Obit of Mrs. Hannah SLOUGH (b.1845 d.1912), Sibley Co., MN

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Arlington Enterprise
Thursday 1 August 1912

Mrs. Hannah Slough Dead
Burned to Death in Home of 
Son-in-law, Wm. Rodeck at Deerwood.
     Mrs. Hannah Slough, relict of the late Wm. Slough
of this place, met a sad and tragic fate when the 
residence of her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Rodeck of Deerwood, with whom she has been
making her home since she left Arlington, was destroyed
by fire Tuesday afternoon and she perished in the flames.
     How the fire started is a mystery, as no one was at
home at the time except Mrs. Slough and a small child,
which crept from the house a few minutes before it
burned.  Mr. Rodeck says that he and his son went away
to work in the morning, as usual, and that there was no
fire in the house after breakfast, as the rest of the family
had a cold lunch for dinner.  Mrs. Rodeck and one of
the children went out to pick berries in the afternoon,
leaving the oldest girl with the two youngest children at
home with their grandma.
     The latter took a nap about two o’clock and one of
the children also went to sleep.  The girl then took the
other child in the baby carriage and went down the
road.  While she was gone the fire broke out and the
fatallity occurred.
     The remains were brought to Arlington Thursday
evening and buried in the Lutheran cemetery beside her
husband Friday noon.  Rev. Eyrich of New Rome officiated
and held services in both English and German at the 
City Hall.  Mrs. B. A. Shadlinger of New Auburn sang.
     Mrs. Hannah Slough, nee Langguth, was born in
Germany April 18, 1845, and came to America in 1864. 
She was married to William Slough in 1866 and ten
children were born to them, of whom seven survive, viz:
Mrs. Minnie Rodeck, of Deerwood; Thomas, of New
Auburn; Henry, of Minneapolis; Chas., of Heron Lake;
and George; Mrs. Anna Kohlhoff and Mrs. Emma
Sommers of South Dakota.  Her husband died five years
ago.
     Deceased was a good wife and mother and a kind
neighbor and friend, and although in late years she
became infirm and feeble, she was well taken care of by
her daughter and family.  Her unnatural death, while
greatly to be deplored, could not be prevented by mortal
hands.  She was called by The Maker in His Own way
and for His Own good purpose, to rest in peace forever
more.
     The bereaved children have the sympathy of all in
their affliction.
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