The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-04-06
RITES FOR YOUTH
DIED OF WOUNDS
Funeral of George Hollerich
Held AT Good Thunder
NEWS OF VILLAGE
Meeting of Maple River Club
Personal Talk of
Town

,t morning at ten o'clock funeral serv-
y ices for the late George Hollerich
?, were held at the ST. Joseph's Cath
r Ollie church by Rev. William Griffin.
h George was the twelve year old son
e of Mr.. and Mrs. \. Hollerich, who
4, reside west of town on the old James
Bryson farm. His death was caus-
p ed by bullet which was accidently
= discharged from rife he had with
n him while on a hunt along the banks
no O. the Blue Earth river near his
o. home. The accident occurred Mon
day afternoon. He was rushed TO
A ST. Joseph's hospital, Mankato,
Is where the bullet was extracted. His
y death came Tuesday evening. He is
I'd survived by his parents and several
n sisters and one brother. Interment
n was made in the Catholic cemetery.
~ PalIbearers were his boy friends,
e Clarence and Oscar Dehn. Milton
u SchneideIhan, Arthur Mountain, X.
johnson and Hildegard Barnard.
Friday afternoon the remains of
2 Edward Woodbury. of Grand Rapids,
:, Mimi. arrived on the $50 train.
= From the train the remains were
= taken to the Lyra cemetery, where
] interment was made in the family
!, lot. Mr.. Woodbury. lived here till
; about 1900. when he and his wife.
formerly Miss Emma Hielke of this
! place, moved TO Barnum, Mimi,
!, where he was engaged in the lum-
: her and hardware business until
! few years, ago, when they moved TO
| Grand Rapids, where he died Sun
! day noon. The surviving relatives
n are his widow, brother Alex and a
Z niece Mrs. Mary King Spence. resid-
ing near Vernon Center. The casket
was opened at the cemetery for old
t,ofriends to view the remains. Rev.
tyilsangert of st. Peter officiated at the
Il cemetery. Out OF town relatives at
q tending the funeral were Mrs. Min
) ME Falancer and daughter Grace,
d William Ulrich, Sr.. of Mankato,
1 Mrs. Mary Spence. Vernon Center
and Edwin Hielke of Luverne.
4 William Meyer sold his entire
stock of furniture at public auction
n "Wednesday afternoon. Everything
iwas sold and al a good price. Col
lionel Fitch of Lake Crystal was the
auctionedr.
Miss Gertrude Morlock. a senior
at the state university, is at home
8this week for her Easter vacation.
Il. l.. kohler, cashier OF the First
s,National bank. went to Montana
kMonfay on business.
Olga and Edgra Preuss of West
Ma1kato visited here the past week
with friends.
Z Misses Frieda Mielke and Clara
ziemker were Mankato callers on
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Beise of Alex
sandria. Mimi. came the first of the
iweek for a visit with their daughter
Mrs. John lander and other relatives
there and at Mapleton.
The Maple River club met at the
home OF Misses Katherine and Mary
sMcCarty on Tuesday evening. The
Misses Katherine McCarty, Rom.
members of the faculty of the local
eschool, entertained. The decorations
and favors were of Easter season.
The next meeting will be held with
Mrs. Frank Griffin in two weeks.
Thursday morning at ten o'clock
the funeral services of the late Au
gust Schwan were held at st. Johns
Lutheran church by Rev. Victor
schroeder of Rapidan. The deceas-
sd died at the home of his son Ed
ward at Maynard Sunday evening.
He was past eighty one years of age
and the last of our Civil war veter-
ans. Military services were held at
The Lyra cemetery, where interment
was made by the side of his wife,
Paul lander blew the taps. He is
survived by three sons Frank of
Vernon Center, Albert of this place
md Edward of Maynard, and one
laughter Mrs. August Gensmer of
Maynard. The pallbearers were OF
. Rosip. William Bruss. Herman
barge. Edward MaiZahn. Otto Vie
ienheft and Frank Sohre. Relatives
from out of town attending the fun
,ral were Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Gems
ner of Maynard, Mr.. and Mrs. Her.
man Schwartz and four sons of
;pringfeld. Mr.. and Mrs: Charles
rTietZ OF St. Clair, Mr.. and Mrs. Al
BERT Mann of Rapidan and Arthur
Mann of Amboy.
Misses Clara Kellogg, Elsa Sohre
and Selma Rosin, Teachers college
students at Mankato, came home
Thursday to spend Easter. School
opens again Tuesday.
Harold Schlesselman OF Mankato
spent several days of, the past week
here with boy friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gosewisch OF
Adankato attended the William Mey-
f,r auction on Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Prank Kriewald of
arrington. n. D.. arrived here
Thursday evening 10 visit with the
ady's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Pautsch
md other relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gust Wollschlaeger
" Vernon Center called on Mr. and
ars. William Ziemke on Wednesday.
Miss Emily Pommeranke, who at
ENDS Manchester college, st. Paul,
anne home Thursday afternoon to
pend her Easter vacation with her
mother, Mrs. M. Pommeranke and
srothers William and Henry.
Miss Frieda Wrucke, who has en-
s.loyment at Mankato, came home
Thursday afternoon TO spend the
week end with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Ikier, Mr.. and
Hrs. John Zastrow of Vernon Cen
er attended the auction sale of the
tormers brother in law William
sfeyer on Wednesday.
Mrs. George Schlesselman left on
kunday for Chippewa Falls, Wis,
icing called there by the serious ILL.,
ess of her grandmother.
The Young Peoples society Of st.
Johns Lutheran church will give a
= ono talent play entitled "HunkeTs
corners" at the opera house Friday
Hveuiue