The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
MRS. ". PASCHKE
CALLED BY DEATH
CAME TO THIS COUNTRY FIFTY
NINE YEARS AGO AND LOCATED
In WATERFOWL.
Resided Near Pennington Until Five
Years AgO-Died at Home
of Daughter Here.

Another of the pioneer mothers OF
this section answered the call Of the
death angel, when Mrs. Wilhelmine
Paschke, aged 81 years, died Friday
evening at the home of her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Preusse, PA Fourth street.
| Mrs. Paschke was born in Kreiss-
amter Posen, Germany, on April 16,
her husband in 1857, locating in
Watertown, where they lived until
| 1860, when they moved on a farm
near the town of Pennington. Mr..
Paschke died in 1890.
Since her husbands death Mrs.
Paschke lived on the farm with her
son until five years ago, when she re-
turned to Watertown to live with her
daughter.
| She is survived by two daughters,
Mrs Edward Preusse, WATERFOWL, and
Mrs. Gustav Wendorf, Johnson
Creek; two sons, Henry Paschke,
Johnson Creek; Fred Paschke, Beloit;
two brothers, William Paschke, Sun
Prairie, and Henry Paschke, Germany;
sister, Mrs. G. Blase, town of Water
town. There are also nineteen grand
children and fifteen great grand
| children
| The funeral services were held
Monday at 80 o'clock at ST. Marks
Church. The burial was in the
Lutheran cemetery.
Gustav Dittmann, aged Al years,
died at his home, 907 North Fourth
street at an early hour Tuesday
after being in failing health for the
past two years, and being confined to
his bed for the last three months.
Mr.. Dittmann is son of Mrs. Minnie
Dittmann of this city, with whom he
was staying at the time of his demise.
He was born in Watertown on Septem-
Der %, 1874, and has spent his entire
life in this city, being employed by
Schempf Bros. Co., William Hartig,
and also by Stallman Bros Grocery
company.
He is survived by his mother, three
brothers, William and Ferdinand Dit
mann of Watertown, and Herman Dit
mann of Milwaukee, and two sisters,
Mrs. R. Clark, Milwaukee, and Mrs.
J. Malloy, Watertown.
The funeral services were held
Friday, 200 o'clock at the home, and
church, Rev. F. w. Lemke officiating.
Interment was in the Lutheran
cemetery.
Mrs. Margaret Ruecker, aged IA
years, widow of the late Fred Ruecker,
passed away Wednesday at 500
o'clock at the home of her daughter,
Mrs Bertha Schatz, 400 Jefferson
street General debility was the
cause of her death.
Mrs Ruecker was born in Auschaf-
fenburg, Germany, in 1912. She and
her husband came to this country ii
1868, and located in Watertown in
1881.
The surviving children are: Mrs.
Kate Outs, of Oconomowoc; Mrs.
Bertha Schatz and Mrs. John Good
METER of WatertOwn. There are also
eight grand children.
The funeral took place on Mon
day morning at 1000 o'clock at St.
Henry's Catholic Church. Burial
was in st. Henrys cemetery.
| Mrs. Marie Schroeder aged so years,
died Tuesday at the home of her SON
in-law and daughter Mr.. and Mrs.
William Schroeder, Route 4, with
whom she had been living since the
death of her husband. Old age being
the cause of her death.
Mrs. Schroeder was born in
Germany, January IS, 1886, and came
| to this country with her husband,
Carl Vogel, and four children in 1870,
and located on a farm short dis
lance from Watertown. Mr. Vogel
died in 1882
In 1888 she was married to Herman
Schroeder of this vicinity, and resided
on a farm until his death in 1908,
since which time she resided with Mr..
and Mrs. William Schroeder.
She is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. William Schroeder and Mrs.
| Henry Schroeder, both of Route 4,
and two sons, Henry Vogel, Hanover,
and Charles Vogel of Koshkonong,
fourteen grand children and one great
grand child.
| Funeral services were Saturday,
100 o'clock at the home and 2:30 at
st. Johns church. Interment was
| at the Lutheran cemetery