Obit for Emilie Mathilda (nee:OTTO) HELLER, (b.1854 d.1938), Posen Township, 
Yellow Medicine Co., MN
(Abstract of Article)

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Taken from the front page of the Thursday, November 10, 1938 
issue of  THE WOOD LAKE NEWS 

Emilie Mathilda Heller Passed Away November 2

Heart Attacks Cause Death of Pioneer Lady Aged almost 84 Years

Emilie Mathilda Heller
Born: December 2, 1854 (nee Otto), Wilhelmsort, Bromberg, Germany
Baptized and Confirmed: Lutheran faith, Pastor C. Walter
Married: April 1879 
Spouse: Herman Heller (d.Oct.19, 1915)(nine children)
Immigrated: 1883 to America
Homestead: Posen township
Members: St. Luke's Lutheran Church (January 1884 to 1891)
         St. Johns church of Wood
Fall of 1914: due to ill health of Mr. Heller the family moved to Wood Lake
Residence at time of death: Mr and Mrs. J. G. Nelson
Cause of Death: Heart Attack (
(Last Tuesday she attended the funeral services for William Kirschbaum) 
Preceded in death by: Husband
                      Infant Daughter
                      Daughter
                      Son
Survived by: sons: Max, Wood Lake
                   Oscar, Pal Alto, CA
        daughters: Martha, Mrs. J.G. Nelson, Wood Lake
                   Marie, Mrs Clyde Polley, Sentinel Butte, ND
                   Anna, Mrs. Fred Franzen, Rapid City, SD
                   Alma, Mrs. Gerhad Fossen, Clarkfield
           sister: Mrs. Gustave Kaatz, Sisseton, SD
        seventeen grandchildren
        six great-grandchildren
        many other relatives and friends
Age at death: 83 years, 10 months, 29 days
Funeral services: Saturday afternoon, St. John's Lutheran church
Burial: church cemetery
Officiating: Rev. Traub

(Taken from Local News of the same paper)

Attending the funeral of Mrs. Emilie Heller from a distance:
Elmer Frank, Walker, SD
Mr. And Mrs Walter Becker and family, Heron Lake, MN
Mr. and Mrs. Toivo Elo, Minneapolis, MN
Mr. And Mrs. Clyde Polley and daughter Ella, Sentinel Butte, ND
Mrs Fred Franzen, Rapid City, SD
Mr. And Mrs. Gustav Kaatz, Claire City, SD
Mr and Mrs. Arthur Kaatz, Claire City, SD
Mr. Gustav Kaatz Jr., Claire City, SD
Mr. And Mrs. Aug. Otto, Claire City, SD
Mrs Ted Fossum, Claire City, SD
Mrs. Emil Kaatz, New Effington, ND
Mr. And Mrs. L. H. Redetzke, Echo
Rev. and Mrs. Feurstnau, Boyd
Mrs and Mrs. J. P. Nelson, Olivia
Mr. and Mrs. Gerhard Fossen and family, Clarkfield
Mr. Walter Lerke, Browns Valley, MN