Champaign-McLean County IL Archives Obituaries.....Kuhn, Joseph December 28, 1915
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The Pantagraph Bloomington, Illinois
Joseph Kuhn Dies

Veteran Clothing Merchant of Champaign 
Expires of Apoplexy

Champaign-Dec.28-(Special)-Joseph Kuhn, 
one of the pioneer clothing merchants of 
Champaign died suddenly of apoplexy late 
last night. The deceased was the oldest 
clothing merchant and had been in business 
here since 1865. He was born in Germany in 
1837 and left when 16 years old, after 
seeing an officer in the German army kick 
a private. He served in the confederate 
army for 2 years. Mr. Kuhn wedded in 1865 
Miss Lena Loeb,of Louisville, Ky.  She 
died about seven years ago in Florida, 
where Mr. and Mrs. Kuhn were sojourning 
for the benefits of her health.
Of the children born to them, the 
following survive: Isaac Kuhn of this 
city: Arthur Kuhn, a fruit rancher of 
Mosier, Ore.: Mrs. Sarah Kaufman, of 
Fargo, N.D.: Rudolph Kuhn, a traveling 
representative of the Clothcraft Company 
of Cleveland, O., who is now in Santa 
Barbara, Cal., en route to Hawaii: Mrs. 
Charles Wolfe and Mrs. Rosetta Victor, 
both residing at the home of their father,  
 309 West University avenue, and Leon Kuhn 
, a merchant at Watseka.

Since the death of his wife Mr. Kuhn had 
failed rapidly. 


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