New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-03-11
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OBITUARY
: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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Death came suddenly and unex-
pectedly to Otto Kankel at the Mic
Hoss home in Nicollet County, ad-
joining the city, Sunday afternoon at
2:45. Death was due to heart failure.
Mr.. Kankel had been in failing heath
for the past months. and about 3
months ago he had spell of sickness
and went to Fertile, Mimi, to his
children. returning to the Hoss home
week ago to-day, apparently in the
best of health. Saturday he was in
town feeling fine but Sunday after
noon shortly after IL o'clock he had
the first attack and two hours later he
had bre atted his last.
The deceased was born in Pommern,
Germany, May 5, 1914. He learned
the miller's trsde in the old country.
He served in the Danish Prussian
War in 1866 and in the year 1869 he
came to America, locating in Otter
tail Co., where he was married in the
village of Elisabeth to Louise Zaiser
who preceded him in death in October,
1911.
From Ottertail Co. he moved to
Polk Go. in 1880. Until August 1912
he followed the miller's trade in this
country and for the most of the time
he was associated in this business
with Mic Hoss. For many years he
was Vice Pres. of the bank at Fertile.
After their retirement about II years
ago, they looked around for . suitable
place to spend their declining years
and New Ulm appealed to them, be-
cause OF its German character. Just
about year ago Mr.. Hoss bought
the Martin Mueller place across the
river and they have lived there ever
since. -,
One of Mr.. Kankel's sons died 5
years ago, aged q years. His sur
viving children are Chss. F. Kankel
and Mrs. Emil Chloupek of Fertile.
MINI. and DR.. o. w. Kankel of Up.
land, Cal. He has also one brother
and one sister living in the old
country. The remains we're taken to
Fertile, MINI. Tuesday afternoon by
his son Charles and his son. in-law
Emil Chloupek. The funeral will be
held from the Lutheran Church in
Fertile either Thursday or Friday.
Henry Ulrich, aged "A years, died
at the home of his daughter, Mrs,
Bernard Esser on South Minnesota
Street, Tuesday morning at $50.
Death was due to Bright's disease. He
was sick and confined to his bed for
weeks. W., i.
The deceased was born in Gettorn,
Schleswig Holstein, Germany, March
Is, lS4O and was married in the home
OF his nativity to Maria Festesen IN
October 1867. In the year 1884 they
came to America, locating first at Da-
venport, Iowa. Shortly after that
they moved onto q farm near Ellis
worth, MINI. where the deceased fol-
lowed the pursuit of farming until the
year 1892, his wife having died the
previous year. Since then he has
made his home with his children, COM
ing to New Ulm in 1911 where he has
lived with his daughter, Mrs. Bernard
Esser. Of.Mr. Ulrich's six children
two preceded him in death. The four
surviving children are Mrs. Henry
Fischenich, Adrian; Mrs. Bernard Es-
ser, New Ulm and John and Ernst III
rich Of Luverne. The remains will be
taken to Ellsworth, MINI. today WED.
nesday) noon and the funeral will be
held from the Lutheran church at Ellis
worth, Tomorrow Thursday after
noon at 2 O'Clock and interment will
be made in the Lutheran cemetery.