The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-12-07
DEATH CALLS ON
MRS. RACHEL DAVIES
HERMAN STRETCH AND MISS MAR.
TIA WOLLMANN HAVE ALSO
PASSED AWAY.
Otto Rentzsch, Former WatertOwn
Citizen, Died at His Home
i'm Indiana.


able women whose friends were num-
bered by those with whom she came
in contact
Mrs. Davies came to America from
Wales in 1870, locating in Ohio, and
two years later came to Watertown
Before leaving Wales, Mrs. Davies en-
gagged in evangelistic work, and after
coming to America continued to
preach, filing pulpits practically all
over the American continent She was
known among the Welch people as
Rahel O. F'on, the name taken from
the place of her BIRTH an island to the
north of Wales.
Her religious preceptor was Rev.
Henry Reese, while she was student
in Liverpool
The funeral sermon was delivered
by Rev. n Carter Daniel, assisted by
Rev. j. E. Jones of Chicago, in the
Congregational church, Wednesday
afternoon, and the edifice was filled
with friends of the family in Water
town, as well as a number from other
cities.
Many beautiful floral offerings were
sent to the bereaved family, among
them being two large but simply de-
signed casket pieces of purple and
white crysanthemums which covered
the top OF the casket, the gifts of
President Woodrow Wilson and his
daughter, Miss Margaret Wilson, and
a large wreath, the gift of Mr.. Davies
fellow members of the federal trade
commission.
The body was borne to it's last rest
ing place in Oak Hill cemetery, and
placed beside those of her husband
and daughter by the following neph-
ews: Edward Davies, Morgan Lloyd
Davies, Daniel S. Throne, Chicago;
Morgan S. Thorn, Cleveland; Victor
M Stamm. Milwaukee, and John L.
Davies of Dixon, ILL., The honorary
pail bearers were G. A. Skinner, DR.. F.
c. Werner, Owain T. Hughes, w. D.
Sproesser, James W. Moore, William
F. Voss, Frank E. Woodard Ellis G.
Humphrey, Oconomowoc; David Ev-
ans, Milwaukee.
Among those here from out of town
to attend the funeral were Postmaster
Devine, John A. Aylward, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Westerman Miss Marian Da-
vies and Mr.. Ponny, Madison; Mrs. H.
E. Evans, Clark Knight, Ashland J;
Percy M. Cochran, Elkhart, Indiana ;
Postmaster Frank Schultz, Mrs. H. e.
Evans and Mr. Sawyer, Milwaukee; /;
Mrs. J. R. McGlade, Princeton, Illi-
nois; and Postmaster Cunningham,
Janesville,
Herman Stretch, aged sc years, died
at 1920 Main street, Tuesday of last
week. He had been a sufferer from
heart trouble and dropsy. Mr.. Stretch
was born in Trepto, Pommern, Ger
many, February 13, 1849, and came to
America when seven years of age with
his parents, who settled in the town
of Pennington, near Helenville. He
was the Oldest Of eleven children. He
married Miss Bertha Schroeder, De-
cember %, 1874, and seven children
were born to this union, six surviving 6
their father One daughter, Miss Ida,
at home, and five sons, Frank and Ar
! thur Stretch, Pennington; Charles
Stretch, Columbus, and Louis and
Ewald ST. eich, Juneau. Five brothers
and one sister survive The brothers
are William, Herman, Ludwig, Henry
and Rudolph Stretch, Pennington, and
the sister is Mrs. Louis Wolfram, Lake
Mills. Funeral services were held
Saturday afternoon at o'clock at ST.
Marks church. Interment was made
! in Oak Hill cemetery.
Miss Martina Wo1tmann, SO years OF
age, died last Wednesday at her home,
| 81 Green street. She had been suf-
| fering from pneumonia and la grippe
for several days, and this was the
| immediate cause of her death. Miss
Woltmann was daughter of the late
Christian Woltmann and wife, and was
( born in the town Of Lebanon in 1858,
and had occupied the home on Green
street since her parents moved to Wa
tertown in 1867. Miss Louisa and
Magdaline Woltmann are the only
surviving immediate relatives. Mrs.
! Sophia Brandenstein, who died the
Friday previously was a sister. Fun
eral services were held Saturday af-
ternoon at 80 O'Clock at the late
home and at O'Clock at st. Johns
Lutheran church. Interment was in
| the Lutheran cemetery.
| AdoIph G. Stallmann, Louis Stall
mann and Mrs. Otilie Fischer received
word, Friday, that their cousin, Otto
Rentzsch, rs years Of age, has died
at his home in Newcastle, Ind. Mr..
| RentZsch was born in Neuchatel,
Switzerland, and came to Watertown
with his parents, Prof. and Mrs.
Rentzsch and grew to young manhood
here. The family later moved to
Richmond Ind, where the father en-
tered Erlham college, a Quaker insti-
tuition, as Instructor in languages, and
from there to Newcastle Mr. RentZsch
entered the dry goods business and
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