CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - OBITUARY OF ELVINA OSWALD ==================================================================== NEGENWEB 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 reproduced 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. This file was contributed for use in the NEGenWeb Archives by Carol Tramp Permission granted by: Rob Dump, Editor, Cedar County News ====================================================================== CEDAR COUNTY NEWS OCT 14, 1930 MRS. ANTON OSWALD IS BURIED TODAY PIONEER WOMAN DIES IN HOSPITAL AFTER ILLNESS OF MORE THAN A YEAR After an illness of more than a year and confinement in the Sacred Heart Hospital at Yankton for four months, Mrs. Anton Oswald of Wynot died at the hospital Sunday night at the age of 76 years. Mrs. Oswald was a pioneer resident of the county, coming to Cedar county the year after the big flood and settling in St. James. Had she lived but five months longer she and her husband would have celebrated their golden marriage anniversary. Funeral services were held at Wynot Tuesday noon from Our Savior’s Lutheran Church with Rev. Robert L. Falk officiating. Interment was made in the Wynot cemetery. Mrs. Oswald, formerly Elvina Steckerd, was born June 18, 1854 in Schmorda, Germany and was married March 14, 1881 at Punchun, Germany. The couple sailed for America in April of the following year and then came immediately to Cedar County. Mrs. Oswald is survived by her husband, three children, Miss Emma Oswald of Omaha, Mrs. H.J. Sonneman of Wynot, and Edwin Oswald of Bloomfield. She also leaves four grandchildren, and several brothers and sisters in Germany. Mrs. Oswald was taken ill with a chronic lung ailment over a year ago. In June her condition became so serious, that she was taken to the hospital where she failed to rally from her sickness. A large crowd attended the funeral of Mrs. Oswald who was known in the community as a pioneer mother of the county. Out-of-town relatives present at the funeral were Miss Emma Oswald of Omaha, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Oswald and family of Bloomfield, Mr. T.J. Tullis and Elmer Jenny of Hartington, Mrs. Ina Wood and Mrs. Louise Nissen of Vermillion.