New Ulm review., 1922-02-15
OBITUARY IF; Y.
JOHN sPoERING.

JOHN SPOERING.
John Spoering, Jr., died last Wednes-
day morning at the Union Hospital
from brain fever which was caused by
an accident which happened the pre-
ceding Thursday. Mr.. Spoering was a
we'll known farmer of Courtland town
| ship, living about two and one-half
miles east of Courtland. The accident
which caused Mr.. Spoering's death
occurred when he attempted to regu-
late gasoline engine which was out
of order. Mr.. Spoering had gone into
the engine. house to repair the machine
and it seems that something had be-
come loosened and was thrown away
from the engine and struck Mr.. Spoer-
ing on the head, causing conclusion
Of the brain He was brought to the
Union Hospital where it was found the
skull had been fractured; and splinters
of bone had pierced the brain. Mr..
Spoering was apparently recovering
from the accident until brain fever set
in Tuesday evening and he died the
next morning.
The deceased was born on the farm
where he was injured. He was forty
two years old, June 20 last, and was
not married. His parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Spoering, live in North
Mankato. He is also survived by his
brother Martin and three sisters, Mrs.
Henry Kloppmann Of North Man
kato, Anna who kept house for him
on the farm, and Louise who lived
with her parents. =.
The funeral services were conducted
at the Courtlands Lutheran church
Sunday afternoon with Rev. H. Strasen
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MRS. IVER HANSON 2lb8aiuof<fa
Mrs. Iver Hanson nee Haugen of
Hanska passed away at her home on
Washington Ave. last Wednesday NOR
ming at 1880 o'clock Death was due
to cancer with which she had suffered
for the past year and half. The de-
ceased was born in Lom, Gudbrandsa-
len, Norway on March 1, 1849. She
was united in marriage to Iver Hanson
in Norway and they came to America
in June, 1877, first locating at Ormsby
and then to Linden in the fall of 1883
and followed the occupation of farm
ing until 1914 when they retired from
active farm life and moved to the
village of Hanska. The deceased is
survived by the following children:
Mrs. Ole Hanson, Mankato; Henry
Hanson, of Linden; Anna and Emma
Hanson of Hanska. The funeral was
held from the Linden Lutheran church
Friday afternoon at 2:30., Rev. ia
cob Thornell officiating. The remains
were laid to rest in the Linden cemetery.
MRS. ANNA SAMUELSON.>
Last Tuesday afternoon occurred
the funeral Of Mrs. Anna Samuelson
who had died the previous Friday af-
ternoon at her home in the village Of
Lafayette. The funeral was held from
the Lafayette lutheran church and
interment was made in the church
cemetery. The deceased, whose mai
den name was Anna Maria Peters
dotter was born January IA, 1886, in
Jonkopings, Ian Sweden, and was SO
years and 29 days old when she died.
She was married twice, her first hus-
band being John Alexanderson who
died in 1884 in the old country
Three years later the deceased and
her son immigrated to this country,
coming to Bernadotte township where
she was united in marriage to John
Samuelson, who preceded her in death
| rs years ago. The deceased is sur
| vived by her son Alexander of the first
marriage and August Samuelson OF
Lafayette, Charles Samuelson Of Win
throp and Mrs. C. w. Swenson OF
Bernadotte, children of the second
marriage.
MRS. CHRIST scHLUMPBERGEF " yl1' 3 E R.
Another one Of New Ulm's pioneer
residents, Mrs Christ Schl1um pberge7
passed away at her home on Nortl
State Street, last Saturday NOR
ming shortly before noon. Death wa
due to cancer with which she had
been suffering for the past eightmonths
For the past three months she hac
been almost continually confined to he
bed. The deceased, whose Made,
name was Crescentia Matsch, wa
born at Wuertenberg, Germany, Jun
| End, 1874 and cane to America will
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Matscl
| in the year 1854. They first locatedi il
Chicago where they remained for tw
years and then came West and settle,