The Niemuth
Family -- Generation 6
-- Ernestine
Friedrike (Niemuth) Litzau's obituaries --
- Mrs Ernestina Litzau, 96, died early
Saturday at her home in the town of Wolf River, after a lingering
- illness. She was born in Carvenbruch,
Germany, Jan 13 1840, and came to the town of Wolf River with
her husband Martin Litzau in 1877, where she lived since that
time. Her husband died in 1889. Six children were born, four
of whom are living. They are Mrs. Fritz Fahser, Symco; Mrs. Gustave
Schmidt, Manawa; and Miss Amelia Litzau and Charles Litzau, town
of Wolf River. Also surviving are a half-brother, John Niemuth,
Tigerton and 11 grandchildren.
- Funeral services will be held at
the home Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock and at 2 o'clock at St
John's
- Lutheran Church, East Bloomfield.
The Rev A.E. Schneider will be in charge. Burial will be at the
East Bloomfield cemetery.
-
- [Source: unknown newspaper; courtesy
of Judy Wollangk]
- Mrs. Ernestina Litzau, 96, died
at 11:30 o'clock on Friday night at her home in the town of Wolf
River,
- following a lingering illness.
- She was born in Carvenbruch, Germany,
Jan. 13, 1839, and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johann
- Yonger.
- Miss Yonger was married in Germany
to Martin Litzau, coming to the United States and directly to
Wolf
- River in 1877.
- Survivors are: three daughters,
Mrs. Fritz Fahser of Symco, Mrs. Gustave Schmidt of Manawa, Miss
- Amelia Litzau of Wolf River; one
son, Charles Litzau of Wolf River; one half-brother, August Niemuth
of Tigerton; one half-sister, Mrs. Minnie Young of East Bloomfield;
also 11 grandchildren, numerous great- grandchildren and several
great-great-grandchildren.
- Funeral services were conducted
by Rev. E.A. Schneider at 1 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon at the
home
- and at 2 o'clock at St. John's Lutheran
church, East Bloomfield. Interment was in East Bloomfield Cemetery.
-
- [Source: unknown newspaper, hand-dated
1935; courtesy of Dan Niemuth]
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