Obituary:  Herman Carl Gnotke, 1 Nov 1918, Taylor Co., Wisconsin

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Submitted:          21 Jul 1998
By:                 Janice K. Gifford
E-mail:             jangif@execpc.com

Source:  The Rib Lake Herald, Friday, November 1, 1918

                            KILLED IN A RUNAWAY

    Herman Carl Gnotke, a pioneer resident of the town of Rib Lake, had a
runaway last Friday afternoon while returning home from his village and
died the next morning at one o'clock from his injuries.

    He was born in Germany in 1859, the 11th of October, and came to
American in 1884.  He has lived in Rib Lake for 34 years.  A wife and 11
children survive him--Frank, Herman, Carl, Emil, William, Meta, Annie,
Matilda, Albert, Mrs. Fred Fravert and Mrs. Otto Schalow of Pipestone,
Minn.  Herman was last heard from somewhere in England.  Carl is somewhere
in France and Emil is at Jacksonville, Fla. all in the army.

    Frank Gnotke, who lives at Lake City, Minn., and Mr. and Mrs. Otto
Schalow, Pipestone, Minn., came to attend the funeral which was held
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the house, Rev. A. P. Sitz
officiating.  Interment was made in the village cemetery.  The pall
bearers were Carl Kalk, Berthold Hein, Ernst Gerstberger, John Burzlaff,
Herman Hanke and Werner Radtke.

    The family has the heartfelt sympathy of this community in their
loss.