Obit for John Krittenbrink - Kingfisher County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Barbara Clayton OklahomaClaytons@aol.com Return to Kingfisher County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/kingfisher/kingfisher.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== Source: THE OKARCHE TIMES, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, Friday, January 10, 1913 OBITUARY - JOHN KRITTENBRINK John KRITTENBRINK died at the home of his son Edd, at Okarche, Okla., on Christmas morning, at 9 o'clock, aged 70 years and 5 months, after an illness of several months with a stroke of paralysis. The funeral services were conducted in the Catholic church at Okarche, Saturday morning, Dec. 28, by Rev. Father STEBER, and the remains were taken to Pond Creek on the morning train, and then to the Catholic church where Rev. HALL preached a beautiful sermon, and the body was laid to rest in the Catholic cemetery south of Pond Creek. John KRITTENBRINK was born at Provience Wesfalen, Germany, July 25, 1842. He came to this country in 1860, and located at West Point, Iowa, but moving from there to Jefferson, Okla., in 1900, and resided on his farm about 7 years. He was married to Mary WIETER, of West Point, Iowa, Oct. 10, 1876. To this union 9 children were born, 5 boys and 4 girls, 8 of whom survive him, as follows: Theodore, of Jefferson, George, of Pond Creek, Edd, Frank and Willie and Mrs. Anna SCHULTE of Okarche, Mrs. Sadie BURGESS of Oklahoma City, and Mrs. Minnie KUBIK of Pond Creek. Deceased served in the civil war, but never drew any pension.