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Obituaries
August LEVENHAGEN - from LaPorte Herald Argus, Feb. 3, 1962
August LEVENHAGEN, 83, of 411 K Street, died at 11:20 p.m. yesterday at his
home after a one year illness. He was born April 18, 1878 in Mecklenberg,
Germany, to Carl and Johanna (Dietloff) Levenhagen and had lived in LaPorte
most of his life coming here from Chicago. Mr. Levenhagen was a retired State
Highway employe. (sp) He was married June 12, 1902 in LaPorte to Frieda
Eggebrecht who survives. He is a member of the St. John's Lutheran church.
Surviving are his wife; three sons, Arthur and Edward, both of LaPorte, and
Lorenz, Vincennes, Ind.; one daughter, Mrs. Gilmore Danert, LaPorte; 13
grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Twin daughters, one son, six
sisters and three brothers preceded him in death. Funeral services will be held
at 2 p.m. Monday at the Otto E. Giese Funeral home with the Rev. Manfred E.
Reinke officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Lutheran cemetery. Friends may
calll at the Giese Funeral home rom tomorrow and until the time of services.
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Frieda (Eggebrecht) Levenhagen Obituary- LaPorte Herald Argus 4
December 1969 Frieda (Eggebrecht) Levenhagen, 86, of 411 K Street, died at 3:10
p.m. Wednesday at E Street Division hospital after a month's illness. Mrs.
Levenhagen was born in Mecklenberg, Germany, on Oct. 13, 1883. She lived here
most of her life, coming from Chicago. She was married in LaPorte on June 12,
1902 to August Levenhagen, who died Feb. 2, 1962. She was a member of the St.
John's Lutheran church and its Ladies Aid society. Surviving are three sons,
Arthur and Edward Levenhagen, LaPorte, and Lorenzo, Vincennes; one daughter,
Mrs. Gilmore (Dorothea) Dankert, LaPorte; 13 grandchildren and 18
great-grandchildren. Twin daughters, one son, one brother and one sister
preceded her in death. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at
the Otto E. Giese Funeral home, the Rev. Edward A. Meyer officiating. Burial
will be in St. John's Lutheran cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home
Friday noon and until the time of services.
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Andrew Miller -from Michigan City News Dispatch, Aug. 19, 1953
Andrew Miller, LaPorte, Ind. Funeral services for Andrew Miller, 66, 1106
Wright Ave., who died Monday, will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the Haverstock
Funeral Chapel with the Rev. M.E. Reinke officiating. Burial will be in St.
John's Lutheran Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until the hour
of service. The son of Frederick and Wilhelmina Miller, the deceased was born
Feb. 12, 1887, in Germany. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Martin Vollrath,
LaPorte; a grandson, and a brother, William, Michigan City.
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Carl Miller - from LaPorte Herald Argus, Aug. 11, 1945 MILLER
FUNERAL Funeral services for Carl Miller, 51, Scipio Township, who died
suddenly yesterday morning, will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
Haverstock Funeral home, with the Rev. Victor P. Frohne officiating. The son of
Frederick and Wilhelmina Miller, he was born in Chicago on Feb. 14, 1894 and
had lived in LaPorte practically all his life. Surviving are two brothers,
Andrew Miller of LaPorte and William of Michigan City. Burial will be in St.
John's Lutheran cemetery. Friends may call from this evening and until time of
services on Monday.
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FRIEDERICK MILLER - from LaPorte Herald Argus, Mar. 23, 1926 -
FRIEDERICK MILLER, age 79, of 401 C Street, died at his home this morning at
7:15 after an illness of several years with Bright's disease. He was born March
25, 1846, in Darlinghausen, Hanover, Germany, and came to this country in
1866.He was united in marriage in 1870 in LaPorte to Louise Lange, who survives
him. Mr. Miller was a member of the St. John's Lutheran church.Surviving
besides his wife are Herman Miller of LaPorte, a son; Mrs. William Ebert and
Mrs. Paul Hilgendorf, both of LaPorte, daughters, and one brother, Herman
Miller of LaPorte. Four grandchildren also survive.Private funeral services
will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the home, the Rev. Paul
Eickstaedt officiating. Burial will be in the St. John's Lutheran cemetery,
L.A. Decker in charge. The remains may be viewed tomorrow afternoon and
evening.*****(Note: not mine, maybe will help someone else)
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John Miller - from LaPorte Daily Argus Bulletin, Jan. 11, 1909 -
John Miller died yesterday morning at his home, 401 G. Street, after a
lingering illness with tubercuosis. The deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick Miller and was born September 15, 1882, in Mecklenburg, Germany.
Besides his parents he leaves three brothers, Andrew, William and Charles
Miller. The funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
at St. John's Lutheran church, Rev. Paul Eickstaedt officiating. The interment
will be at the Lutheran cemetery with Weir & Sievert in charge.
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by: Sandy Haywood - HAYWARD99@webtv.net
DEATH OF JOHN PAULIS - LaPorte Herald-Argus, June 4, 1906 - Passed Away at Ripe Old Age Last Night "The death of John Paulis occurred last evening at 5 o'clock, the cause of death being cancer. He was born in Germany 80 years ago and had resided in this city for the last fifty years. He leaves three children, Mrs. Louisa Wrase and Henry Paulis, of this city, and John Paulis, of South Bend, two sisters, one residing in Germany and the other in South Bend, 19 grandchildren and two great grand-children. He was a member of St. John's Lutheran church. The remains were taken to the home of Mrs. Wrase, 206 Madison Street, where funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Rev. Paul Eickstaedt will officiate, and the burial will be at the Lutheran cemetery. Weir and Sievert are the funeral directors."
Siegert, Julius The LaPorte
Daily Argus, Monday, June 16, 1924, p. 2
JULIUS SIEGERT PASSES TO HIS
REWARD - Prominent Educator Dies At His Home At The Age Of 77 Years
A long, busy and eventful life came to a close Saturday
afternoon when Professor Julius G. Siegert, widely known and much-beloved
educator, passed from life to death. Mr. Siegert fell asleep at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Zimmerman. Death followed an illness of but a few days, though
the period of failing health had its inception at the beginning of the year.
His condition became serious last Thursday night when it was apparent that the
sands of life were ebbing and that the inevitable end was near at hand. No
death in the large membership of St. John's parish has brought more universal
expressions of sorrow than the passing of this truly good man. He filled a very
large place in the educational activities of LaPorte for more than a half
centruy and today he is mourned in no unusual degree by the Alma Mater of St.
John's schoool. No task was too difficult for him to undertake, no duty which
went undischarged, no responsibility in which he did not bear his part
cheerfully and with ability which made his life work conspicuous for genuine
services to his fellows.
Mr. Siegert is survived by six
children, five daughters, Mrs. George Ulrich, Mrs. Charles Middledorf, Mrs.
Christopher Borman, Mrs. Henry Paul, and Mrs. Fred Zimmerman, and one son, Paul
Siegert. A number of grandchildren also mourn with those who are in the shadow
of bereavement. The funeral services will be held at St. John's church Tuesday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. Paul Eickstaedt officiating, with interment in
the Lutheran cemetery. The teachers of St. John's school will act as
pallbearers. E. E. Ebbert is the director.
Julius Siegert was
born in the city of Breslau, Prussia, February 2, 1847, but had lived in
America since early boyhood. His father, Samuel G. Siegert, was born in the
same city. The elder Siegert was liberally educated and became an educator. He
began teaching in young manhood and taught in Germany until 1854. He then
brought his family to America and was on the ocean thirteen weeks battling with
the waves before landing at New York City. From there the father went to
Buffalo, N. Y., and was a teacher in the parochial schools several years. Later
he moved to Des Peres, Mo., and was connected with the parochial schools of
that community until his death at the advanced age of 78 years. He married
Susanna Schultz, who died in Germany. She was the mother of three children,
Julius G., Charles, a resident of Chicago, and Mary, who married A. Levine of
Chicago.
Julius G. Siegert attended parochial schools taught by
his father and later took the normal course in Concordia college at Fort Wayne.
While he was an attendant there the college was moved to Addison, Ill. He
graduated in 1867 and his first assignment of duty was as a teacher in St.
John's parochial school in LaPorte, where he continued his labors until his
retirment several years ago. Mr. Siegert was married in 1869 to Miss Louisa
Fenker. She was born in Cincinnati, daughter of Henry and Sophie Fenker, both
natives of Germany. Mrs. Siegert died in August, 1910.
Mr.
Siegert's long record as a teacher in St. John's school was marked by a
fidelity to duty almost without precedent. During a period of 54 years Mr.
Siegert was absent from his work for only one-half day. During the passing of
the years which marked his educational career in LaPorte fitting recognition
was frequently given his work by the congregation in the form of anniversary
celebrations, all of which testified to the love and esteem in which Professor
Siegrt was held.
The life of Mr. Siegert was an exemplification
of those things which ennoble and enrich life. His religion was his solace in
the last days of his life, a faith which he lived, and which bore fruition as
the years came and went with their ever increasing train of memories. Today,
with his life work at an end, he sleeps well.
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Siegert, Mrs. Julius - From the La
Porte Daily Argus-Bulletin Saturday, July 30, 1910 p.5
Death
brought the life of Mrs. Louis Siegert, wife of Prof. Julius Siegert, to a
close last night, the transition taking place at 11:40 o'clock. Mrs. Siegert
had been ill since January, and her condition was extrememly critical for
several weeks. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fenker and was born in
Halem, Germany, in 1849. Since 1867 she resided in this city, and her marriage
to Mr. Siegert was solemnized in 1869. She was an ideal wife and mother, living
an exemplary Christian life. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran church and
the Ladies' Aid society, finding in these organizations many opportunities for
assistance to others which her unselfishness prompted. Surviving Mrs. Sigert
are her husband and six children, Mrs. Middledorf, Mrs. Borman, Mrs. Ulrich,
Mrs. Paul, Mrs. Zimmerman and Paul Siegert.
The funeral
services will be held Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at St. John's Lutheran
church, with Rev. Paul Eickstaedt officiating. The interment will take place at
the Lutheran cemetery. Deckers are the funeral directors.
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Kathy Abram at kjabram@lcp2.net
Dorothea (Berend) Tanger - Obituary - LaPorte Newspaper 30 April
1894
" - Mrs. Tanger who resides south of town died Saturday morning from
the effects of a paralytic stroke. She was 77 years of age. The funeral was
held this afternoon Rev. Geo. Link officiating."
GENEALOGICAL RECORD - DOROTHEA ELIZABETH MARIE BEREND (JOACHIM
FRIEDRICH2, HANS HINRICH1) was born 5 January 1814 in Hanshagen,
Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany, and died 28 April 1894 in LaPorte, LaPorte, IN.
She married ANDREAS CHRISTOPH TANGER Abt. 1839 in Germany. Children of DOROTHEA
BEREND and ANDREAS TANGER are: ELIZABETH DOROTHEA SOPHIA TANGER, b. 10 November
1840, Beidendorf, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany; d. 19 December 1918, 508
Linwood Street-LaPorte, LaPorte, IN. WILHELM(WILLIAM) JOHANN HEINRICHTANGER, b.
25 June 1854, Neindorf, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany; d. 4 October 1933, Holy
Family Hospital-LaPorte, LaPorte, IN. HEINRICH(HENRY)JOHANN FRIEDRICH FERDINAND
TANGER, b. 25 January 1857, Neindorf, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany; d. 19 June
1912, 218 Pine Lake Avenue-LaPorte, LaPorte, IN
Philip Tanger - Obituary - Michigan City News Dispatch…20 January 1991 Philip Tanger "Philip Tanger, 67, of 603 Waverly Road, LaPorte, died at 9 p.m. Friday (Jan. 18, 1991) at St. Anthony's Hospital. Tanger was a member of the LaPorte County Council from 1967 to 1978, and was on the LaPorte Economic Development Commission from 1970 to 1980. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. John's Lutheran Church in LaPorte. Burial will be in St. John Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be at 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. tomorrow at the Cutler Funeral Home and from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Tuesday at the church, where Mr. Tanger was a member. Mr. Tanger was born May 1, 1923 in LaPorte, where he lived all his life. He was married Jan. 11, 1947 in LaPorte to Charlotte Iselman, who survives. Also surviving is a daughter, Claudia Wood, Lake Station, Ind.; a son, John Tanger, Hobart; a sister Sara O'Bannon, Carmel, Ind., and nine grandchildren. Mr. Tanger was an estimator-engineer and office manager for Koontz-Wagner Electrical in Michigan City. Before that, he worked for Boyd E. Phelps in Michigan City. Mr. Tanger was a graduate of Purdue University and a veteran of World War II. He was a trustee and chairman of the congregation of St. John's Lutheran Church and served at the synodical level. He was also a chapter manager of the National Electrical Contractors Association. Memorials may be made to St. John's Lutheran Church."
MRS. SOPHIE TANGER "Mrs. Sophia Tanger, 80, died at her home on
Garden Street at 11:30 last night following an illness of one week. Death was
due to a paralytic stroke. The daughter of Fred and Minnie Yahnka, she was born
in Germany on August 14, 1863 and came here from Germany at the age of 18
years. On Dec. 6, 1883 in LaPorte, she was married to William Tanger who
preceded her in death. She was a member of the St. Johns' Lutheran Church.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Hattie Spier, Mrs. Minnie Zahrt, both at
home; Mrs. Laura Mueller, LaPorte; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren,
nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2
o'clock at the Haverstock chapel with the Rev. M. E. Reinke officiating. Burial
will be in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery. Friends may call at 2 o'clock Tuesday
at the chapel and until time of funeral." - Obituary LaPorte Herald-Argus 27
September 1943
submitted by Jeffrey Holtz - jholtz@ssqi.com
William Tanger, age 78, of Garden Street, passed away at 5 a.m.
today at the Holy Family Hospital after an illness of one week with a
complication of diseases. Mr. Tanger was born in Niendorf, Germany, on June 25,
1854. He came to this country 62 years ago with his mother, brother, and a
sister. He was a gardener here. On Dec. 6, 1883, he married Sophie Yahnke in
LaPorte. He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church. Surviving are his
widow; three daughters, Mrs. Hattie Spier, Mrs. Mamie Zahrt and Mrs. Laura
Mueller, all of LaPorte; one sister-in-law Mrs. Louise Tanger of LaPorte; six
grandchildren, and a number of nephews and nieces. One brother and sister
preceded him in death. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 Saturday afternoon
at the home on Garden Street. The Rev. M.E. Reinke will officiate and burial
will be in St. John's Cemetery with O.M. Haverstock in charge. The body may be
viewed after 7 p.m. Thursday and until the time of the funeral Saturday. -
Obituary LaPorte Herald-Argus 4 October 1933
submitted by Jeffrey Holtz -
jholtz@ssqi.com
Mrs. Mathilda Ulrich - La
Porte Herald-Argus Thursday, July 30, 1970, p.4 Mrs. Mathilda Ulrich, 93, 1403
Second street, died Wednesday at 11:15 pm at the residence of her daughter,
Mrs. Pauline Wangerow. She had been in failing health for several years. She
was born in LaPorte April 23, 1877, to Julius and Louise (Fenker) Siegert and
had lived in LaPorte her entire life. She was married June 15, 1899 in LaPorte
to George F. J. Ulrich, who preceded her in death March 12, 1944. She was a
member of St. John's Lutheran church and the Ladies Aid. Surviving are one son,
Ronald Gene Ulrich, LaPorte; six daughters, Mrs. Paul Tanger, Mrs. George Watt,
Mrs. Fred Berker, Mrs. Edward Haferkamp and Mrs. Pauline Wangerow, all of
LaPorte, also Mrs. Wilburn McClelland, New Carlisle; one sister, Mrs. Lydia
Paul, St. Paul, Minn; 19 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren. Two sons and
one daughter preceded her in death.
Funeral services will be
held Friday at 1:30 pm at the Otto E. Geise Funeral home, the Rev. Edward A.
Meyer officiating. Burial will be in St. Joh's Lutheran cemetery. Friends may
call at the funeral home tonight and until the hour of the
services.
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Mrs. Bertha Weidner, age 76, of 702 C Street passed away at her home at 10:55 last night, after an illness of two years. Mrs. Weidner suffered two strokes shortly before her death. She was born in Europe on Sept. 16, 1859, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hesly. She came to this country as a child with her parents and had lived in LaPorte for the past 40 or 50 years. Her husband, Joseph Weidner, preceeded her in death a number of years ago. Surviving are one brother, Daniel Hesly of Chicago and four grandchildren, one of whom, Forrest Jerndt, resides here. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 Sunday afternoon at the home. The Rev. Manfred E. Reinke will officiate and burial will be in St. John's Lutheran cemetery with O.M. Haverstock in charge. this was January 10, 1936 - Contributed by: Deryl Ilisa Bennett
Obituary-Alfred Wrase…LaPorte Herald-Argus,
7/15/1919…Tuberculosis claimed another victim yesterday, when Alfred
Wrase, 23 years old, discharged from the army because of the disease, died at
his home, 411 Grove Street, at 4 o'clock. Wrase enlisted at Fort Thomas,
Kentucky, Nov. 26, 1917, and served with the 237th and 245th Aerial Squadrons
at Fort Bayard, New Mexico. He spent the last six months of his period in the
service in the army hospital, having contacted Tuberculosis after his
enlistment. He was discharged because of the disease on Nov. 22, 1918, and had
to send home for money to pay for his fare to La Porte. After arriving home,
Wrase made several ineffectual attempts to obtain his back pay, $60 bonus, and
traveling allowance. His case was brought to the attention of the local Red
Cross office, which took up the matter and got his money for him. Sometime
later, also through the Red Cross, Wrase filed claim for compensation for total
disability and also for insurance. Pension was also asked for his mother. These
have been hanging fire several months, as the government machinery is slow.
Wrase is survived by his mother, Louisa Paulus Wrase; four brothers, Walter,
George, Fred, and Freeman; and three sisters, Edith, May, and Bertha. His
father has been dead for some years. Weir & Ebbert have charge of funeral
arrangements.
Alfred Wrase…LaPorte Herald-Argus,
7/17/1919…With three shots in the last salute to a dead comrade, taps was
sounded over the grave of Alfred Wrase, who died Monday at his home, 411 Grove
Street, as the returned soldier was laid to rest yesterday afternoon, with full
military honors by Gray Post, of the American Legion. The funeral of Alfred
Wrase was held yesterday afternoon at 2:30 from his home. Corporal Harry Hulz,
of the American Legion, conducted the military burial, heading a firing squad
of six men. Two brothers of the dead soldier, one a marine and the other a
sailor, headed the pallbearers, all of whom were servicemen. In all, seventeen
uniformed soldiers, and the sailor & marine, were present at the services,
in addition to the immediate family and friends of the boy. The colors were not
carried but draped around the casket. Interment was made in St. John's Lutheran
cemetery.
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"The friends of August F.W. Wrase, residing at 206 Madison Street, were pained yesterday to learn of his death, which occurred at noon at his home, after an illness of more than two years, five months of which time he had been confined to his bed. For 22 years Mr. Wrase had been connected with the Lakeshore railroad and during much of that time he held a position as section foreman, being considered one of the best on the entire system. August Frederick Wilhelm Wrase was born in Germany Aug. 4, 1852, and came to America in 1870, landing at the port of New York, April 18. All of the time since then, with the exception of a few months, he had made his home in LaPorte and by those who new him he was highly respected. He was a quiet man, never aggressive, but a good citizen. He was a man in whom President Roosevelt would have gloried, for he was an exemplification of the fact that race suicide is unknown here, having been the father of 13 children, ten of whom survive. The deceased leaves to mourn his departure the sorrowing wife and the following children: Walter Wrase of Whiting, and George, Nellie, Fred, Ida, Mary, Alfred, Frances, Bertha and Freeman Wrase of LaPorte. He is also survived by his mother, Mrs. Gertrude Wrase of Chicago, and the following brothers and sisters: Herman Wrase of Mishawaka, William and Charles Wrase of Chicago, Fred Wrase of South Dakota, and Mrs. Lena Dolf, Mrs. Louis Gerkes and Mrs. Emil Homann of Chicago. The deceased was a member of St. John's German Lutheran church and also of the Benevolent society of that church. The funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at St. John's Lutheran church, Rev. Paul Eickstaedt officiating. The burial will take place at the Lutheran cemetery with Weir, Sievert, & Henrys in charge." - LaPorte Herald-Argus, 18 January 1904
Frances Elizabeth Wrase died on the operating table at the Holy
Family hospital at 11:30 o'clock this forenoon, where she was taken for an
operation to remove a goiter. The funeral will be Wednesday afternoon at the
German Lutheran church, Weir, Sievert, & Petering in charge. The deceased
was born Oct. 27, 1894, in La Porte, the daughter of G. F. W. and Louise Wrase.
The father died 8 years ago. The survivors are the mother, 5 brothers, Walter,
George, Fred, Alfred, and Fremont, and three sisters, Matie, Edith, &
Bertha. All survivors reside here with the exception of Miss Edith Wrase,
living in Janesville, Wis." Obituary 2 December 1912 LaPorte Herald-Argus
Submitted by Jeffrey Holtz 26 November 2001
Mrs. Anna Zimmerman La Porte
Herald-Argus Saturday, January 17, 1970 p.3
Funeral services
for Mrs. Anna Zimmerman, 85, of 1102 North Temple, Indianapolis, who died at
5:30 pm Thursday at Community hospital in Indianapolis, will be held at 2 pm
Monday at Cutler Brothers Funeral home. The Rev. Edward A. Meyer will
officiate. Burial will be in St. John's Lutheran cemetery. Friends may call at
the funeral home Sunday noon and until time of services. Mrs. Zimmerman was
born in LaPorte on Dec. 7, 1884 to Julius and Louise (Fenker) Siegert. She was
married in 1905 to Frederick Zimmerman who died April 3, 1953. She lived here
all her life until she went to Indianapolis five years ago to reside with the
Rev. and Mrs. Delmar Krueger. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran church.
Surviving are two sons, Ralph L. and Edgar J., both of LaPorte, six
grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Mathilda Ulrich,
LaPorte, and Mrs. Lydia Paul, St. Paul, Minn; two sons, Frederick and Emmett,
two sisters, two brothers and one granddaughter preceded her in death.
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