New Ulm review., 1912-09-25
Obituary..

John Strunk, until two years ago q
resident of New Ulm, died suddenly OF
heart failure Wednesday evening al
s o'clock in Minneapolis at the age OF
nearly 81 years. For several months
he had been suffering with stomach
trouble and severe headaches and had
been unable to work. No one of his
family considered his. condition as
very serious and his death came un-
expectedly as he was apparently in his
usual health only few hours before
be died,
The deceased was born in Olden-
burg, Germany November 10, 1861
and was in the prime of life when he
passed away. he came to this country
in the year 1854 and directly 10 New
Ulm and was married shortly after
his arrival to Adeline Stelljes, his
surviving widow. During his resi-
dence in New Ulm he followed q
blacksmith's occupation and was
similarly employed in Minneapolis.
The deceased was good citizen and
a hard-working, INDUSTRIOUS man. he
is survived by his widow, and six
sons and two daughters, all of whom
reside in Minneapolis with the excep-
tion of Henry who lives in New Ulm.
The funeral was held in Minneapolis
Saturday afternoon from the South
Minneapolis Lutheran Church. His
son Henry, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Stelljes, William Stelljes and the
Misses Mary and Lizzie Stelljes
attended the funeral from here.
At the home of Dan. Wendland on
North Broadway, occurred Wednes-
day morning at Z o'clock the death of
William, the one.month-old illegiti-
mate child of Katie Grant. The
physician arrived after the child was
dead and:was told that the child had
gone into convulsions and died.
Under the circ umstances he did not
feel justified in issuing death certi-
fcate and referred the matter to
Coroner aReineke. County Attorney
Erickson:was notified and he and the
coroner made thorough investiga-
tion and satisfied themselves that the
child had died natural death, the
cause being acute indigestion. The
mother of the child was not here at the
time, having accompanied the grand
mother to South Dakota week
before. Rev. Albrecht officiated at
the funeral which took place Thurs
day afternoon.
Mrs. Catherine Siebenbrunner, one
of thel old pioneers OF this vicinity,
died at the home of her son John
Saturday afternoon, at the ripe old
age of 80 years and 5 months. Death
was due to the..s AILMENTS of advanced
years. The deceased was born in the
Budweiser District Of Bohemia April
30, 1922 where she was married to her
husband, who preceded her in death
Al years ago. They emigrated to this
country in the year 1854 and lived in
Chicago for three years. They then
came to sNew Ulm and a few years
later securedla homestead in the Town
of Sigel and took up farming. Mrs.
Siebenbrunner:lived on the farm until
q years ago when she removed to New
Ulm.
The deceased took an active interest
In church work and was one OF the
founders oflthe Mother Society of the
Catholic Church. She is survived by
her sons Matthias and John of New
Ulm, George Of St. Paul and two
daughters, Mrs. Leonhard Gulden of
Otsego, MINI. and Mrs. J. Irving of
South Dakota, "a grandchildren and
II great grandchildren. Mrs. J.
Irving was not able to be present at
the funeral. The funeral was held
from the Catholic Church Monday
morning and interment was made in
the Catholic Cemetery.
Saturday afternoon at three o'clock
occurred the death of Fred Schroer.
after an illness lasting for about a |
year. He never fully recovered his
health from a severe attack of small.
pox which he had several years ago
and developed some intestinal trouble