Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-01
LII Menoriam

Mrs. Elise Montague was daugh
ter of Ludwig Wilhelm Dinklage ant
his wife Johanna Friederike, nee Eli
ert, and was the Oldest Of seven chill
dren. She was born September 20
1914 at Edewecht, am Westerstede
Grossherzogtum, Oldenburg, Germany
Her father was by trade a butcher
She was baptized in the name OF
God the Father, the Son and the Holy
Ghost, soon after her birth, IN the
Lutheran church After having reached
the necessary age she attended the
Volks Schulz at Edewecht and IN
her fourteenth year, after due instruc
ton by the pastor, she was confirmed
at the altar of the Lutheran church
renewing thereby her baptismal VOWS
and promising faith to her God ana
Saviour until death. What she mas
promised she kept unto her end, hav.
ing remained true to her church and
to her faith. In 1873 our friend emf
grated to America, in company with
her older sister, Wilhelmine. They ar
rived at Lyons, Iowa, where their older
brother Frederick Dinklage resided.
At Lyons, according to the grace OF
God, she found him with whom she
was, to go through this life side by
side, Henry Montague, who had ar
rived from Edewecht in 1872, and to
whom she was united in marriage by
the Lutheran pastor at Lyons on Sun
day evening. February 25 1877. The
next day. February 26, 1877 the newly
couple arrived in Ottumwa
and at once took up their residence on
a farm two miles south of the city,
which Mr.. Montague had bought on
September Is, 1876. Gods blessings
entered with them into their new
home and rested upon their German IN
dustry, frugality and piety. The Ger
man proverb: can Gottes Segen ist
Allies gelegen" came to be true with
them. On November %, 1877 son
Henry. was born to them. but on the
DIST of January. 1873 1t pleased God
to take the child, unto Himself. On
August 25. 1880, the Lord gave them
a second child, Louis, who is now in
deep sorrow over the loss Of so good
a mother.
In 1886 Mr.. and Mrs. Montague to-
gether with their six-year-old boy Louis.
made visit to the fatherland and en-
joyed the fortune Of seeing their par
ents and friends and the places OF
their childhood. They arrived there
the day after Christmas and returned
again to Ottumwa early in the spring
Of 1887. In 1908 Mr. Montague made
the trip the second time. Meanwhile
they had made up their mind to take
life easier. after years Of struggle and
hard labor, and to take up their resi-
dence at Inglewood California. They
left Ottumwa on December 20, 1909
and soon began to feel perfectly at
home there. They enjoyed the best OF
health and soon had large circle of
friends around them. During the sum-
mer months, however. they would
come back to their old Ottumwa home
stead. This was also carried out this
fall. They arrived here October 16,
bale and hearty and enjoyed visiting
their old friends and acQuaintances.
Planning to return soon to California
Almighty God changed these plans.
according to the German proverb:
Der Mensch denkt und Colt lenkt."
On Wednesday morning, November %,
1916 at 9 o'clock in the morning Mrs.
Montague began to See] bad, she took
% bed, and no one in the family, not
even herself, had thought that the
sickness was OF serious nature. On
Friday morning at $3.50 November "a,
she passed away, peaceably, though
being shortly before
seen by her husband. her son Louis
md his wife Clara. Very probably a
heart stroke being the cause of her
leath. She had reached the biblical
lge of 72 years, 2 months and days
She leaves to mourn her loss the
husband with whom
The Lived most happily together
or almost forty years; also one
ION Louis and one grandson Otto. as
we'll as a brother, William Dinklage Of
his city, and very large circle of
elatives, friends and acnuaintances by
whom she was loved and highly es-
eemed.
Mrs. Montague was woman OF true
terling character. most dutiful wife,
kind hearted mother and staunch
riend While they lived here she was
regular attendant at the services of
he German Lutheran church as well
s at the Lords table. BY her visits
It the parsonage she became as 1t
we're "house friend" and never paid
IS a visit without bringing something |
o cheer us. These acts OF kindness |
hall never be forgotten in eur fam
~ circle. May she now rest in peace
fter life of labor and sorrow.
The funeral was held from the Mon.
agne home on Monday afternoon.
he services were conducted by her
ormer pastor. the Rev. John Haef-
er. now located at Muscatine. He
reached sermon In German on the |
ext found in Luke 1890, and gave |
n English address basing his remarks
n John II: 25.-Contributed by a |