after the
custom Of the Lutheran church, at
teuded school for seven years and was
confirmed in his church, where he con-
fessed his christian faith. When he
was is years old, he served as soldier !
in the army Of Bavaria for two years.
Tired of the hard service of that time
he came to America, and worked for
short time in Pittsburg as carpen-
Ter. He:moved to Logansberg Indiana
afterward, where he married Sarah
! Lowry. This marriage was blessed
With children. The Oldest son Char
ley Henry was born in Cincinnati, the
other four, John, Edward, Anna and
Ida on his farm in Indiana. In 1865
his beloved wife Sarah died shortly
after the birth of the youngest child,
Ida and two weeks later the baby fol-
lowed the mother in death. To maks
the cup of misery full, he too was ta-
ken sick with dropsy and was brought
to the hospital in Cincinnati, where
, he had a successful operation. When
he had recovered he moved to Iowa in
1867 and settled in Howard Co. near
Cresco on the farm. In 1870 he mar
ried his second wife, Katharine Reut-
sche and lived together with her for
30 years. When both were old they
moved to town for the rest of their
lives. The deceased suffered for a
i long time from asthma and was often
so seriously sick, that nobody expect
ed him to live longer but he always
recovered with G od's help. But since
spring of this year his health and
strength failed more and more and he
was laid upon the sickbed, most ten
derly cared for by his son Edward.
, When mis- wife died Thursday he
knew his time had come too, and Sa-
turday morning God took him away
by a gentle death, for he died in the
arms ofshiS son Edward. The deceas-
ed was IS years, months and "a days
old. He was member Of the Ger
man Lutheran church and lived II
true and faithful christian life. His
surviving children mourn the loss of IL
loving father. The funeral occurred
Monday Nov. 5th, from the house of
Edward Weber, Rev. G. Niedermeier
and Rev. Holmes officiating. The in
terment took place in Oaklawn cemo-
terry.
Mrs. KATHRINE WEBER.
Mrs. Katharine Weber, second wife
of Henry Weber was born in Sittinzen
PROVING Hanover, Germany, in 1921.
She was baptized right after birth be-
ing weak child. She attended school
and was confirmed in the Lutheran
church. When 20 years old, she came
to Johannesburg, Hanover, to the
noted servant of God, Louis Harms,
who was the founder of a missionary
school, that has done great work for
God in many heather countries. There
in his house She was awakened to a
true spiritual life and remembered
the blessed years in Rev. HazEseAss-
house during all her life In 1856 she
married John Prunkhorst, widower,
and brought up his minor children.
The family lived in Kleinalerstadt,
Hanover, for years. In 1864 they
came to America and settled in
brownsville, Houston Co. MINI. -Four
years afterwards they moved to How
ard Co. Iowa. east of Cresco. Six
months afterwards her husband died
and she was widow until 1870, when
she married Henry Weber, her second
husband, widower likewise, and
reared his minor children as most
careful mother. In February of 1900
she was taken sick with cancer Of the
breast, which at times caused her
much suffering. Three weeks before
her death she laid on the sickbed
awaiting patiently and resigned to
Gods will, her end. She died quietly
Thursday morning Nov. lst, 1900, hav-
ing reached the high age of nearly so
years. The funeral was held on Fri
day Nov. End by Rev. Niedermeier,
the interment taking place in Oak
Lawn cemetery. Mrs. Weber was
member of the German Lutheran
! church and has given good example
of true christian life. Con-