Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-10-18


our last issue, took place Wednesday
! forenoon at 10 o'clock from his late
residence to ST. Thomas Catholic
church and was very largely attended.
The church was taxed to it's utmost
capacity with sympathizing friends
from near and far Requeium high
mass was celebrated by Rev. Father
Prucha and at the conclusion thereof
the funeral cortege wendell it's wav
to the cemetery on the hill and the
last that was mortal of kind, loving
and devoted husband and father was
consigned to the silent tomb The
funeral was under the auspices of the
Catholic Knights of Wisconsin, and
upwards of sixty members of the or
der were in line in the funeral pro-
cession. Eleven came from CassvilIe
and three from Dickeyville. Mr.. Rein
ecke, though convert, was a devout
and consistent Catholic, and was prom
inent in church affairs. Louis Rein
ecke was born at Dubuque, Iowa, Feb.
IL, 1873, and died at Potosi, Wiscon-
sin, Oct. s, 1916, aged AZ years, sew
en- months and twenty-one days. He
came to PotOsi in 1902 and entered in
to the meat market business with his
father, Mr.. Charles Reinecke, who had
established himself in business in Po-
tosi, prior to being Joined by his son.
The father retired and for thirteen
years Louie carried on the business.
About eight months ago his health be-
gan to fail and later he was compelled
to retire from the business. He con-
suited several physicians, but none
could diagnose his case. He finally
went to Chicago to see DR.. Billings,
who pronounced his malady to be in
testinal parasites, which with ane-
mia was the cause of death. He was
married to Miss Jennie Fure at st.
Thomas church by Rev. Father Pape.
June Fl, 1904. To this union were
born three bright little boys: David
II, Walter 6 and Carl years of age,
who, with their sorrowing and heart
broken mother mourn the departure
of their dear papa. The bereaved
widow and children have the deepest
sympathy of the entire community in
their sorrow. The passing away of
Louis Reinecke removes from our
midst a man of sterling character;
man who attended strictly to his own
affairs, and never -interfered with the
affairs of others. He was honest in
all OF his dealings and of a generous
nature. He was true and faithful
husband, and kind and devoted faith
fare of his family. He was a sincere
friend, and whose advice was adher-
ed to. His familiar countenance will
be sadly missed, not only by sthe fam
lily, but by everyone who knew him.
Besides the widow and children he
leaves to mourn his death, his father,
Chas. Reinecke and two sisters, Mrs.
Fred Fratz and Mrs. Theresa Zietz;
four nieces and. one nephew. all re
siding in Chicago, besides other rel
atives and numerous friends.
: The fair and bazaar given by the
st. Andrews congregation last Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday was
decided success, both socially and fin
ancially. The weather was fine and
hundreds of people were in attendance
every afternoon and evening and spent
money freely. The receipts exceeded
$4,000, netting a surplus of over ST.
500 for the congregation. The ladies
conducting the culinary department
were kept very busy furnishing meals
from to p. m. every day, and the
meals were praised by everyone who
availed themselves of the opportuni-
ty to sit at the tables. The hall was
filled to it's limit every evening, more
than 1900 admission tickets were sold
the three evenings. The principal
feature of the first day was the auto
mobile parade in which about thirty
cars were in line. The afternoon was
devoted to various amusements, clos
ing the evening with a five act drama.
ball was played between Tennyson
and Pea Ridge boys. The Pea Ridge
lads walloped the Tennyson boys by
score of Fl to g.. A lot of grain of diff
ferent kinds principally cats was sold
at about market price. A few bushels
OF potatoes were sold at $3.50 per bu.
One bushel of: fancy potatoes sold for
$500. Aumsements and games were
IN progress during the entire after
noon. No matter where you went there
was chances to get rid Of your spare
change. This days events closed with
a comedy in the hall, land like the
night before the hall was packed with
people. Thursday the last day, OPEN
ed up with rather gloomy weather,
but Notwithstanding the cloudiness.
another large crowd was on the
ground. The day was devoted to races
of different kinds, principally being
the racing and catching of the creased
pig, which, by the way, was an old
SOW weighing about 200 pounds. Sew
eral attempts were made to catch and
hold the pig, but with no success.
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