ELISABETH HEIM
Mascoutah Herald
10 April, 1891

Elisabeth Heim, nee Reibel, wife of Mr. John Heim, died on Thursday morning at 7 o'clock, April 9th, 1891, aged sixty-three years, two months and seven days, after an illness of only a few days' duration.

Deceased was born in Heinzenberg near Kirn, Germany, on the 2d of February, 1828, and came to this country in 1853.  In 1854 she was married to her surviving husband at New york City. Three children were born to them.  One son and two daughters. The son died at the age of one year.  The daughter are:  Mrs. Nicholas Dolese, who resides at Toronto, Canada, and Miss Elise Heim, who is at home.  Besides her husband and two daughters, the deceased leaves three grandchildren to mourn her death.

The funeral will take place on Sunday afternoon.  Services will be held in the Catholic church.  Interment will be made in the new Catholic cemetery.


JOSEPH WOLF SR.
Mascoutah Herald
10 April, 1891

Josoph Wolf, Sr., one of our oldest residents, died on Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock, April 8, 1891, aged sixty-six years, three months and seventeen days.

Deceased was a cooper by trade but he was also a good musician and followed that profession for a number of years.  Two years ago he was stricken down with paralysis and lost entire control of his left side, which finally resulted in his death. He was born in Boehl, near Hassloch, Germany, on the 21st day of December, 1824, and came to this country in 1848, immediately to Mascoutah, where he has resided ever since.  On August 3, 1849, he was married to Miss Catharine Henrich.  Of eleven children born to them seven remain to mourn their father's death, four having died.  They are:  Joseph Wolf in Omaha, NE, Barbara, wife of Henry Buerck, Old Orchard, MO, George, Fred and Peter Wolf of St. Louis, MO, Henry and Bernhardt Wolf of Belleville.  The deceased leaves behind, besides his widow and children, 10 grandchildren to mourn his death.

The funeral will be on Saturday at 2 o'clock pm, from the residence to the City Cemetery, Rev. Hemplemann presiding.


HENRY ZERBAN
Mascoutah Herald
10 April, 1891

Henry Zerban, son of Robert Zerban died on Wednesday morning at 5:30 of cramps, aged four years, 4 months and 7 days.  The funeral took place yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence to Mascoutah City cemetery, with Rev. Hemplemann, of the Ev. Prot. Church, presiding.


ANNA MARGARETHA GANZ
Mascoutah Herald
3 April, 1891

Anna Margaretha Ganz, an aged lady of this city, died on Sunday evening at 7 o'clock, March 29th, 1891, at the ripe old age of eighty three years, three months and twelve days.

Deceased was born in Reichlos, Hessen Darmstadt, Germany, on the 17th of December, 1807, where she was also married to John Ganz in 1829.  They came to American in 1837, and located in St. Louis December of the same year, where they resided one year, and then came to St. Clair County and located on a farm in Shiloh Valley.  Here her husband died Nov. 10th, 1864, and in 1871, the deceased moved to Mascoutah, where she has ever since resided. Of four (note the number of children) children born to her four remain to mourn her death: Mrs. Marg. Schubert, the oldest daughter died in 1887.  The surviving ones are:  Caspar Ganz, of St. Louis; Maria Vogel, widow of John Vogel, of Freeburg; William Ganz, of Piatt County, Ill.; and Henry Ganz, of this city.  The deceased leaves, besides, twenty grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.

The funeral took place on Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock from her late residence to the Mascoutah city cemetery.  Rev. Hempelmann, of the Ev. Prot. church conducted the service.


ELIZABETH ESPENSHIED
Mascoutah Herald
3 April 1891

Elizabeth Espenshied, nee Link, one of the oldest residents of Engelmann township, died at 1 o'clock a. m. March 30th, 1891, aged sixty eight years, three months and five days.

Deceased was born December 25th, 1822.  She came to America with her uncle at the age of sixteen years, and directly to St. Clair county.  She was married to John Espenschied March 10th, 1840, who died four years ago last July.  Ten children were born to this union, four of whom have gone to the grave in advance of their mother.  Two sons and four daughters remain to mourn her death.  They are:  John and Gustav Espenschied; Mrs. Louis Clark, widow of John Clark; Mrs. Christina Weber, widow of John Weber; Mrs. Mary Saenger, widow of Fred Saenger; and Miss Emily Espenschied.

The funeral took place on Tuesday afternoon at 1 o'clock.  Services were held by Rev. Hempelmann, of the Ev. Prot. church of this city.  Interment was made in the family burial grounds, two miles southeast of here.


AMELIE GEBBIE
Mascoutah Herald
3 April, 1891
**This obituary was very difficult to read

Died on April 2d, 1891, at 1 (?) o'clock a.m.  Amelie Gebbie, nee Boesbenz, wife of John T. Gebbie, after an illness of six months duration, aged forty eight years, four months and twenty seven days.

Deceased was born in St. Louis on the 2d of November, 1842(?). She was married to Dr. George Bliekhahn January 26th, 1865, who died in St. Louis December 25th, 1879.  On December ?, 1887, she was married to her surviving husband.  Three children were born to her first union and one to the second.  Her surviving children are:  Miss G---- H. Bliekhahn, Mr. George R. Bliekhahn and Miss Nettie E. Bliekhahn.  She leaves, besides, one brother, Mr. C. P. Boesbenz, and one sister, Mrs. Lydia Niedringhaus, wife of Mr. Henry Niedringhaus, to mourn her demise.

The funeral will take place today.  Services will be hold in the Methodist church by Rev. Holtkamp at 4 o'clock.  Then the remains will be taken to St. Louis, where interment will be made on Saturday.


ELIZABETH BERNIUS
Mascoutah Herald
3 April, 1891


Mrs. Elizabeth Bernius, nee Hoering, wife of Mr. George L. Bernius, died on Monday, March 30th, 1891, at 12:30 o'clock p.m., after an illness of ten days duration, of paralysis, aged fifty years, two months and twenty five days.

Deceased was born in Lebanon, this county, January 5th, 1841. She was twice married.  first to Jacob Fink in December of 1859, who died four years later.  On the 16th of April, 1865, she was married to her surviving husband.  Two children were the result of her first marriage and four of her second marriage.  Of the latter, one died in infancy.  Besides her husband, she leaves three sons, Henry J. Fink, Otto J. Fink and Emil Bernius, and two daughters, Ida and Ellse Bernius; also one grandchild and one sister, Mrs. Fred Schubek---, to mourn her death.

The funeral took place on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, from the residence on East Mill street, to the Mascoutah City cemetery. Rev. Humpelmann, of the Ev. Prot. church of this city, held the funeral services.



SUSANNA HAAS
Mascoutah Herald
13 March, 1891

Mrs. Susanna Haas, wife of Mr. Daniel Haas, died at her late home near Centreville, on Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock, March 5th, 1891.

The deceased was born in Hassloch, Rheinpfalz, Germany, on the 30th day of June, 1821, and consequently was sixty nine years, eight months and five days old at the time of her death.  In 1841 she came to America with her parents and located on Horse Prairie near Red Bud, Ill., where she was married to Adam Dietz on March 25, 1844.  In 1849 they came to Mascoutah.  Mr. Dietz was a wagonmaker by profession and carried on a wagon manufactory in this city up to the time of his death, which occurred April 18th, 1869.  On March 5th, 1874, the deceased was again married, this time to her surviving husband, Mr. Daniel Haas, and went with him to his farm in Stookey township where they have lived together happily until her death, which occurred just seventeen years after their marriage.  Nine children were born to her by the first union, and none by the second.  Three of her children have gone to the grave in advance of her.  Her husband, six children and nineteen grandchildren remain to mourn her loss.  Her remaining children are:  Mrs. Maria Wirth, of Bromington, Henry County, MO; George Dietz, of this city; Fred Dietz, of Belleville; Mrs. Elizabeth Weinerth, of Summerfield; Christian Dietz and Mrs. Anna Merro, of Belleville.

The remains were brought here last Saturday evening and conveyed to the residence of her son, Alderman George Dietz, from where the funeral took place on Sunday afternoon to the Ev. Lutheran church, where services were held by Rev. Kuehn, of Belleville, and then to the city cemetery, where they were laid to rest beside the grave of the deceased's first husband.

Those from a distance who attended the funeral are:  Mrs. Louis Damm, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dietz, Mr. and Mrs. Christian Dietz, Mr. and Mrs. William Carfey, mr. and Mrs. Henry Lutz, Mr. Freivogel and Mrs. Guentz, of Belleville; Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Haas, of Millstadt; Mrs. Elizabeth Weinerth of Summerfield; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Haas and Mr. and Mrs. George Merro, of Stookey township.


MRS. CHARLES HAUSS
The East St. Louis Journal
14 March 1891

The saddest July that falls to our lot to perform is to record the death of one of our loved ones, and all that is within our power to do, when the grim reaper has invaded the circle of those that are dear and near to us, is to strew followers upon the graves of the departed and to cherish their memory, as the holiest legacy they have left us.  As we advance in years, we are brought within clearer view of the end and become more reconciled to its dread approach, but when she that is in the full bloom of youth with life's brightest hopes and anticipating before her is ruthlessly torn from our midst, the wisdom of a divine providence indeed appears to us inscrutable, and the wound in our hearts, one that can seldom if ever be entirely healed.

Such a case is the one that has befallen the family of our esteemed fellow citizen Mr. Charles Hauss, in the death of the beautiful young wife of Mr. Charles Hauss, Jr., which occurred last Saturday night, and which has cast a gloom over a large circle of friends and acquantices of the family.

Mrs. Hauss was the beloved daughter of Captain Henry Sackmann, and was married to her sorrowing husband only one year ago.  Surrounded by everything that loving hands could do for her, her bright and beautiful presence gave promise of a life filled with happiness.  But it was ordained otherwise, for in the joyful anticipation of maternal bliss, she was called to give up her life in giving life to the little innocent being that survives her and who will never be blessed by the loving smile and the tender care that her departed mother would have had for her.

Just one year ago the departed was led to the altar by Mr. Charles Hauss, Jr., one of our prominent merchants and son of Alderman Charles Hauss, and life never had brighter prospects for mortal than that of the newly wedded pair, Mr. and Mrs. Hauss, Jr., took up their residence on Ohio avenue and 10th street, and a happier home than theirs was not within the land, until last Saturday when the grim reaper claimed as his own the beloved wife, the idolized daughter and the loving mother of but a few days.

The funeral took place from the late family residence last Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, and the large gathering of mourning friends and relatives that assembled there gave evidence of the love and esteem in which the departed was held by all that knew her.  The floral offerings were many and beautiful, and gave voice to the sympathy felt by all that knew her.  The floral offerings were many and beautiful, and gave voice to the sympathy felt by the large circle of the friends of the family in this their hour of bereavement.

The remains were borne to their last resting place by Messrs. Ed. Newkirk, T. L. Fekete, Stephen D. Sexon, Frank Gutwald, C. Roeb, Jr., and Andrew Zittel as pall bearers, and were followed by a numerous gathering of sorrowing friends.  To the heavily stricken husband and the mourning family of the departed, we express the assurance of our most heartfelt sympathy in this their hour of sad bereavement.


FRIEDERICKA GLAENZER
Mascoutah Herald
6 March, 1891

Mrs. Friederika Glaenzer, nee Frank, died at 2 o'clock p.m. on Monday, March 2d, 1891, aged fifty one years, four months and one day.

Deceased was born in Falkenheim, Rheinpfalz, Germany, and came to America with her parents in 1841.  Her father died during the cholera epidemic in 1849.  Her mother died in 1884. The deceased was twice married.  First to Max. Lutz in 1858, who died some years later.  In 1870 she was married to George Glaenzer, who died in 1891.  She leaves five children:  Henry Lutz, who resides in Belleville, and Gustav, Margareth, George and Charles Glaenzer, who were at home.  She also leaves three grandchildren and three sisters to mourn her death.  Her sisters are:  Mrs. Maria Lang and Mrs. Catherine Blueher, of this city, and Mrs. Margareth Ludwig, of Belleville.

The funeral took place on Wednesday afternoon from her late residence to the Ev. Luth. church, where services were held by Rev. Kuehn of Belleville, and then to the Mascoutah City cemetery.

CARDS OF THANKS - We desire to extend our heartfelt thanks to all persons who so kindly assisted and rendered all aid necessary to our dear departed mother, Friederieka Glaenzer, during her long illness, and for attending the funeral, which took place on Wednesday:  Henry Lutz, Margaretha Glaenzer, Gustav Glaenzer, George Glaenzer and Charles Glaenzer.



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