Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1901-09-28
OBITUARY.

AT neT nome In the town of Farming
ton, Mrs. Matthew Potter was called to
the great beyond on Thursday, Septem-
per 26, aged 28 years. Deceased has been
Ill for several months past with typhoid
tever which resulted in her death. She
IS daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. f. Hoefs.
o! That town, and was we'll known in this
city. In June, 1895, she was married to Mat
tneW Potter, a prominent school teacher
OF Jefferson county, whom she leaves
surviving with one son. What makes
the case still more sad, is the illness of her
sister, Mrs. Otto Jaeger, of Lebanon, who
at the present time is very low with the
same disease, and the sad news could not
be told her. In this their sad bereave-
ment those near and dear to the dead
| and the sick have the heartfelt sympathy
OF large circle of friends in this COM
munlty. The funeral takes place from
the home this Saturday Afternoon at
O'Clock to the Baptistchurch in Concord,
where sevices will be conducted in Ger
man and English, Rev. H. Bens, of this
city, officiating. The remains were laid
to their final rest in the church cemetery
at that place.
The death of RudOIphus Blanchard
occurred at the home of his son in this
city early Tuesday morning. He was
taken sick about two weeks ago but his
condition was not considered serious. He
had been in failing health the past four
years, but at no time until his last illness
had he been confined to his bed for any
length of time. His wife died in 1896
and since that time Mr.. Blanchard had
gradually failed.
MIR. Blanchard was born September 27,
1929, in the town Of Henderson, Jeffer-
son county, N. Y. In 1888 he came west
with his parents and settled on a farm
in Jefferson county this state. Here
Mr.. Blachard lived until 1886, when he
moved to ElkOrn. He was married April
., 1854, to Amanda HOisington. Three
children were born to them, two of whom
are still living, Ala, resident of ElkhOrn
and May, now Mrs. Frank Shields of
Milwaukee. Alice Aida died at the age
OF ten years.
The funeral services will take place at
the house this afternoon at o'clock.
Rev. F. M. Hubbell of the Congregational
church will Officiate The burial will
be at Hazel Ridge --Elkhorn Independent.
William DObbratz died at his home
on North Fourth street Thursday
evening of cholera mOrbus after an ill
ness of only a few days, aged "a years.
MIR. DObbratZ was an old resident of this
city and highly respected. His widow
and five children survive, the children
being: Theodore DObbratz, Mrs. Ferdi-
nand Behling, this city; Mrs. Charles Weh-
litz, Mrs. Chris Reuter- and Miss Minnie
DObbratz, Milwaukee. The funeral will
take place Sunday afternoon at O. clock
to ST. Johns church.
MISS Eliza StapletOn, a former resident
OF this city, died Sunday at her home at
Fox Lake. Deceased was well known
here and her death was learned of with
sorrow by her former large acquaintance
She was sister of Mrs. Patrick Mullen
and aunt of Mrs. A. M. Mullen and Mr..
E. NJ. Stapleton, of this city, who were in
attendance at the funeral, which took
place at that city on Tuesday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Touton died at her
home in Fort Atkinson Tuesday night,
aged 56 years. She is an aunt of Mrs.
Max Wegemann and is well known here.
Grieving over the death Of her husband
is given as the cause of death.
Mrs. Owen Williams, formerly a resi-
dent of the town of Pennington, who
will be remembered as frequent visitor
to her sister, Mrs. W. Smith, of this city,
died Thursday, September 49, at her
home at G0uverneur, n. Y.
Mrs. William Gerfn, 1905 Main street.
died Thursday evening aged 55 years.
The cause of her death was Brights di-
sease. Her remains will be taken to
Juneau this morning for interment.
The infant child of Leonard Jaehrling
and wife died at their home last We'd
nesday evening. The funeral took place
Friday morning from ST. Bernard's
church..
MIR. and Mrs. Joseph Hadey, 1926 Con-
cord avenue, are mourning the loss of
their three-year-Old child, which died
Tuesday evening Of diphtheria.