New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-11-24
OBITUARY
MRS. KATHERINE METZEN.

Another one of New Ulm's pioneer
women has gone to her rest. Mrs.
Katherine Metzen who came to Brown
County shortly before the Outbreak
passed away at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. P. H. Furth, South German st.,
Saturday morning at o'clock. Death
was due to paralysis with which she had
been afflicted for about seven months.
She suffered the first stroke in March
but had recovered sufficiently from this
to be able to be around when she suffered
another stroke Friday, November 18th,
which caused her death about week
later.
The deceased whose maiden name was
Katherine Schroeder was born in Los
helm District of Aachen, Prussia, Ger
many, November Is, 1880, and was
therefore nearly IS years old when she
died. She was married to George
Metzen in the home of her nativity in
1854 and two years later they emigrated
to America. They located first at
Detroit, Mich. where they remained
for one year and then went to Hudson,
Wis. where they lived for two years.
From there they came to LIE Sueur in
this state and after three years there to
Brown County where they located on
farm in the Town of Sigel only few
weeks before the Indians started on the
warpath. Mrs. Metzen fled with her
children to the city and her husband
managed to reach New Ulm also. After
the Outbreak was over they moved onto
the Metzen homestead in the Town of
Cottonwood where they lived continuous
ly until the death of Mr.. Metzen which
occurred about II years ago. The
deceased then made her home with her
sons Joseph and William in the Town
OF Milford until six years ago when she
went to Chicago to live with her youngest
daughter until two years ago when she
came back to New Ulm and made her
home with her daughter, Mrs. P. H.
Furth.
Mrs. Metzen was the mother of eight
children, of whom one, Mrs. John
Wehye, died about IS years ago. The
surviving children are: Nick, Joseph
and William and Mrs. P. H. Furth who
reside in New Ulm; Mrs. Paul J. Nuessle
of Minneapolis; Mrs. Kate Ball of Living
ston, Montana and Mrs. A. J. Furth of
Chicago, all of whom were present at the
funeral. She is also survived by II
grandchildren. The funeral was held
from the Catholic Church Tuesday
morning at 10 o'clock, Rev. Schlinkert
officiating. Interment was made in the
city cemetery.
MRS. ED. DIETZMANN.
The funeral of Mrs. Ed. Dietzmann
was held from the home of her brother,
Otto Pless, of this city, last Thursday
afternoon at two o'clock. She passed
away at the home of her daughter in
Minneapolis Monday morning, death
being due to paralytic stroke which she
suffered about the middle of September.
The deceased whose maiden name was
Adele Pless, was born in Mecklenburg
Strelitz, April %, 1855. She came to
America with her parents in 1860,
coming directly to New Ulm where she
spent her childhood days and attended
school. In 1877 shewas married in Red
wood County to Ed. Dietzmann who
survives her. Fourteen years ago the
family moved to Burleigh County, N. D.
in the vicinity of Bismark where they
have resided ever since. Eleven children
were born to them of whom the following
ten survive their mother: George and
Walther Dietzmann, Mrs. Cashaw, Mrs.
c. Johnson, Mrs. Fred Forrest, Mrs.
Warren Clark and Mrs. Elmer Smith, all
OF Burleigh County; Mrs. Walter Trips,
Morton, Mimi; Mrs. James Strang,
Minneapolis and Mrs. Leslie French, St..
Paul. She is also survived by two
brothers, Otto Pless of this city and
Herman Pless of Seaforth, and Mrs.
Anna Kogge of St. Paul. Mrs. Dietz-
mann was a good and kindhearted
woman whose only ambition was to be
Of service to her family. She was held
in the highest esteem by her friends and
neighbors.
Rev. Albrecht officiated at the funeral
and interment was made in the Lutheran
cemetery.
MARY FERNCKES
Miss Mary Fernckes passed away at
the Loretto Hospital Monday morning
at 4:30. Death was due to dropsy and
heart failure with which ailments she had
been afflicted since March. During the
last two months she has been obliged to
sit upright in chair.
The deceased was born in Bird Island
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