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IRS. GLISSENDORF ANSWERS SUMMONSIEATII COMES TO RKI.OVKO WOMAN WHILE AT THE HOME OF DAUGHTER AT LA CROSSE. !' I'NERAL THURSDAY AFTERNOON'lo*lded lii Manrlieatcr Mail) Years. Leaves three Daughters one Son, j and Slater and two Brother*.A Mrs. Anna Glissendorf, tor many ‘.•ears a resident of Manchester, passed way at the home of her daughter. Mrs. .eslle Haymond. at La Crosse. WIs., Monday evening. July 12th, 1920. her death being due to a general breaking i down of the physical forces Incident j i to age. Mr. and Mrs Raymond are j | ccompanying the remains to Manches-1 ( ter. and will arrive here this evening.; i Funeral services will be held in the i ’Congregational church. Thursday afternoon. at 2:30. Rev. W. J. Suckow. will have charge of the services. Interment will be made In Oakland cemetery.Anna Mauerman was born near Vienna. Austria. January 24th. 1847. and came to America in 1855. When she was nine years of age her people came to Iowa, and located at Forcsl-vllle, where she grew to womanhood. She was united in marriage with Mr. red Schilling, who passed away in SG5. In 1S67 she was united in marriage with Mr. Fred Glissendorf. For many years Mrs. Glissendorf and her family resided in Manchester, and only last summer, when her strength began to fail, did she leave the old home on Main street and go to Chicago, to make her home with her daughter. Mrs. Anna King.During the past winter Mrs. Glissendorf passed through a critical illness but had sufficiently recovered so as to be able to go the the home of her other daughter. Mrs. Raymond, at La Crosse, About a week ago a marked decline was noted in her condition. and she passed away Monday evening.Mrs. Glissendorf was the mother of seven children, three of whom have proceeded her In death. The children . \ /who mourn for her are: Mrs. Ona; s fecarles, of Poughkeepsie. New York; j t Mrs. Anna King, of Chicago: Mrs. Los- | r lie Ramond, of La Crosse. Wisconsin; [ h and one son. George F. Glissendorf. n of Prairie Township, this counn j ^ Four graud-children. one sister. Mrs. jj Julia Ferguson, of Lamont. Iowa, and two brothers. Frank Mauerman of Bartonville. Illinois; and Edward Mauerman, of Peoria, Illinois, also survive Mrs. Glissendorf.On April 17. 1872. Mrs. Glissendorf united with the first Congregational church of this city. During all of the U-ears she has remained a faithful fnember of the church. She truly aivcd to attend the services and was J.bscnt from the services only when iier strength failed her. Although suffering constantly from an ailment from which, there was no relief, she was always cheerful and happy, 'and never burdened her friends with murmurings about her lot in life. Mrs Glissendorf lived for her family and her church, and in the discharge of he' duties in the home and the church, she wj exemplified in a most beuutiful man- j M ner the principles taught by her Sav-1 jn lor. She was a member of the Womans' Relief Corps, of this city, and was beloved by the ladies of that organization.The death of Mrs. Glissendorf takes from our midst one of the saintly women. one who has played well her part In life. Those who have been attached to her by tender family ties, cen find consolation in the though; that for their loved one death was hut the stepping from this life in that greater life.The sorrow that has come to the children, ami the sister and brothers, is shared by u host of friends in thisFthIIIla
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Manchester Democrat
Manchester, Iowa, US
Wed, Jul 14, 1920
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