MRS. FERDINAND DEETZ ;
RECEIVES HER FINAL CALL
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Mrs. Ferdinand Deetz of Jackson
street was called to her final rest early
Friday morning, July 6, after an ill¬
ness that extended over many months."
Last year she was taken with an at¬
tack of asthma of the heart, but she!-
was gradually recovering from that'
trouble when dropsy set in and she
gradually grew weaker until the end.
The funeral was held Sunday after¬
noon at Trinity Lutheran church, of
which she was a, member, her pastor,
Rev. Bliss, conducting the services,
• with burial in Union cemetery. The
! funeral was largely attended.
Mrs. Ferdinand Deetz, nee Augusta
Bredlau, was born in Germany October
25, 1859. There she was baptized and
confirmed and there also she was mar¬
ried to Ferdinand Bredlau in 1878.
This union was blessed with ten chil¬
dren, four having been born while
they were still in4 Germany. In 1885
they emigrated to America and spent
all their life after that in Elmore.
Four of their children preceded her in
death, three in infancy and Otto about
two years ago.
She leaves to mourn a bereaved hus¬
band, who is practically helpless; four
sons, Ferdinand of Chicago, William
living east of town, Henry C. in El¬
more, and Fred at home; one daugh¬
ter, Mrs. George Dalling, near Toledo;
nine, grandchildren, one sister, Mrs.
Leonard Horner of Elmore, and a host
of friends. These all will remember
her active interest in their behalf and
how well she deserved the commenda¬
tion of "well done, good and faithful
servant," at the close of her 63 years
8 months and 11 days on earth,
