Obituary of Helena Angline Brueggen BANGE, Madison County, Illinois This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Sharon Inman Edwardsville Intelligencer, Edwardsville, IL. Helena Angline Brueggen. OLD RESIDENT DEAD MRS. HENRY BANGE PASSED THE FOUR SCORE MARK Had resided in this locality nearly sixty years. The funeral of Mrs. Helen Angela Bange, wife of Henry Bange, two of the very old residents of Edwardsville, will be held Friday morning at 9 o'clock from St. Boniface Catholic church. Services will be conducted by Rev. J. D. Metzler and burial will be made at St. Boniface Catholic cemetery. Mrs. Bange died Monday night at 11:35 o'clock after an illness of only five days. She became ill with pneumonia and with her advanced age her heart failed, being the primary cause of death. Mrs. Bange was born in Hanover, Germany, on February 10, 1837, and was 80 years, 9 months, and 16 days old at the time of her death. She had lived in the vicinity of Edwardsville for nearly sixty years. She was a member of a family of eight children which came to this country in 1858. The family stopped in St. Louis a short time and then went to Florissant, MO, to live. She was married on March 1, 1859, and the young couple located on a farm in Hamel township a short time afterwards. They continued their residence there, where he followed farming, until seventeen years ago, when they retired and have since lived at 243 Hillsboro road. Her husband observed his 90th birthday anniversary on September 8, and although on his way in the century mark is bearing up under the strain. The couple observed their golden wedding anniversary in 1909 with a big celebration. Mrs. Bange was a member of the St. Boniface church and the Altar Society, and in her younger days was active in work of the the church and society. She was the mother of eight children, three of whom have died. The children are Mrs. Fred C. Sido, of St. Louis; Joseph Bange, of Salisbury, MO; Mrs. Lena Epping, of Granite City; Mrs. Frank McCormick, who recently came to Edwardsville from St. Louis, and Frank Bange of Hamel. There are twenty-three grandchildren and five great grandchildren. A sister and brother also survive. They are; Mrs. Katherine Abeln, 75 years old and Bernhard Brueggen, 70 years old, both of Salisbury. The children and sister and brother are here for the funeral. ***************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproducd in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. ***************************************************************** Contributed by: Sharon Inman