RIO BLANCO COLORADO - OBIT: STREHLKE, Julius L. (d. 1904) *********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. *********************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Brian Strehlke Arrowman@surfnetusa.com March 19, 1999 *********************************************************************** Julius L. Strehlke, Obituary Posted by Brian Strehlke on Fri, 19 Mar 1999 Surnames: Strehlke A Good Citizen Passed Away While the death of Julius Strehlke was not unexpected, owing to his rapidly failing health during the past six months or more, it was nevertheless a shock to the community. Supposing his aliment to be diabetes -about two weeks ago Mr. Strehlke left for Pueblo to enter the Clark Magnetic Mineral Springs Sanitarium hoping that he would receive some benefit, if not a cure there; but he continued to grow weaker and returned home on Sunday night. Dr. French was at once called in and diagnosed his case as chronic Brights disease, and informed his family that there was no hope for him surviving many days. Accordingly distant members of the family were summoned. With that fortitude which he resigned himself to the inevitable and surrounded by his wife, sons Albert, Louis and Charles, (his second son Fred, being the only member of the family absent) and devoted friends and neighbors, peacefully passed away at a quarter to ten o'clock Tuesday morning. The funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon from St James church. The church was packed with friends of the deceased, and in addition to the impressive burial service, Rev. Galway delivered an appropriate and beautiful address. The pall bearers--Otto Metzger, Robert Metzger, H. S. Harp, E. P. Wilbur, Thomas Kilduff and Frank Harker--were all friends and neighbor ranchmen of the departed. The largest funeral procession ever seen in this valley followed the remains to their last resting place in Highland cemetery, and as mark of respect and showing in what esteem deceased was held in this town, every business house was closed during the funeral services and hours of internment. Julius Strehlke was born in Dantzic, Germany, April 14, 1837, and was therefore in the sixty-eighth years of his age at the time of his death. He came to this country in about '60 or '61; first going to the Lake Superior mining region and later started for the Pike's Peak country. Being a first class blacksmith and wagon maker, for some time he had charge of horshoeing and other work for Ben Holiday stage company. Later he went to Central City where he went into the grocery business which he conducted successfully until going to Leadville in '78 where he resided until coming to the White River valley in July, 1885. As everyone in the valley knows, Mr. Strehlke went into ranching and cattle raising and at the time of his death was the owner (considering its extent in acres) of the finest ranch property in the country. Deceased was a man of quiet unassuming character; yet of convictions, which he always maintained in his quiet but genial way. Honesty and straightforward dealings with his fellowmen were the chief characteristics of his life. Full of years and good works he passed away. Peace to his ashes. Published in the Meeker newspaper, May 1904.