The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-02-17

AA<ilb1Si was hClu oaIulddy olLCl uOOl
at twothirty O'Clock from the family
home, No. 1904 c avenue east, Rev
W. p. Williams CT the st. James Bpis
copal church officiating. The service
was that of the Episcopal church
simple and effective. Appropriate
vocal numbers were rendered by
Claire Gordon, Roy Kemble, Mrs. Lee
Long and Mrs. Dr.. l.. A. Rodgers
The service was largely attended
The attendance was remarkable ii
the number Of old citizens and pho
neer residents present to pay last
mark of respect. Interment was
made an Forest cemetery by the side
of the wife who for fifry-three years
was his companion in wedlock. The
pail bearers were from the members
of the immediate family, the three
sons. John A., w. III. and George Kal
bach, w. P. Hawkins, son-in-law, and
two grandchildren, Warren and Lee
Kaibach. The following to the GENE
terry was large.
Isaac KalIbach was in many ways
a remarkable man. Born in the early
twenties. he had attained the age OF
almost ninety years at the date OF
deaIih, but almost to the hour of his
death he was vigorous and active in
both mind and body and his mental
ity never lacked the perceptive quail
ties for which the man had been not.
ed. The story of the mans life is
a monument to the memory of right
thinking, right doing and right living.
He was a simple, straightforward
man. wholly devoid of superficial &C,
ton by which the life of today is too
often qualified. He was ever tho
same, earnest, intent, kind good ma.
tured, even tempered and disciple
in the good ord fashioned doctrine of
the power Of work. Almost every
one, more particularly those who
have been citizens or residents of Os-
kaloosa any length of time, knew
Isaac kalbach and he could call by
name more acquaintance and friends
than any other old time resident of
the city. He was the friend of the
childreu, the young man and the
school girl, the business man and the
old citizen. Nothing pleased him bet
ter than to talk with his family or
with old acquaintance, of pioneer
days in Oskaloosa. But Mr.. Kalbach
was not a man who lived in the past.
He was ever part of the present
and was well posted upon current
events. He cast his vote in the polit-
ical arena of the day and his opinion
upon issues was coClrted His antici-
patton of events was as keen as his
memory of the other days was acute
and in casting the results of present
action he drew for comparison from
a wonderful store house of knowledge
OF like situations in days gone by.
Isaac Kalbach was born in Berks
county, Pennsylvania, November 10,
1922. of John A. and Sara (Wenricfl)
Kalbach, and died February 10. 1910,
OF old age. His parents were native
residents of Pennsylvania, descended
from the revolutionary stock origin.
ally out of Switzerland. The fore
fathers were revolutionary patriots
and the father had served in the ac-
lions of 1912 and 1914 Isaac passed
his boyhood in his native state and
learned the trade Of cabinet making.
He was married at the age of twenty
one, in 1S43, to Miss Christine .daugh.
ter of George Koch. After a few
years residence i'm the east in the
Of mis- birthplace near
Mr., Kalbach was seized
With the desire 10 come to the west.
The excitement of the discovery of
gold was rife when the young couple
started west in 1S49. ipI
Mr.. Kaqbach was the fifth child
born into family of nine children,
me father dying when Isaac was only
eleven years OF age, left him with an
responsibility upon his Shout
iers and it was decreed that he
should be the mainstay and The sup
tort of the widowed mother 1t was
therefore with a feeling of relief
rom responsibility when matters
we're so shaped that he could make a
tart for himself He had succeeded
or Others and had no fear of the out
'onie IN his own interests. The
tory OF his trip TO the west reads
Ike a tale of adventure. From the