Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-28
A DARKENED HOME
Mrs. G. Bernhardi Passes Away
After a Brief illness with
Pneumonia.
HER LIFE A BEAUTIFUL ONE
Devoted to Her Family by Whom She
Was Deeply Loved-Other Obit-
uary Announcements.

Mrs. Zoe Bernhard, wife of DR.. Carl
Bernhard, died yesterday afternoon at
AIS at the, family home, 1928 Fifth
avenue, of pneumonia. The first at
tack of the fatal illness came Friday
night, following a brief illness with
grip. The end came with comparative
suddennesS. Only one of the two
daughters residing out of the city,
Mrs. Clara Schalell of Omaha. Neb..
was able to be at the bedside when
death occurred
Mrs. Bernharddi was born Dec. 80,
1850, in ST. Louis, from which city
her parents moved to Davenport when
she was three years old. She passed
her childhood and early womanhood
in the latter city and there received
her education. Both her parents DR..
and Mrs. John OlShausen, passed
away i'll Davenport number of years
ago. On Oct. 10, 1873, her marriage
to DR.. Bernhard occurred at the Ols>
hansen residence in Davenport. She
has been a resident of Rock Island
since that year.
She is survived by her husband,
three daughters, Mrs. E. Schalek
of Omaha: Mrs. Woodwork Clum,
Trenton, n. J.; Miss Zoe at home. and
home. A brother. Theodore Olshausen
of San Gabriel, Cal. sister. Mrs. F.
Underhill of this city. and three grand
children also survive.
Mrs. Clum arrived in the city this
noon and Mr.. Clum and two children
will arrive tomorrow evening The
other immediate members of the fam
lily and Mrs. Underhill were at the
bedside when death came.
! Mrs. Bernhard during her So years
residence here endeared herself to
many. She was a devoted wife and
| mother, deeply loved in the home
where she largely confined her life
preferring its peaceful quite to more
social work. Though retiring in ma
ture she delighted in charitable work
and offered her help in that respect
wherever possible.
| The funeral will be held Thursday
morning. Services will be held at the
home at 10 o'clock. and interment will
follow at Chippiannock cemetery
where the services will be private.
The pallbearers will be II. o. Rolls,
w. e. Snyder, George Davis and Louis
Harms of this city, and DR.. Arvid f.
Kohler and Chester Slogen of Moline.
Mrs. Frank Seeger.
Mrs. Edith Seeger, wife of Frank
Seeger. died last evening at 1870 at
the home on Dearborn street near
Ninth street, South Rock Island. Mrs
Seeger was 81 years of age and had
lived in this locality for number OF
years. Besides her husband she is sur
vived by her father. Funeral services
took place this afternoon at $3.50 al
the home, after which the body was
; taken over the Rock Island and c. &
\. roads to Gardner, H., the former
home, where burial will take place
tomorrow morning.
Mercer.
, John Mercer. who has from time tc
time lived in Milan, died Sunday Of
general debility at the home of his
, son, Steward Mercer, at Joplin, Mo
He was 81 years of age. Three son:
and four daughters survive, one of the
, latter being Mrs. Henry Kale of Milan
Mr.. Mercer had made his home Will
Mrs. Kale most of the time during the
last nine years, leaving during thu
fall to spend the winter at Joplin
Mrs. Kale has gone to attend the
funeral
WiesIer Funeral.
Funeral services over the remain
u of Englebert Wiesler were conductet
this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the hom
= of the son, e. +. Wiesler, 551 Twenty
9 fourth street, by Rev. w. S. Marquis
= Burial took place at Chippiannock cen
;, etery, where the services were private