Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-08
DEATH REMOVES
YOUNG father
HENRY A. MAsCHLk sUccuMBs
AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS OF
FOUR DAYS.
BURIAL TO BE TOMORROW
Mass at Sacred Heart Church at 9 a
m. and Funeral in the Afternoon
at 4 o'clock - Wife and
Three Children Survive.

The visit of the angel of death 10
the home Of Henry A. Maschek this
morning left in it's wake a pail of sad
ness and gloom by robbing the house
! mold of an atfectionate husband,
father and dutiful son, as well as rob,
| DlnS the community of an upright citi-
zen. Death came after a short illness
that lasted mere four days and it
was practically unheralded. The occa-
sion is made more sad for the fact
that Mr.. Maschek was still but a
young man and is survived by. widow
and three little girls ranging from
two to six years of age.
Being suddenly taken i'll Thursday,
Mr.. Maschel was compelled to leave
his duties at the Lagomarcino-Grupe
wholesale fruit house and hasten
home. He was suffering from chills
and an examination by his attending
physician revealed some unknown
poisoning. Every thing that medical
skill could do was attempted and the
fight against the inevitable death con-
tlnued from then until the end came
this morning when at 1912 he peace
fully yielded his soul to his maker.
Death came peacefully and while the
young father was surrounded by
heart-broken wife, sorrowing mother
and beloved children and brothers.
Following the demise post norton
was held by the physician to deter
mine the exact nature of the malady,
and it was found to be an acute pois-
oning of the gall ducts and stomach.
which the doctor stated might have
been caused from various sources pos
slbly from the throat y infection, as
the decedent was a sufferer from ton
silitis. 1t was decided that the fu-
neral would best be held tomorrow
afternoon and requiem mass will be
celebrated in the Sacred Heart church
at a. M, tomorrow for the repose
of the soul. In the afternoon the fu-
neral service ill be held at the same
church conducted by the pastor, Rev.
Father James Foley at o'clock. In
terment in Calvary cemetery.
Was Native of Iowa.
Mr.. Maschek was born in Marengo.
February 4, 1875 and while still an
infant moved with his parents and
family to Ottumwa where he has since
made his home. He has for several
years been trusted and valued en-
ploye of Lagomarcino-Grupe Fruit
Co., and was a member of the Knights
Of Columbus and A. G. T. The
Knights Of Columbus will assist III
the funeral and owing to the death
of Brother Maschek the council has
indefinitely postponed the anniversary
observance planned for Thursday
night. The death of Henry A. Mas
chek is the first to occur in the ranks
of General Shields council and for
this reason the anniversary is aban-
doned at this time.
Present from abroad at the bedside
of Mr. Maschek were his two brothers,
l.. Fl. and G. G. Maschek of Chicago,
as well as two aunts, Mrs. ]. A. Re
gan and Mrs. ]. c. Lange, all Of Chi
cago. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Silvers OF
Cedar Rapids arrived a short while
following his death. The survivors
Mrs. H. A Maschel1, wife and daugh-
tiers, Celestine, Marion and Jeanette,
and his mother, Mrs. Kate Maschek
and two brothers, Louie H. and
Charles G.. Maschek.