New Ulm review., 1913-10-01
Drops Dead on
Lawn at Home
John Amen, Sr., Dies OF
Heart Failure at searles
Saturday.

i Golden Wedding on Fol-
i lowing Day.
! The joy Of his approaching golde'
Wedding anniversary and Of meetinl
his nephew, whom he had not seen 70
many years, caused the sudden deatl
of John Annen, Sr., one Of the oil
and respected residents of the town Q
Cottonwood, Saturday afternoon :
about 3 O'Clock. Heart failure
brought on By many years Of . malig
nant disease Of that organ, was III
i'm mediate cause Of the old gentle
mans demise. n; .s.
While Mr.. Annsn had bsen ailinl
for : long time, hs was, nevertheless
sble to 30 up and around, md Will
his aged helpmsss wss making slA
borsts preparations % celebrate ~
aftieth annivsrsary Of their marriage
This was 70 have been gsls event r
which . large number OF relstiyea
| and friends from near and far had
been invited, and be had gone 70 tha
depot st Searles to meet his nephew,
William Annsn, and the .lstter's wife.
who came I'll the way from Hammond,
Ind, TO DO present at the festi vitisa
on the following day. Mr.. and Nrs.
Amen, accompanied by Max Thso.
bald, Of Sherburn, arrived at searie,
on the north bound N. s. st. Z.
passenger, Saturday afternoon.
After escorting his guests to his
home in Searles, Mr.. Amen provided
chairs on the lawn in front Of his
residence % the day was an ideal one,
and he was conversing with his
nephew and the latser's wife, inquir-
Ing Of them Is to the welfare OF his
relatives and former acquaintances in
Illinois, when without warning he fell
from bis chair to the lawn and within
q very short time life was extinct.
The visit of the Grim Reaper to the
home of this venerable couple and
claiming % he did one Of the prlnci.
pals in carefully planned festivities
of the following day, was q great
shock to the entire community and
many expressions Of sympathy we're
bestowed upon the widow and children
OF the deceased. -..~-
According to the pre-arranged pro.
gram, special services we're to be held
at st. Johns Catholic Church at
Sesrles, Sunday morning, in honor
of Mr.. and Mrs. Amen, but owing to
the formers death, the program could
not be carried out. Instead, the silk
pillow with wreath and bouquet of
gilded flowers we're placed in the sane
tuary of the church, where the aged
couple would have kneeled to receive
the blessing and in place of the JOY
Gus services that had been planned,
sorrow permeated the gathering.
Mr.. Amen was q native of Rhenish-
Prussia, where he was born June 3.
1912, and he VAS therefore past II
years of age. He came to America
about fifty-four years ago and located
at Buffalo Grove, Ill. At that place
he was married, Sept. %, 1863 to
Barbara Mechtel, who survives him.
Their union was blessed with nine
of whom six preceded the
father in death. The surviving child
rem are: Mrs. John M. Dauer of
Mrs. Frank Kluck of
Sc aries and John Amen, Jr., who
resides on the old homestead in Cot
upon which the parents
settled nearly thirty years ago. For
he past four years Mr.. and Mrs.
Amen have made their home at
searles where they erected comfort.
.ble residence 1t that time. The
also leaves one brother,
Nick Amen, of Arlington Heights,
H., and three sisters, Mrs. Katherine
3tieber, Mrs. Maria hammers and
hrs. Margaret Kolle, all of Chicago, ,
o mourn his demise. The funeral ,
ervices were conducted at tbs Searles ,
,stholic church yesterday morning at
o'clock, when Rev. F. s. Mazir I
. solemn requiem mass.
nterment was in the Catholic cemetery ,
{ that place. ... .-. u..- !
Carl Lindeke, one OF the pioneer 1
of st. Paul was weekend q
isitor at the home Of Ed. Kunze. c
rom here he went to Sleepy Eye and i
|pringfield to visit with friends before q