OBITUARY: Julian Schoger, 1858-1943, Mitchell County, Iowa




                         Julian Schoger

Julian Schoger died at his home near Osage Friday, April 29, 1943 at the
age of 84 years. He had been in failing health due to his great age for
a long time. Mr. Schoger was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Christian Schoger,
and was born Dec. 21, 1858.

When a child of six he traveled with his parents by covered wagon from
Wisconsin to South Dakota, where the family located near Yankton. After
a year the family came back east as far as Mitchell County. Mr. Schoger
is known to have made at least two subsequent trips by covered wagon to
the Dakotas and back.

However he continued to reside in and near Osage for the remainder of his
life, with the exception of nine years spent in Grand Forks county, N.D.,
where he engaged in business and farming.

In Mitchell County he was chiefly engaged in farming, although for a time
he had an interest in the Meroa store. In 1880 he was united in marriage
with Miss Guri Docken. His wife passed away March 9, 1921. On June 6, 1923,
he was united in marriage to Mrs. Carrie Brenden Olsen.

In 1912, Mr. and Mrs. Schoger moved to Osage, where he continued to reside
until his death.

Mr. Schoger was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church and was a
charter member of the Osage Lutheran church. He was in a true and good
sense a self-made man.

His parents, his first wife, three brothers and a sister preceded him in
death. Surviving is his wife and four stepchildren. The latter are Lawrence
Olsen of Waterloo; Irvin Olsen, and Mrs. Myron Maakestad, of Osage, and
Mrs. Ed Frederickson of Bancroft; also by ten step-grandchildren and four
step-great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at the Champion funeral home and the Osage
Lutheran church on May 2, at 3:00 p.m. and were conducted by the Rev.
T.P. Solem, pastor of the Osage Lutheran church. Internment was in Osagecemetery.



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