CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - OBITUARY OF EMMA STRENZKE ==================================================================== 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 November 20, 1952 RITES HELD FOR NONAGENARIAN EMMA STRENZKE IS BURIED AT WYNOT wynot - Miss Emma Strenzke, 94, Wynot’s only nonagenarian, died Monday evening at Sacred Heart Hospital where she had been the past three weeks after suffering a fall in which she broke her left hip. Funeral services were held this afternoon (Thursday) at 2 o’clock from Bethany Lutheran Church here with Rev. C.M. Grindland officiating. Burial was made in the family lot at Wynot Cemetery under the direction of Smith Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Will Michels, Hubert Heimes, Gus Heimes, George Bowder, Lee Porter, and Marvin Brewer. Emma Strenzke was born at Prairie du Chien, Wis., June 16, 1858. She was the eldest child of August Strenzke who came from Germany and Theresa Riiff Strenzke, who came from France. She came to Cedar county with her parents, who were pioneer settlers, here, in 1876 and she continued to make her home in this community for 80 years. She lived in the same home in St. James until a few years ago when her advanced age made it impossible for her to live alone. Since then she has made her home with her sister, Mrs. Edith Klopping. During her 80 years in the county she saw the present day towns and modern farming communities carved out of raw wilderness. She is survived by her sister, Mrs. Edith Klopping and nephew, Dr. Harry Archibald Nissen of Boston, Mass., and several cousins. A brother, Theodore Strenzke, and a sister, Albertine Strenzke, died within a month of each other in February and March of 1943. Another sister, Mrs. Louise Nissen, died in December of 1951.