LUEDTKE, Mrs. Wilhelmine (b.1829 d.1912), Sibley Co., MN ========================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. FileFormat by Terri--MNArchives Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Dwight Grabitske Submitted: ========================================================================= Arlington Enterprise Thursday 16 May 1912 OBITUARY Mrs. Wilhelmine Luedtke Mrs. Wilhelmina Luedtke died at the home of her son, Paul Luedtke in New Auburn town last Saturday after a long illness. She attained the age of 82 years, 7 months and 5 days. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the First Evangelical Lutheran church in this city, Rev. E. Kolbe, resident pastor, officiating. The remains were laid to rest in Mount Alburn cemetery. The deceased was born in West Prussia, Germany, Sept. 29, 1829. In 1846 she married Fred P. Luedtke, who died in 1899. They came to Canada from their native land in 1858, and after residing there a short time removed to the United States and lived for short periods in Pennsylvania and Ohio. They came to Minnesota fifty years ago and the deceased has lived in the neighborhood in which she died during the greater part of that time. She is survived by a family of five. A tribute to her worth, was the large cortage of friends and neighbors at the last sad rites. - Glencoe Enterprise. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -