The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-12-15
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were united in marriage. They re-
sided in that community during
the rest Of their life.
Mrs. Schmitz passed away to the
day on the ninth anniversary of the
death Of her husband and was
buried on the same date nine years
later.
Funeral services were held Sum-
day afternoon at the home at 1870
and at the Zion Lutheran Church
in this city at 2:15 o'clock. Rev.
J. F. Schumacher conducted the
service. The pallbearers were Geo.
Sundermann, Will Botz, Ben All
rens, John Ritter, Dan Fraser and
John Emmick. Interment was made
in Oakland cemetery. The Misses
Dorothy and Eloise Schumacher
played two beautiful organ duets,
their renditions being Heaven Is
My Home" and Nearer My God
To Thee"
Mrs. Schmitz was a kind and low
ing mother and friend, and was
ready to give aid to all in need.
Relatives from a distance at the
service were: Mr. and Mrs. Peter
Grams, Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin
Grams, Ermiline and Dolores
Grams, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Schmitz,
and son, Duane, Mrs. Augusta
Opitz, Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Fraser,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Emmick, Mr..
and Mrs. Edgar Schwanke, Of West
Union; Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Volk-
man, of Brooten; Carl Schwanke,
Of Willard.
Ellit H. Judd
Ellit H. Judd, an old settler of
the West Union community, passed
away on December 6, 1888, at the
home of his sitter, Mrs. Byron King,
in Osakis. He had been i'll but
short time, death being due to the
infirmities Of age. His age was SO
years, months and II days.
Mr.. Judd was born at Jasper,
Steuben County, New York, on
March %, 1852. When four years
Of age, he came with his parents
to Oronoco, Minnesota, and later
moved to the Osakis vicinity where
they resided during the Indian out
break.
At that time Mr.. Judd was near
ly IL years old, and the family con-
sisting Of the father, mother, a
baby sister and himself, lived in a
small log building, where the Bruer
farm home now stands. There were
no other white settlers within miles
Of their home.
When the Indian disturbance oc-
CURED the Judd family hurried
with OK team to the Sank Centre
trading post, where a temporary
stockade had been erected for the
protection Of the few white settlers.
When the outbreak was over the
family settled on homestead, east
of West Union, now owned by Mr..
Eltgroth.
After the death of the father,
Ellit continued farming and cared
for his mother until she passed
away in 1905. He then sold the
farm and came to Sank Centre. He
resided in this city until seven
years ago when he went to Osakis
to live with his sister, Mrs. Byron
King.
Many were the tales he could tell
of the pioneer days, its hardships
as well as the satisfaction Of watch
ing the wilderness develop into a
rich farming counnity. He was
a duitiful son and a kind and good
neighbor and friend.
Funeral services were held at
the Methodist Church in Osakis
Saturday afternoon. Burial was
made in the family lot in Silver
Creek cemetery, besides the graves
of the father and mother. His pass
ing removes one of the oldest OF
the pioneer settlers Of this COM
munity.
He leaves to mourn his only sis
ter, Mrs. Byron King, of Osakis;
two nephews, E. H. King, Shauna-
Won, Canada, and l. M. King, OF
Melrose, Mimi; a niece, Mrs. Fred
Hultgren, Of Osakis; great niece,
Mrs. Milton Brown, of st. Paul;
a great niece, Miss Vivian Hult-
gren, Hackensack, Mimi, and three
great nephews, Clifford King,
Moosejaw, Canada; Byron King,
Fort Smelling, Mimi, and Roger
King, Of Melrose.
Harriet Frederick Hoffman
Harriet Frederick Hoffman, who
passed away November 30th, 1888,
after a three days illness, was born
in the old Frederick homestead,
near Monroe, New York, on May
26, 1851.
AS a child, she migrated west by
OK team, with her parents, and set
tied on a farm near Shakopee, Min
nesota. While here, her father,
known as Uncle Jake Frederick,
served in the Civil War and Sioux
Indian War.
Later on, the Fredericks, with
the Cooper and Jardine families.
located in Ashley township and
here Harriet was married on June
20, 1870, to Cornelius o. Hoffman,
who passed away January I, 1922.
The Hoffmans too were among the
early settlers in and around Sank
Centre and lived in the old stock