New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-01-14
OBITUARY.
HENRY HORSTKORTA. ]


Local relatives Of Henry Horstkorta
of Minneapolis received the sad news
O. his sudden death last week, Wednes-
day. Mr.. Horstkorta who was known
to quite few New Ulm people died on
that day from injuries sustained in fall
from the porch Of his house. He slipped
while shoveling the snow from the
roof of the porch and fell on the hard
sidewalk breaking one Of his shoulders
and suffering severe injuries on the
head. He was taken to the Norwegian
Lutheran hospital where he died a few
hours later.
f Mr.. Horstkorta was born in Germany
81 years ago. He came to America
/ when young lad accompanying his
mother. They settled in Henderson,
/ Mimi, and later moved to Minneapolis
J; where he lived for the last fifty years
/ being one of the old pioneers in South
Minneapolis.
| The deceased is survived by his wife
and three sons all living in Minneapolis.
4 Besides there are two sisters, Miss Anna
/. Horstkorta and Mrs.. r. Mattel, Of
! Henderson, MINI.
Funeral services were held last Friday
afternoon at the home and the remains
were laid to rest in the Crystal Lake
| cemetery. Those attending from New
/ Ulm were: F. J. Backer, brother-in-law
! Of the deceased; Andrew Backer, broth
er-in-laW; Herman Meyer, brother-in-
law; Mrs. VIM. Dehn, sister:in-law,
and Mrs. Bernhard Knees, and son,
| Oscar.
MRS. EMILE HAMMERMEISTER.
A humorous growth on he arm caused
the death Of Mrs. Emile Hammermeister
the past, week Saturday, January 10,
| at o'clock a. m. She died at her home
on Second South street where she had
been confined to her bed for the past
six We ks. after having ben ailing for
about three months Mrs. Hammer
meiste reach the ripe age Of " years.
The deceased whose maiden name was
, Emile Strey was born in Pommern
) province, Germany, October 5, 1848.
She came to America when she was %
years OF age and settled here in New Ulm
where she was married to Carl Hammer
/! mester in the spring of the following
year.
I Their Union was blessed with ten
children of whom five are still living.
! They are: Ida Muetzel, Belleview W,
: MINI; Emil and William and Mrs.
Martha Gruendemann, of near Morgan,
/ and DR.. T. F. Hammermeister, New
! Ulm. She is also survived by one
brother and one sister, Albert Strey,
Renville Mimi, and Mrs. Caroline
Froeming, New Ulm.
Funeral service were held at the local
Lutheran church Monday, January IL,
at ten clock in the morning. The
remains were then taken to her former
home in the Township Of Eden where
! they were laid to rest the same day.
j KATHERINE RANWEILER.
Katherine Ranweiler, nee Ferber, died
at the home of her son-ip-law, Frank
Briegel of Fairfax, on Monday, January
i IL, at 10 o'clock in the evening. She
] had been ailing for the last two years
suffering from the effects Of old age.
! The deceased was born March 5,
1888, in the state Of Wuerttemberg,
Germany and came to America when
she was about twenty years old. She
! first settled in Ohio and came to West
Newton in the latter fifties. New Ulm
has been her home since 1892 with
the exception of the last three years
| which time she lived at Fairfax.
The deceased was married at the
7 age of % years to Bernhard Ranweiler
and their union was blessed with nine
children eight Of whom are still living
the oldest daughter having died. Her
! husband also died about II years ago.
j The names and residences of the sur
viving children are: Bernhard, West
Newton; Joseph, Fairfax; Mike, New
Uln; John, Ramey, near St Cloud,
Alex, New Ulm; Mrs. Frank Briegel,
Fairfax; Mrs. Anton Brand, Sleepy Eye;
Mrs. John Krippner, Stewart. She is
also survived by IS grand children and
3319 great grand children.
Funeral services will be held at the
1 local Catholic church on Thursday,
/ January Is, at $50 o'clock in the morn
ing, and interment will be in the
Catholic cemetery here.
Mrs. Ranweiler was a member Of the
Christian Mothers Society at the time
i of her death.
Ole Broste, Widower Of Lake Hanska,
diedSat local hospital at the age Of AZ
WOO rc fror,o 5r,oe& -; n ,,1cfor tn hol I,o.,,