New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-06-14
OBITUARY
MRS. ALEXANDER RUSSELL

Another happy family home was
torn with grief when the Angel of
Death last Wednesday morning at an
early hour paused at the Sunnyside
Farm in West Newton and carried
into the Great Beyond the soul of the
wife and mother, Mrs. Alexander Rus
sell. Heart disease was pronounced
as the cause of death, she having suf-
fered from the malady for several days
previous to her demise. That death
came silently and without causing
pain is evidenced by the fact that
member of the family who had been
watching at her bedside following the
first attack, thought her asleep, until
the mornings dawn revealed the fact
that life had fled.
Mrs. Russell, whose maiden name
was Miss Elizabeth Harkin, was born
on the old Harkin homestead, where
she now has passed away, November
9, 1859. All the years of her life were
spent on the old homestead, where
December 10, 1888, she was joined
in marriage to Alexander Russell, who
had come from Scotland with the
Harkin family when a boy and now
operates the old farm. Seven chill
dren were born to this union, but two
sons preceded the mother in death.
Besides the bereaved husband, Mrs.
Russell is survived by the following
children: Mitchell, Allen, William,
Janet and Elizabeth; also by sister,
Mrs. R. Massapust of West Newton.
All the children with the exception
of the oldest son, Mitchell, who is en-
ployed at the Wabasso bank, were
at the bedside of the mother shortly
before she passed away. Mitchell was
at once notified and arrived Wednesday
afternoon.
A large concourse of neighbors and
friends attended the funeral services
which were held Friday afternoon at
l o'clock from the late home of the
deceased in West Newton and at 2
o'clock from the Congregational church
of this city. Interment was made
at the City cemetery. Rev. E. F..
Wheeler officiated at the services.
MRS. MATH. Petersen.
Last Friday Mrs. Matthias Petersen
passed away at the Loretto hospital
after an illness of several weeks from
liver complaint from which she had
been a sufferer for long time. She
had been i'll at her home on Front street
for some time before being taken to the
hospital where the best of care could
be given her in her last hours.
The deceased whose maiden name
was Barbara Hartl, was born February
Is, 1861, at Neuern, Austria. AS
girl of 10 years she came to America,
direct to New 4U4m, where few years
later she was married to Fred Keller,
who preceded her in death about Is
years ago. November z, 1899, she
was married to Math. Petersen, who
with six children and two step-children
now survives her. The surviving chill
dren are the following: Mrs. John
Berofka, Fond du Lac, Wis; Mrs. Ole
Roth. Delavan, Mimi; Mrs. w. D.
Edwards New Ulm; Miss Barbara
Keller, New Ulm; A. J. Keller, Walnut
Grove, Mimi; Mrs. Clarence Young,
New Ulms also the stepchildren, Albert
Meyer of New UIm and John Meyer of
Hoffman,, Minn- The deceased also
is survived by, the following sisters and
brothers: Mrs Anna Schroeder, Mil
waukee; Mrs. Minnie Frisch, Merrill,
Wis; Henry Hartl, Athens, Wis; Alois
Hartl, Milwaukee; Mrs. Celia Schim-
melpfennig, Marshfeld, Wis; John Hartl,
Milwaukee,. Ludwig Hartl, Marshfeld.
Largely attended funeral services were
held from the Catholic church Tuesday
at 9 o'clock, the members of
the Ladies of the c.. O. F. and the
Degree of Honor, of which organizations
the deceased was member, attending
in large numbers. The following from
out of the city also were present at the
funeral: Henry Hartl, Athens, Wis;
Ludwig Hartl, Marshfeld, Wis.,; Mrs.
Minnie Frisch, Merrill, Wis; Mrs.
Celia Schimmelpfennig, Marshfeld; Mr..
and Mrs. John Borofke, Fond du Lac;
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T. Edwards, Ward,
Iowa; Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Roth, Delavan,
MINI. and Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Keller of
Walnut Grove. Interment was made
at the Catholic cemetery.
MRS. BERNARD TERHOFTER.
At the home of her daughter in Court
land township, Mrs. Bernard Terhofter,
one OF the earliest settlers of that vicinity,
passed away Tuesday forenoon at 10
o'clock after an illness Of but few days,
cause of death being her advanced age