Monday, My 25, 1936
Mrs. Carstens Dies Saturday
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Lifelong Resident of County To Be Buried Wednesday
Mrs. Anna Carstens, 77, widow of Ernst Carstens and life-long resident of the county, died Saturday evening at home of son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rodewald, Manitowoc Rapids.
Since the death of her husband 19 years ago, Mrs. Carstens hes been making her home with her children. Three years ago she sustained a severe heart attack and since then has resided at the Rodewald home.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. from the Rodewald home and at two o'clock from the Lutheran church at Newtonburg. Interment will be in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Carstens, daughter of the late Fred and Anna Wehausen, was born in Liberty in 1859. She married Ernst Wilhelm Carstens in 1880 at the Newtonburg church and they took up their home on farm in Newton. They operated the farm until 1915 when they retired, the farm being taken over by their son, William. Mrs. Carstens was a member of the Lutheran church of Newtonburg.
Survivors are four sons, Herman and Edwin and William, all of Newton, Carl, city; two daughters, Mrs. Louis Rodewald, Manitowoc Rapids, Mrs. Emma Fick, city; a brother, Henry, Liberty; a sister, Mrs. Mary Schnell, Liberty; 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
The body was removed to the Rodewald home this afternoon from the Berge funeral home, Valders.
Monday, My 25, 1936
Mrs. Carstens Dies Saturday
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Lifelong Resident of County To Be Buried Wednesday
Mrs. Anna Carstens, 77, widow of Ernst Carstens and life-long resident of the county, died Saturday evening at home of son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rodewald, Manitowoc Rapids.
Since the death of her husband 19 years ago, Mrs. Carstens hes been making her home with her children. Three years ago she sustained a severe heart attack and since then has resided at the Rodewald home.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. from the Rodewald home and at two o'clock from the Lutheran church at Newtonburg. Interment will be in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Carstens, daughter of the late Fred and Anna Wehausen, was born in Liberty in 1859. She married Ernst Wilhelm Carstens in 1880 at the Newtonburg church and they took up their home on farm in Newton. They operated the farm until 1915 when they retired, the farm being taken over by their son, William. Mrs. Carstens was a member of the Lutheran church of Newtonburg.
Survivors are four sons, Herman and Edwin and William, all of Newton, Carl, city; two daughters, Mrs. Louis Rodewald, Manitowoc Rapids, Mrs. Emma Fick, city; a brother, Henry, Liberty; a sister, Mrs. Mary Schnell, Liberty; 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
The body was removed to the Rodewald home this afternoon from the Berge funeral home, Valders.
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