Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-07-28
OBITUARY.
Another Howard County Pioneer
Laid at Rest.

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Laid at Rest.
Mrs. Herman Eckstein Sr. Erred.
ericke Kathrine Cross was born in
Geisingen. Ludwigsburg, Wurtten.
burg, Germany, March IL, 1886, anc
died at her home near Chester, iowa,
July IA, 1911, at the age of Is years
months and 2 days. She was the old
est daughter of family of children,
4 brothers who were older and one
sister younger; her four brothers and
sister died several years ago. Her
mother died when she was z years old
and her father died when she was IL
years old, leaving her an orphan to
make her way alone in the world
She came to the United States in
February, 1854; she crossed the
Atlantic Ocean in sail boat which
took weeks to make the trip from
Havre, France, to New York, from
there she went to Buffalo. N. Y, and
from Buffalo, N. Y. to Cleveland, O.
by boat. She was married March 26,
1854. to Herman Eckstein Sr.; they
lived in Cleveland, O., till Oct. l, 1856,
when she came with her husband to
Howard County. Iowa, and settled on
the farm near Chester, Iowa, where
she lived till she died. They endured
all the hardships of early settlers.
The trip from Cleveland. O.. took over
a week; they took boat from Cleve-
land to Detroit, from there to the Mis-
sissippi River by railroad by way Of
Chicago, then by boat up the river to
Brownsville, and from there by team
to the farm where they settled, and
lived until they died. There were no
roads or railroads here at that time,
only emigrant and Indian trails. Lime
Springs was the nearest post Office,
and the town only consisted of log
house at that time. The first winter
here was one of the hardest winters
ever known in Iowa, it was the winter
of the hard crust. During the first
few years she used to be left alone for
weeks at time with her oldest son
Herman who was then a baby, while
her husband was away at work trying
to earn something for his family to
live on. The Indians were frequent
visitors in those early days; the white
settlers were few and scattering and
far apart. She was always a very
busy, energetic, industrious, hard
working, upright, honest, Christian
woman. working at her usual work up
to within two days of her death, as
she was sick only two days before she
died. She had never stayed away
from the farm over night during the
SIS years she lived on the farm. She
was respected and loved by all who
knew her. Her last words were: 1.-The
Lords will be DONE" She was con-
firmed in the German Lutheran church
at the age of IA.
She is survived by her three sons, J.
H. and E. J. of LIE Roy, Mimi, and F.
A., who lives on old homestead near
Chester, Iowa.
The funeral was held at the old home
near Chester and was largely attended.
Those attending from away were l. L.
Eaton, VIM. A. Stockman, John Nc
Cook, C. d. Nichols and John Coyle
of Cresco. Iowa; Mr.. and Mrs. Joe.
Richards o. Cherry Grove, Mimi, Mrs.
Price and Dave Thomas of Lime
Springs, Iowa.
The floral tributes were many and
beautiful. Rev. Smith of LIE Roy,
Mimi, and Rev. Maxwell of Lime
Springs officiated. The interment was
at Chester cemetery by the side of her
husband who preceded her eleven
months ago.