New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-10-21
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MRS. DOROTHEA ALVIN
Mrs. Fred Alvin Of Sleepy Eye who
for some years was resident of New Ulm
passed away suddenly and Unexpectedly
at her home last Wednesday shortly
after midnight. Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin
had attended a social function at the
Methodist parsonage that evening and it
was about midnight when they reached
home. Shortly after entering the house
Mrs. Alvin took off her wraps and pro-
ceeded to put them in the closet. Mr..
Alvin had stepped outside and when he
re-entered the room he found his wife
lying on the floor stricken in death.
The deceased whose maiden name
was Dorothea Witzel was born in Hessen,
Germany April 10, 1888 and was there
fore past rs years Of age when she was SO
unexpectedly removed from her field Of
labor. She was rs years of age when
she came to America in the year 1863
and located in South St. Paul. The
following year she was married to August
Diederich The family came to New
Ulm to live in the year 1868 where Mr..
Diederich died on May 21st, 1876. In
1873 she was married here in New Ulm
to Fred Alvin who survives her and they
made their home here until the year 1885
when they moved onto farm in the
Town of Leavenworth. Two years ago
they retired from active farm life and
have since made their home in Sleepy
Eye. The issue of the first marriage
surviving are Mrs. A. A. Alvin, New
Ulm; Mrs. Ida Dohrmann, Leavenworth;
Albert A. Diederich, Bows, Iowa; Louis
w. Diederich, South St. Paul and of the
second marriage Edward Alvin of
Leavenworsth; Mrs. Emma Maier-
bachtol, Lake Pepin, Wis. and Mrs. Lucy
| Marti of Leavenworth. She is also
survived by two step sons, Henry
Diederich of St. Paul and George
Diederich of Lake Benton.
The funeral was held Sunday with
services at her late home at 10 o'clock
and at 1890 at the Methodist Church,
Rev. Sohm officiating. At IL o'clock the
funeral procession started from Sleepy
Eye for New Ulm, arriving here at 2:30
Services were held at the M. E. Church,
Revs. Holm and Sohm officiating. In
terment was made in the city cemetery.
The following relatives and friends
attended the funeral: Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Dohrmann, Sleepy Eye; Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Diederich, Iowa; Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Diederich, South St. Paul;
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Meierbachtol, Pepin,
Wis; Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Marti,
Sleepy Eye; Mr.. and Mrs. George
Diederich Lake Benton; Mr.. and Mrs.
Rudolph Witzel, St. Paul; Mr.. and Mrs.
Peterrem, Echo; Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Breitkreuz, Arlington; Charles Wnzel,
Echo; Otto Triton and A. J. Alvin,
Mound, MINI. 7
MRS. ANNA QUENSE
Thursday evening Mrs. Carl Crone
received word that her aunt, Mrs. Anna
Quense, had passed away at the Anoka
Hospital late in the afternoon. Death
was due to dropsy with which the de-
ceased had been afflicted for several
weeks.
Mrs. Quense, nee Anna Kolb, was born
in Blaubeurren, Wuertemberg, Ger
many March 23rd 1874. She came to
America and located first in Cincinnati
where she remained for year. In the
year 1867 she came to New Ulm and on
December 9Th, 1868 she was married to
August Quense here in New Ulm and
made her home here until about 16 years
ago when she was committed to the hos
pital for the Insane at st. Peter. For
the past four or five years she had been
an inmate of the state institution at
Anoka. Her husband met a tragic
death April 18th, 1898, when he was run
over and killed by a Northwestern train
on First North Street.
The deceased had no children of her
own. She is survived by stepdaughter,
Mrs. Charles Ristau of Spokane, WASH,
by niece, Mrs. Carl Crone Of this city,
and two brothers and one sister who re-
side in Germany. The remains were
brought to New Ulm, Saturday morning
and the funeral was held from the resi-
dence of Carl Crone Tuesday afternoon,
Rev. Geo. Mayer officiating. Inter
ment was made in the City Cemetery.
AS soon as she was notified Of the death
of her stepmother, Mrs. Ristau started
for New Ulm and to be present at the
funeral and arrived here Monday.