Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1915-03-06
OBITUARY.

| anu WAS HdTflou 10 raul ". hl6emdnn II
in New York City in January, 1877,
which marriage was later solemuized in
the fall of 1877 at Harney, in Penning-
ton county, South Dakota, where Mr..
and Mrs. Kleemann resided until the
early part of '7S when they moved to
Rockerville. Elsie NJ. Kleemann Nc
Bride was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Klee-
mann while they lived at Rockerville,
February 7th, 1879. In December 1880
she moved to Custer with her husband
and her baby Elsie, and soon thereafter
they leased and conducted the Haserodt
Hotel. later known as the Vienna, and
which burned down some fifteen years
ago. They conducted this place
until 1881 when they erected the brick
structure which has ever been known
as "rhe Kleemann," and which is today
still in the family and has been conduct
ed right up to few months ago by the
now deceased Mrs. Kleemann. In 1883
another child, Helen S. was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Kleemann. This child was
married to Arab L. Hungerford in the
parlors of The Kleemann" on July II,
1904, and is at present, and for the past
nine years, residing at Crawford, Nebras-
ka, with family of six children, the
Oldest nine years and the youngest
seventeen months.
April "a, 1886, a son was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Kleemann at "The Kleemann"
Paul &. Jr.. he was named and he
grew up among us to the age of 10 years,
a bright, energetic young man. Paul c.
Jr- was crippled and fatally injured in
the Burlington passenger wreck at Roch-
ford in January, 1904, and died in the
hospital at Deadwood few weeks later
Paul Kleemann, Sr., husband and
father, died at the Hotel in Custer De-
cember 18th, 1902, from Brights disease,
at the age of so years.
Elsie M. Kleemann Mcbride, the old
est daughter, died at Crawford only last
December 3rd, from cancer, leaving two
small sons, aged two and four years, and
her husband, Lewis M. Mcbride.
The deceased, Mrs. Margaretha Klee.
mann, has been aiing for the past sever
al years, but beginning with last Sep
tember, her health failed rapidly and
Mr.. and Mrs. Hungerford succeeded in
getting her to close up the hotel here
and to 60 and make her home with them
at Crawford. She held up quite well
until after the death of Elsie, and her
burial on December 7th, but since then
has lost rapidly. The best medical
talent in Crawford was brought in, but
one by one they gave up their case. On
Thursday, February llth, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hungerford took her to Hot Springs
hoping that the experience and skill
they would there find, might be success
full. Drs. Nichols, Geyerman and Wheel
or were engaged and held an immediate
consultation and diagnosis, but soon
thereafter advised the daughter Helen
and her husband that medical skill
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the suffering and make the last few days
of the mother as quiet and peaceful as
possible. Mrs. Rungerford stayed con-
tinuously with her mother at the hos
pital. while Mr.. Hungerford went back
forth between there and the home at
Crawford, where four of their children
were left, but was at the bedside with
Helen continuously for the last few
hours before her death, which occurred
at 80 Thursday morning, February 25th
The remains were prepared at the
Springs and brought here Friday morn
ing, February Goth, and taken to the
parors of the Hotel where they lay un-
til Saturday afternoon when services
were held in the Methodist church, after
which they were taken to the Custer
cemetery, where they were p laced be.
side that of the husband, Paul c. Sr.,
and that of the son Paul c. Jr. in the
family lot.
The last sad rites were performed and
spoken in the presence of scores of old
settlers and Pioneers of the 70s, as vel
as the younger set, sons and daugh ters
and grand children of the old Trai
Blazers"