
Mrs. Maude Nitzsche,
wife of Fred
Nitzsche, a prominent farmer residing in the Walsh neighborhood, was
interred in the Preston cemetery Wednesday afternoon, following
funeral services held at the M. E. church in that city, the
service being conducted by Rev. Idel, of Ellisgrove.
Obituary of Maude Wilson Nitzsche
from the Evansville Enterprise newspaper, 1936:
Mrs. Nitzsche died Sunday night,
March 1, after an illness of short duration. Death was attributed
to aortic insufficiency. She was 57 years of age.
Maude Zettie Nitzsche was born on
October 4, 1878, in Jackson county, Illinois, a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William P. Wilson. She was married to Fred Nitzsche at Chester,
Ill., on August 16, 1894. To this union were born six children, three
daughters and three sons, namely, Mrs. Grace Mahan of New Athens, Ill.;
Mrs. Mamie Dodge of Richland Heights, Mo., and Mrs. Selma Morris, St.
Louis, Mo.; Roy Nitzsche, of Caseyville, Ill., and Otis and Everett
Nitzsche, at home.
In addition to her husband and
children, the deceased is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Essie
Grandaman, of Ste. Genevieve, Mo., Mrs. Helen Woods, of Oklahoma City,
Okla., Mrs. Edna Glasgow, Spokane, Wash., Mrs. Retha Mitchell, of
Tulsa, Okla., and one brother, Roy Wilson, of Sapulpa, Okla., and
three grandchildren.
Mrs. Nitzsche was always of the
pleasant and courteous type of person, and was ready and willing at all
times to do a good deed or assist a neighbor of friend in time of need.
Her life was mostly of a gentle and retired nature, but her good deeds
were known just the same and those nearest to her will miss her in
everyday life.
(from Jeana host of Wmson Co, IL)