Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-01-02
PASSING On Of
MRS. NJ. RINDLAUB

The members Of the Wisconsin Press
Association are in mourning over the
death Of one of their honoreG memb
ers, Mrs. M. P. Rindlaub, of Platte
vile, who died at her family resi-
dence on Sunday December 22, 1918.
She had been State Treasurer of the
Association for many years and was
highly thought of, and respected by
every member A woman of charm
ing manners and friendly in her in
tercourse with neighbors and friends
has gone on to her reward.
We take pleasure in reproducing
her obituary taken from her husbands
paper, the Platteville Witness dated
December Is, 1918:
An Appreciation
On Sunday morning, December %,
occurred the death of Mrs. M. P.
Rindlaub In spite of the fact that
Mrs Rindlaub has been an invalid for
several years, and that during the
past three weeks her condition had
become gradually worse, her death
comes as a great shock to her devoted
family and the numberlesS friends
who have been steadfastly tender to
her and increasingly attentive in her
long illness. There is probably no
one who touched all the better phases
of the life about her more broadly
or more graciously than she. Mrs
Rindlaub has been identified with all
public movements, religious, literary,
social, and charitable. She followed
with unremitting interest whatever
was going on in the world, retaining
up to the last the leadership of the
Current Events section in a leading
literary club.
Mrs. Rindlaub was born in Doyles-
town, Pennsylvania, the daughter of
Joseph Young, well known editor
and Elizabeth Swartley Young, both
her fathers and mothers families be-
ing prominently connected in the state
Her early education was received in
private and normal schools near her
home. On December IL, 1862, she
was married to Mr.. NJ. P. Rindlaub,
the young couple moving at once to
the west. Since March 1867, they
have lived in Platteville, where both
Rave been closely associated with the
growth and development, not only
# her town but of the state 1t is
fair to say that few women have had
50 wide a circle of friends-the circle
iag practically unlimited, just as
ier own generosity and thoughtful
SIS Of others seemed to know no
lnds.
Tor a number Of years, Mrs. Rind-
! vas treasurer of the State Press
"ciation and was affectionately
Anown as the Mother of the Associa-
.Hn." Whether to interests of this
ture, to religious activity, to public
movements or to personal friendship,
she brought an unselfish enthusiasm
hich explains the deep sense of loss
1t is felt by so many at her death.
ar vision made her a pioneer in the
"oman's Suffrage and Temeprance
movements, while plans for educa-
.onal and social betterment found in
Ter an ardent supporter. She has al
ways been consecratedIy devoted tc
~. work of her church and has given
Horself unsparingly to further the
~dom of God.
During the last week of her life Mrs.
Rindlaub had with her the entire fam
lily, consisting, in addition to her nus
hand, of Drs. John and Elizabeth
rI'o~h and Mrs. J. D. Wooledge, of
Fargo, North Dakota, Mrs. J. H. Rob
ertson of New Haven, Connecticut,
Mr. W. NJ. Rindlaub and Mrs. Gertrude
Pindlaub Morris of Platteville, and
Captain Martin P Rindlaub, Jr., now
located at Camp Grant, Illinois.