OLD PIONEER CALLED
;,,: TO HIS LAST REST.
'l7_ ' nrt
Frederick VVm. Barkau passed
jet way at the country home ot ins
(daughter, Mrs. John .Benriiig
last Friday noon, May 26, kit the
age oi fcio years, '6 months and
iz days. Deceased was born
bept. it, IhUo in Hanover, Ger¬
many. V\ Jien only two years
oM, he with his parents' immi¬
grated to this country, living lor
live years at Ikriialo, N. V.., later
moving to Uhio. Hawing lived
in our community during tne past
seventy-six years, Mr. JJarkliau
may truly be numbered as one
of Ottawa County's pioneers.
During this time be has built up
a good farm and has established
himself in the esteem of the en-|
tire community. lie was con-!
firmed at the" Lutheran Church;
;it WoodviHc. In the year 1861
was united in'marriage to Clara]
Eliza Strausmier. Four daugh- ]
,ters blessed this union. The]
death of his wife oecured three'
.■years ago. Since that time he
[made his home with bis daugh-
! tcr Mrs. John Behring, where
[after an illness of ten weeks he
passed away last Friday noon.
. The funeral was held Monday
'afternoon, May 26, at' the St.
John's Evangelical Church ot
which he bad been an active
member for the past fifty years.
The services were conducted by
Rev. Soell. Burial t in Union
cemetery.
He is survived by a brother,
John Rarkhau, and one sister,
Mrs. Mary .Sanders; four (laugh¬
ters, Mrs. John Behring. Mrs.
■Carl Kletzkv of Youngstown,
'.p., "Mrs. Chas. Weis, of Clyde,
,ind Mrs. Louis Stein of Wood-
vil.se; fourteen grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren and
'hosts of other friends.
