Wednesday, March 26, 1913
DEATH COMES TO A PIONEER RAPIDS WOMAN
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Mrs. Anna Pleuss Is Dead, After Long Residence Here
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Death claimed Mrs. Ann Pleuss, widow of the late Ernst Pleuss and a pioneer resident of Rapids at the old homestead there last night, decedent being 77 years of age. Mrs. Pleuss died from effects of paralysis which she suffered seven weeks ago.
Decedent was born in Germany May 23, 1835, and came to this country with her parents a girl of 13. Married here, she has always made her residence in the county and was well known. Six of nine children of whom she was mother survive her, Ernst, Henry, Charles and Mrs. George Brown of Rapids, Fredand Henry of this city. Two brothers, Fred and Henry Free, both of Newton, also survive.
Funeral services for Mrs. Pleuss will be held from the late home at Rapids Saturday afternoon at 1.
Wednesday, March 26, 1913
DEATH COMES TO A PIONEER RAPIDS WOMAN
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Mrs. Anna Pleuss Is Dead, After Long Residence Here
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Death claimed Mrs. Ann Pleuss, widow of the late Ernst Pleuss and a pioneer resident of Rapids at the old homestead there last night, decedent being 77 years of age. Mrs. Pleuss died from effects of paralysis which she suffered seven weeks ago.
Decedent was born in Germany May 23, 1835, and came to this country with her parents a girl of 13. Married here, she has always made her residence in the county and was well known. Six of nine children of whom she was mother survive her, Ernst, Henry, Charles and Mrs. George Brown of Rapids, Fredand Henry of this city. Two brothers, Fred and Henry Free, both of Newton, also survive.
Funeral services for Mrs. Pleuss will be held from the late home at Rapids Saturday afternoon at 1.
Family Members
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Friedrich Heinrich Pleuss
1855–1928
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Louis Pleuss
1857–1912
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Friedrich "Ernst" Pleuss
1861–1941
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Maria Pleuss Brown
1864–1939
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Heinrich Friedrich Hermann Pleuss
1867–1933
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Anna Sophia Magdalene Pleuss
1868–1870
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Wilhelmine Friederike Pleuss
1871–1890
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Carl Heinrich August Pleuss
1873–1928
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Hermann Franz Pleuss
1875–1935
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