Obit for Mrs. Emma (KNEES) MECKLENBURG (b.1865 d.1950) Brown Co., MN

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New Ulm Journal - November 22, 1950
MILFORD PIONEER DIES SUDDENLY
    Mrs. Emma Mecklenburg, 85, resident of Milford township for many 
years, died suddenly at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the old family home there.
   Coroner G.F. Reineke and Deputy Sheriff Louis Adam, Jr., were called 
to the Mecklenburg home.  The coroner said death was due to an acute 
heart attack.
   Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the Mecklenburg 
home in Milford township.  These will be followed by services at the 
Friedens church in New Ulm.  Burial will be in the City cemetery.  
The body will be at the Mecklenburg home in Milford township Friday 
afternoon and evening and until the time of the funeral services Saturday.
   Emma Knees, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Knees, was born 
in Milford township March 25,1865, and was married to Daniel Mecklenburg 
in the New Ulm Lutheran church May 5, 1885.  Mr. and Mrs. Mecklenburg 
took up their residence on the farm in Milford township and that was the 
home since.  He died in 1931.
   Mrs. Mecklenburg is survived by seven children: Alex, New Ulm; John, 
Milford township; Arthur, New Ulm; Emil, Essig; Mrs. Edward (Esther) 
Lambrecht, Essig; Miss Alma Mecklenburg, Essig and Mrs. Ernst (Mamie) 
Schultz, New Ulm.  One son died in infancy, and two sons, Alfred and 
Harry, were casualties of World War 1. One daughter, Mrs. Arthur (Lillian)
Lambrecht, died in 1943.  There are 15 grandchildren and eight great 
grandchildren.