Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-02-08
Obituary Mrs. WiIheImina Riemer.

OUAtuoA MASs WuucILuAud N1GmcTs
She has fallen asleep. she is resting at last;
The pulse has grown still and the fever is
past.
She suffers no longer in heart nor in brain,
| And the pain that SO racked her shall not
She has Iallen asleep, her pain is all o'cr;
Ihank Goa as you weep, mother suffers no
more"
Wilhelmlna Reinke was born on
May 30, 1910, in Krentz. Germany
She was married in the same church
where she was christened and con
firmed, to Gottfreid Riemer, in 1868.
With her husband and one child she
came to America in 1878, settling at
IrOntOn, Ohio. Here four other
children came to bless their union.
One little son died in infancy. The
others, Mrs. Philip Berndt, Mrs.
Herman Bruss and their brother
John, of Lancaster, and Mrs. Vim
Bruss, of Little Grant, survive with
their father to mourn the death of
the beloved wife and mother. who
passed sweetly INTO the better land
on Jan. "a, 1911, at $50 o'clock %.
M, at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Berndt, after long months of
painful illness.
She was the last of her family
The deceased woman was left an or
phan at the age of thirteen years,
the eldtstof five children, her par
ents both having died within two
weeks The little ones were taken
into the kindly care OF a good aunt.
But the little WlIhelmina was old
enough to miss and mourn the ten
der mother love, and so, missing it,
she, herself, made one of the kind
est and most indulgent of mothers.
She was confirmed in her early
girhOOd in the German Lutheran
faith. In the year 1898 Mr.. and Mrs.
Rlemer removed to Liberty, and
have ever since made their home
with Mr.. and Mrs. Berndt, coming
with them to the DR.. Godfrey farm
west of Lancaster six years ago
Mrs. Rlemer had united with the
German Evangelical church at Lib
erty. and there, among many sym
pathizlng friends, her funeral ser
vices were conducted on Jan. 26,
the Rev. Katerndahl speaking words
OF eulogy and comfort. Burial was
in the little cemetery close by, where
the departed mother had chosen her
last resting place. Six grandchildren
also survive. Mrs VIM. Bruss was
too i'll to be in attendance at the last
sad rites.
Tor ten wearisOme months Mrs.
Riemer battled with most distress
ing ailment, manifesting always
great patience and fortitude. Sh9
knew for some months previous to
her death that the end was fast ap
preaching, yet she remained cheer
full and rarely complained. She was
ever most grateful for any service
and kindness rendered. With chris
tian grace and courage she submit
ted to the will OF the Master, whom
she bad served in humble faith
through all the changing scenes of
life. The Rock of Ages" was her
strength and her salvation. Even
in her extremity her thoughts were
more Of others than for herself. She
knew that her daughter, Mrs. Will
Bruss, had been stricken with ill
ness, and the day before she died
she insisted that Mrs. Berndt, who
had the care of her, should go and
make sure the suffering daughter
and the little children had proper
care. Upon Mrs Berndt's return
she was comforted with the assur-
ance that her other loved ones were
in good care, and after hours f
great pail she was made easy by
her physician and sank into a rest
full sleep, from which she swiftly
and gently passed into that dream
less sleep that knows no waking.
She was a beloved inmate of the
home. Otto and Sylvia had never
known home without grandma. She
will be sadly missed, but the loss
falls heaviest on the bereft husband
AS he sat near the flower laden cas-
ket that contained all that remained
| of his dearest companion, many who
saw sOrrowed for him. In his grief
he remembers most gratefully all
the kindnesses of friends and neigh
| bors, and unites with Mr.. and Mrs.
Berndt, the other daughters and the
son in sincere thanks for all kind
ministratlOns to their loved one, and
for the sympathy shown to them in
time of sorrow especially to the
singers, who rendered such sweet
service, are they grateful. The
neighbors now sorrow because they
did not do more to make brighter
the wearisome days of the patient
sufferer, so prone are we to forget,
or to let earthly cares crowd out the
tenderer impulses, But our kind
old neighbor is now with Him who
''giveth His beloved Sleep" beyond
all further need.
Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep.
From which none ever wake to weep!
A calm and undiSturbed repOse,
| Unbroken by the last of foes.
Asleep in Jesus, far from thee
Thy kindred and their graves may be,
| But thine is still blessed sleep