Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-06-20
died many years ago.

died many years ago.
He was one of the early settlers on
the Prairie, where he lived for about
sixty years, and will be kindly re-
membered by all the early residents
Of Narrows Prairie and Reedsburg.
Ten or twelve years ago he moved to
South Dakota and later to Minneapo-
lis, where he was making his home
when he died He attained the ad-
vanced age of ninety-two years. He
leaves besides the daughters above
mentioned two sons.
, Mrs. r. L. De Lap
Mrs. r. L. De Lap, of 602 Second
avenue, died at the hospital at 1890
this morning at the age of "a years,
after an illness of several months.
Mr.. and Mrs. De Lap moved here from
Grand Marsh about year ago and
since that time Mr.. De Lap has been
employed at the Prothero-McGinnis
garage. Besides her husband, she
leaves her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E.
G. Mac Murtrie of Oxford; three broth
ers. John of Baraboo Frank of Wau-
kesha, and Vern of Oxford; and three
sisters, Mrs. C. w. Larkin of Hinsdale,
Mont; Lyla and Milred Mac Murtrie
of Oxford.
Mrs. Arthur e. Graft
Mrs. Amanda Bertha Graft of West
Merrimack, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Brandt, of BarabOo, was born
October "a, 1884, in Waukesha town,
Waukesha county, Wis., and was
called to her heavenly home June 9,
1918, at 1880 a. M, at ST. Mary's hos
pital, Madison, after an illness Of a
few months. On Tuesday, June 4,
she went to the hospital and was oper-
ated on for peritonitis of the bowels
on Wednesday, and although in seri-
Gus condition, was considered i'm
proved on Saturday, when Mr.. Graft
returned home. On Sunday she be-
came critically ill and a message was
sent for Mr. Graft and son, who went
at once, arriving there few moments
after her demise.
On December %, 1903, she was mar
ried to Arthur E. Graft of the town of
Merrimack, where her parents then re-
sided, and she had since resided there.
Besides her husband, one son, Ralph,
aged IA years, her father, William
Brandt, of BarabOo, and three sisters,
Mrs. Louis Eschenbach of Prairie du
Sac, Mrs. Charles Graft of Baraboo,
Mrs. Frank Zwicker of Portage, and
two brothers, William and John Of
West Merrimack, also other relatives
and many friends, remain to mourn
her departure.
The funeral took place from the
home on Tuesday, June II, at 2 p. M,
Rev. Philip Schneider of Prairie du
Sac officiating, assisted by Rev B.
Dickvoss, a friend of the decease ed,
from Portage. The choir, from Prairie
du Sac, consisted of Mrs. Albert Cru
Der, Miss Hazel HAITI, Rev. Schneider,
and Christ Ragatz, with Mrs. Ben
Fuchs at the piano. They gave the
following selections: Home, Sweet
Home in Heaven" 1--WE Shall Meet
Beyond" and "Does Jesus Carer"
The text was taken from Genesis 1872.
Pallbearers were Elmer lKeitel,
Floydd Gross, Roy Lesser, William
Blawusch William Yarkie and Oscar
Goette Interment took place at the
Kingston cemetery, where their daugh-
ter, who died in infancy, lies. Many
friends came with the relatives, and
the floral tokens of sympathy were
many and beautiful.
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank all who so kindly
assisted us during the illness and after
the death of our beloved wife and
mother, the pastors for words of con-
ISOLATION, the choir, and for floral to-
kens of sympathy.
Arthur E. Graft
and son Ralph.