New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-18
OBITUARY.
MRS FRED II. E]Z'TTER.

Mrs. Fred. Etter, nee Marlette Alnh'
died last Thursday, February ~, at her
home in Cambria township. She nad
been i'll for number Of years suffering
from asthma, but about a week before
she died, she contracted pneumonia
which caused her early demise.
Mrs Etter was born October ., 1873
in Milwaukee, Wis, and was married
January /, 1893 to Fred Etter, her sur
vivinq, husband. Their union was bless
"a with five children four OF whom are
mourning their mother. The surv ''-
ino children are: Mrs. Carl Kastlng'
Isabel. Kas.; Leona, Herbert and Iona.
The following three sisters and Two
half brothers are also surviving: MRS.
Ernest Hopkins, New Ulm; Mrs. Ernest
Filter who until recently resided III
CORTLAND township, but now lives III
the northern part of the state; MIS-
Otto Fritsche, Max and John Friederlch'
Of CORTLAND township. The mother
If the deceased, Mrs. Mariette FREEZER
ich. of CORTLAND township also sur
vive her. -,
Private funeral services were helo
at the home, Thursday afternoon NeV'
Maver officiating and the remains were
brought to New Ulm where lnternen'
was made in the city cemetery Inc
deceased was member OF the Ev.' frle-
dens church ladies' aid.
ANTON GRUBER. 49,.
Death came as a relief to Anton Cru
Der, who passed away at St. Alexander
Home for the Aged in this city, MONDAY
morning, between and 7 o'clock. he
had been suffering with chronic myocar-
ditis for several months and during the
mast two months was very feeble ana
practically helpless. He had been an
inmate of the Home for nearly tive ana
one-half years.
Mr.. Gruber was born in Neumark,
Bohemia, Austria, May II, 1891, and
was. therefore, almost 70 years old at
the time of his demise. At the age OF
IL he left his native home and went
to Vienna, the capital of Austria, where
he remained for 10 years, or until 1910
when he ernigrated to America. he
came Immediately to New Ulm, and a1ter
being employed as hired man in Nlcollet
county for FIVE years, purchased farm
Of his own in West Newton township,
which he operated successfully until
1895, when he retired from active agrl-
cultural pursuits and removed to this
citv. Since 1896, or for over % years,
he was totally blind. 81,
Deceased was married in the Catholic
church at St. George in 1883 to Mrs.
NJ ~ Glitter, who preceded him in death
Nav 3, 1895. He is survived by one
step-daughter, Mrs. Andrew Schle1ert,
of Plummer, Mimi, who was expected
here yesterday afternoon to make ar
rangements for the funeral.
MRS. AUGUST GERHOLz.
The Grim Reaper claimed another
young and useful life, when Mrs. August
Gerholz, nee Erna Spelbrink, passed
away at the farm home OF her tather,
Representative Louis Spelbrink, in the
own of Milford, Friday afternoon at.
one o'clock. Death was due to pneu-
monia and came as a distinct shock to
the sorrowing husband, father, brother
and sisters. She had been ailing Tor
some time with heart trouble and her
condition was complicated by pneu-
monia about two weeks ago.
Mrs. Gerholz was born on the home
farm in the town Of Milford, Nov. "a,
1892, and was, therefore, only 27 years
of age at the time Of her passing away.
She was married in the Ev. Frledens
church at Essig to her surviving husband,
Sept. IL, 1916, and their welded life
was indeed happy one.
Aside from the grief-stricken husband,
deceased leaves to mourn her untimely
death, her father, Representative Louis
Spelbrink, one brother, Erwin E. Spell
Drlnk, VI tuIS Guy, dAlA viz AoAAO"
ing three sisters:Mrs. Ed. Werner,
New Ulm; Mrs. Fred. Johns, West
Newton, and Esther Spelbrink, at
home. Her mother died in June, 1912.
Private funeral services were con-
Quoted at the late home, Sunday after
noon at 1880 o'clock, Rev. G. Mayer
of the Ev. Friedens church officiating.
at 1880 o'clock. The remains were
laid to rest in the City cemetery
here.
MRS. JOHN SCHROEDER, SIR.
Mrs. John Schroeder, ST., nee Fried
erike Wittmann, wellknown by many
of our readers, passed to her reward at
her home in Fairfax on Monday Of last
week. She had been suffering with
internal injuries, sustained as the re-
suit of a fall down stairs in her home the
first Of the year, and had been confined
to her bed since.