Lake County IL Archives Obituaries.....Lerche, Fredricka (Friedrich) September 24, 1918
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Waukegan Daily Sun - September 26, 1918
SHE CHOSE HYMNS TO BE SUNG AT HER FUNERAL SERVICE

Mrs. Lerche Who Died This Week Long Ago Made All Plans For Her Burial


Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Senft, 310 
Lincoln avenue, occurred the death of Mrs. Fredricka Lerche, nee Friedrich.  In 
her, another of Waukegan's pioneers passed away.  Coming to Waukegan in the 
1880's, she with her husband and daughter lived at the old Hunter place on the 
north side.  Later they bought land on lower Market street, owning part of the 
property on which the Warner Sugar Refinery was built.  August Lerche, the 
husband, died six years ago.

For a year Mrs. Lerche had been ailing, but due to her advanced age no real 
relief could be gotten.  She throughly was prepared for death, that in her 
directions to the family concerning her burial she chose her pallbearers and 
even the hymns from the hymnbook which are to be sung at the funeral.  For many 
years she was a member of the Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran church and of the 
Ladies' Aid Society there.

Born in Lobstaedt, Saxony, Germany, Jan. 18, 1838, she came to this country in 
1879, first settling in Chicago, but soon coming to Waukegan where she has since 
resided.

Funeral Friday from the house at 1:30, thense to the Evangelical Lutheran 
church. Interment in the family lot, Oakwood.



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Buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois

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