The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-23

daughters residence in Warsaw at
1880 o'clock Sunday, Sept. is, Rev.
B. Matzke officiating. ana Sunday
afternoon at 2 O'Clock at Evangelical
church, Suffer, Rev. Brum officiating.
John w. Berlin is in Mount Glenn
ents. Mich. enjoying short outing
and incidentally taking the noted
baths which have SO greatly bene-
flied him.
At last Warsaw has secured an
eligible site for the Roesler library
building, the Young property, north
east corner of Fourth and Clay street,
which was recently bid in by Judge
Young for $4,000 at a sale and who
has turned it over to the library com
mittee at the same price, commend
able and public spirited act. At spe-
cial meeting of the board of direc-
tors Of the Warsaw free public library
and reading room held at the bank
of HilI-Dodge Banking Co., Monday
afternoon, this site was unanimously
selected. !. T. Battels' new residence
adjoins the lot on the east and the
Little Brick one of Warsaw's his
torical buildings is north of it. just
across the alley. An imposing build
ing will show up well from Main
street and besides Fourth street Is
the popular street leading to the park
and Fort Edwards.
Rev. ]. NJ. Thompson was a dele
gate to the fall session of Rushville
Presbytery which was held at Filing
ton, Ill. Automobiles met the dele
gates at Quincy and conveyed them
to Ellington. The session was very
interesting.
Marshal Bennett is doing special
police duty at the Carthage fair, and
Guy E. Bell liz acting city marshal
in his absence.
Albert Stracke and family recently
enjoyed visit from his mother Mrs.
". Stracke of Burlington.
Miss Nellie Fairfax has gone to
st. Joseph, Mo-, where he will enter
the Methodist hospital for training as
a nurse.
Miss Hannah Goehring OF Chicago
who has been visiting her parents
Mr. and Mrs. Chas Goehring for sew
eral weeks, has gone home, stopping
at Golden en- route to visit her SIS
ter Mrs. Blan.
Peter Dockendorf, another of War
saws old German citizens passed
away at 4:30 o'clock Monday morn
ing, Sept. IS, after an illness of about
twenty-four hours, aged 81 years,
months and % days. He had appar-
emily been enjoying good health, but
was taken sick Sunday morning and
by evening WIS alarmingly worse and
finally peacefully passed away at the
hour above stated. The deceased was
born in Rollinger, Germany, April 20,
1929, and emigrated to America in
the spring of 1858, soon after settling
In st. Louis where he was married
to Miss Kathryn Hefeler, Nov. Is,
1852. In 1857 they moved to Etna,
Mo-, to the LaFrances settlement. In
1872 they came to Warsaw where the
family has resided ever since. He
was one of the oldest members Of the
German NJ E. church and enjoyed the
respect and confidence of all who
knew him.
He enlisted in 1861 in Co. B, First
Missouri infantry and was corporal
of that company. He was also twice
member of the Missouri state mill
tia during the civil war. Surviving
him are the followngi: Mrs. p. Dock
endorf (wife) and six children, Miss
Barbara Dockendorf, Mrs. Kelley and
ldrs. Jno. Doclxendorf of Keokuk, Mrs.
Otto Wolfe of Los Angeles, Cafif., and
Mrs. B. w. Rinckel and Henry
Rinickel Of Warsaw; also eleven
grandchildren and one great grand
child. One child preceded the father
+, in death years ago.
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