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Obituary.nr Ot r tlofaofbtVfMDtl.UIfIS!■ft/^Mra. Meta Sophia Auguste Maximilian Bunge—nee Kruger— ilkd ut the home ox her oldest son, Rev. Paul J. Bunge, in Lincoln township, Sioux county, Iowa,ut 6:20 p. m. on the 23rd of March 1912.'‘wjff this day she had been up and well took part in the dinner in usual health and while sitting in a rocking chair in the sitting room, the action of the heart suddenly stopped, the beating of the pulse ceased instantly and life was j Ji gone. The doctor was called at once j hi but stated that there was nothing that f tl could be done. The dear mother had quickly been called to her reward.Though she was suffering some . from heart trouble and was constantly taking medicine ior her heart, she did not complain any that day and her death waa a great shock for the children* especially to the ones with whom she was staying, She was 05 years, 10 months -and■12 days old.The deceased waa born in W|fin, Mecklenburg* Germany, on the litb os May. IS4K She was the youngest daughter of the state officer, Ludwig jn ' Kruger and lisa wife Henny^nee Frege,In 1867 she wm married to Rev. Fred -rick Bunge, pastor atftibniU* Mfceklem berg. To this union ten children wereMborii whom two are dead, I ft 1S80 3 fie became a widow and in 1S9S she moved to the United States, where tit her sons wore already living. She lived with her married children after haying j a ^ i first had an own home with the younger *children In Wgverly, Iowa, Most ot the time she lived with her olttelt son* payt, tjrat in O'lltien county, then in Davenport and at fitar Huh, Iowa, The funeral was held; at tfift pastor-ate* then hi the church of St. PauPsEvangeMftl Lutheran dohf^gfttlon. interment wa? made in'Paul”Evangelical Lutheran cei^et^ry in IMcoin township, Sioux comity* ' lava. Rev. W, Baetke, of Bydern Im4\ s* his funeral sermon text* Revel, 7, 13kt7 R#v*.R-Sauarbr^y, of Sheldon, ilaiu:■inbiu11Aat*v£j0fr=isItitg1ar.n'esrid’ . ■*- . T . T . 1 V r ^ ^ I' -• • • _ r% •••■ ^ • • ■ aThose present from abroad ware her ]1children. Rev. John 0. Bunge and Rev. Richard H. Bunge, both of Wisconsin, Rev. Gerhard Bunge, of South Dakota, Mrs. Rev. J. Monlehand her daughter,Elise, of Minnesota, Rev. J Herbt,wife and two smallest childrenr of Yet-ter, Iowa, her grandchildren, Fredrick Bunge, of Wsrlburg College, Clinton, Iowa, and Elizabeth Bunge, of Martin Luther Academy, Sterling, Nebraska. Besides these she is survived by her sons, Professor Martin Bunge, of Mil-* waukee, Rev. Walter Bunge, of Cleveland* Ohio, and a son-in-law. Rev. John Krumeatroh, of McCracken, Kansas, a brother, Gustav, and. a sister Hennv Kruger, both in Germany.May she rest in peace through Jesus Christ, and in the coming resurrectionof the dead may she be reunited with all her children, whom she so - affectionately loved and tried-so hard to makegood Christians of* Peaeeto herashes, joy to her soulj Safe inthe arms of Jesus, safe on his gentle breast,Thereby his love overshaded sweetly my soulshall rest.To .all those who. so kindly .tried to assist us in our great .sorrow, we wish to extend our deepest thankfulness. May the good Lord bless them for theirkind deed—The children of Mrs, M,■ . ■■ —Bunge.
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Hull, Iowa, US
Fri, Apr 05, 1912
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