Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Ritzville this week, conducted by Rev. Russell Eylander, for John Sauer, 68, Adams county pioneer who died last Saturday at his home here. Burial was at Lind.
Mr. Sauer was born Jan. 9, 1873, near Kulm, Russia. In 1898 he was married to Lydia Schultz and came to the United States that year. The couple lived in North Dakota for a year and then came to Adams county in 1899, where he has since farmed until four years ago when he moved to Ritzville.
Mr. Sauer's first wife died in 1920 and later he married Mrs. Dorothea Erdman. Besides his widow, he is survived by seven children, Mrs. Laontina Roth of Lind; Rudolph Sauer of Ritzville; Emil of Lind; Mrs. Elsie Erdman of Valley; Mrs. Ida Erdman of Valley; Julius of Lamont; Mrs. Ruth Nickelson of Springdale; two brothers, David of Ritzville and Christ of Kolb Russia; a sister, Salome of Kolb Russia and six step-children.
Ritzville Journal Times, May 14, 1941. Sue Gardner and gapwork90
Mr. Sauer was born Jan. 9, 1873, near Kulm, Russia. In 1898 he was married to Lydia Schultz and came to the United States that year. The couple lived in North Dakota for a year and then came to Adams county in 1899, where he has since farmed until four years ago when he moved to Ritzville.
Mr. Sauer's first wife died in 1920 and later he married Mrs. Dorothea Erdman. Besides his widow, he is survived by seven children, Mrs. Laontina Roth of Lind; Rudolph Sauer of Ritzville; Emil of Lind; Mrs. Elsie Erdman of Valley; Mrs. Ida Erdman of Valley; Julius of Lamont; Mrs. Ruth Nickelson of Springdale; two brothers, David of Ritzville and Christ of Kolb Russia; a sister, Salome of Kolb Russia and six step-children.
Ritzville Journal Times, May 14, 1941. Sue Gardner and gapwork90
Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Ritzville this week, conducted by Rev. Russell Eylander, for John Sauer, 68, Adams county pioneer who died last Saturday at his home here. Burial was at Lind.
Mr. Sauer was born Jan. 9, 1873, near Kulm, Russia. In 1898 he was married to Lydia Schultz and came to the United States that year. The couple lived in North Dakota for a year and then came to Adams county in 1899, where he has since farmed until four years ago when he moved to Ritzville.
Mr. Sauer's first wife died in 1920 and later he married Mrs. Dorothea Erdman. Besides his widow, he is survived by seven children, Mrs. Laontina Roth of Lind; Rudolph Sauer of Ritzville; Emil of Lind; Mrs. Elsie Erdman of Valley; Mrs. Ida Erdman of Valley; Julius of Lamont; Mrs. Ruth Nickelson of Springdale; two brothers, David of Ritzville and Christ of Kolb Russia; a sister, Salome of Kolb Russia and six step-children.
Ritzville Journal Times, May 14, 1941. Sue Gardner and gapwork90
Mr. Sauer was born Jan. 9, 1873, near Kulm, Russia. In 1898 he was married to Lydia Schultz and came to the United States that year. The couple lived in North Dakota for a year and then came to Adams county in 1899, where he has since farmed until four years ago when he moved to Ritzville.
Mr. Sauer's first wife died in 1920 and later he married Mrs. Dorothea Erdman. Besides his widow, he is survived by seven children, Mrs. Laontina Roth of Lind; Rudolph Sauer of Ritzville; Emil of Lind; Mrs. Elsie Erdman of Valley; Mrs. Ida Erdman of Valley; Julius of Lamont; Mrs. Ruth Nickelson of Springdale; two brothers, David of Ritzville and Christ of Kolb Russia; a sister, Salome of Kolb Russia and six step-children.
Ritzville Journal Times, May 14, 1941. Sue Gardner and gapwork90
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