This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1959
Page
1
The Elgin Echo Dial is issued weekly on Thursdays by Hermen and Bartunek. It notes it is entered as second class mail matter Sept 1, 1891 at Elgin post office under the 1852 act. The paper serves Elgin, Fayette County, Iowa.
Adolph L Benson 62 a stock raiser and singer died Sunday morning in a Prairie du Chien hospital after a month with a malignant liver ailment. Born in Highland township he served in World War I then studied voice in Sweden and New York. He sang with Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Co in Chicago for a decade before returning to Elkader to run Benson stock farm and sing locally. Survived by wife a sister and two brothers. Services were held Tuesday afternoon in Highland Lutheran Church.
Fred Burrow born in Elgin on March 28 1888 died January 2 at Postville Hospital after a heart ailment over seven weeks. He was 70. He farmed in Elgin and retired to live there. On May 6 1914 he married Cornelia Lehman, they had three children LeRoy Lois LaVern (deceased). He joined First Baptist Church November 19 1907 and worshipped over 50 years. Survived by wife Cornelia two children LeRoy Burrow Janesville Wisconsin and Mrs Frank Loving Bettendorf six grandchildren and siblings William August Albert Clermont John Postville Mrs Charles Fritz Hawkeye Mrs Dave Erhardt Waukon plus nieces and nephews. Funeral January 5 2:00 PM at First Baptist Church with Rev Eldon G Schroeder officiating. Burial Elgin Cemetery. Pallbearers named. Funeral arrangements by Muehltalers.
Mrs Bertha Kohls born in Germany on December 15 1871 died December 27 1958 at age 87 after immigrating with her husband to the United States. The couple settled for much of their life in the Wadena and Elgin communities.
The obituary notes a lifelong member of the First Baptist Church who was baptized on Christmas Day 1844 under Rev Haack. She attended Sunday school faithfully and supported Gospel ministry. She and her husband had four sons Frank Hawkeye Anton Evansdale Richard Elgin Elmer Clermont. Survived by 11 grandchildren 10 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Services held at 2:00 pm Monday December 26 with Rev Eldon G Schroeder officiating. Interment in Elgin cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Blockhus and Otis and Gary Blockhus of Elgin hosted relatives from West Union for Tuesday dinner in the Kenneth Ruroden Sven Blockhus home. New Year events included visits by the Robbins and Ogle families and many others. Card of Thanks from Albert Schupbach. various New Year’s greetings and dinners noted among Elgin residents. A long list of calls, dinners, and visitors at multiple homes, with several funeral attendance mentions for Earl Meyer in Des Moines.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.