New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1921-09-28
OBITUARY
MRS. JOHN MENK. 4

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MRS. JOHN MENK.
Mrs. John Menk, nee Emma Fritzke,
succumbed to Hodgkin's disease and
anemia at her home on North Mime
i sofa street, Wednesday morning at
i 8:l5 O'clock. She had been ailing
since last Christmas and was confined
to her bed during the past four weeks.
i Deceased was born in P ommerania,
Germany, August %, 1866, being 55
years and % days old when the final
summons came She emigrated to
4 America with her parents As years ago,
lat the age Of nine years, and the
family located in, Nicollet township,
later removing to this city. After a
brief stay in New Ulm, they moved
onto the old Hellmann farm in Milford
township. She was married to her
surviving husband in st. Paul's Ev.
Lutheran church here, October %,
4 1889, and Mr.. and Mrs. Menk re-
moved to farm in Sherman township,
Redwood county, near Morgan, short
/ ly thereafter. About year ago they
came to New Ulm to reside and this
city had since been her home.
! Besides the sorrowing husband, de-
ceased leaves the following eight child
rem to mourn her demise: Mrs. Albert
Loose, Morgan; Mrs. julius Heine-
mann, Ridgerton, N. D.; Mrs. Rein
hard OFT, Morgan; Mrs. Herman
Steinhaus, New Ulm; Alfred Menk,
1 New Ulm, and Theodore, Miss Dora
and John Menk, at home. She is also
survived by five sisters and two
brothers. They are: Mrs. Bertha
! II eidamann, Mrs. Max Werner and
Herman Fritzke, all Of st. Paul; Rev.
Gustav Fritzke, St. Clair; Mrs. Louis
Menlk, .Nicollet; Mrs. Fred Menk,
Danube.
Funeral services were conducted at
| the late home on North Minnesota
street, Saturday afternoon at O clock,
! and at St. Paul's Ev.sLutheran church
at 1880 p. m. The remains were laid
to rest in the Lutheran cemetery here.
| Among the relatives and friends from
out-of-town who attended the obse-
quies were: Rev. and Mrs. Gust.
Fritzke, st. Clair; Herman Fritzke,
Carl and Anne Heidemann, St. Paul;
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Menk, ST., and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Menk,
4 Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Menk, Jr., Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Krohn, Mrs. Christ.
Ginkel, Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Menk,
| Christ. Menk and family, all of Nicol-
i let; Martin Menk and family ane
William Kemitz, St. Peter; Fred Menk
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Kratzke, Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Kratzke,
Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Schmidt, all Of
Lam berton; Mr.. and Mrs. Reinhart
Kohls, Danube; Mr.. and Mrs. John
Schnackenberg lie Sueur; Mrs. Louise
Menk and children, Louis Menk, Mr..
and Mrs. August Belize, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Menk, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Drusch, all of Morgan; William Ginkel
and daughter and Mr.. and Mrs. Leo
Reed, CORTLAND.
SISTER VERONICA (LEITsCHUH)
Mrs. Mary Leitschuh, South Jeffer-
son street, received the sad news last
4 week that her sister-in-law, Sister
Veronica (Miss Mary LeitschuD had
passed away, Saturday, September II,
in St. Vincent's Orphanage at Nor
mandy, Mo-, where she had been
stationed for about 20 years. Death
was due to cancer, with which she had
4 been afflicted for some time.
i Deceased was 81 years, months and
1 II days Of age at The time Of her de-
mise, having been born in Sigel town
ship, February 6, 1860, as daughter
of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Lett
]. schuh. She took her vows as mem
/ Der of the Order Of the Sisters of
Christian Charity at Wilkesbarre,
Pennsylvania, in 1884, and after com
1 plotting her novitiate there, was station
ed at ST. Boniface, Mimi, for three
years, prior TO being transferred to St.
1 Vincent's Orphanage, in which latter
institution she was employed in the
| purchasing department.
Sister Veronica visited relatives here
upon three different occasions since
entering the Order. Each time she
was accom- panied by her only surviving
sister, Sister Januaria, who is also
stationed at St. Vincent's Orphange.
Their last visit in New Ulm was some
j 10 years ago, about a year prior to the