Obituary: Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Fredericka Wilhelmina (Reinhardt) ERNST ************************************************************************ Submitted by Kathy Grace, July 2004 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ Daily Northwestern July 20, 1891 Did Not Avert IT Mrs. Ernst's Death Yesterday Her Leg Was Amputated for Blood Poisoning, but She Died in a Few Hours. Fredericka Wilhelmina Ernst, wife Conrad Ernst, died suddenly yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Ernst was afflicted with an ingrowing to nail last May and late that month the toe was amputated. Grangrene [sic] set in and a week ago another operation was performed on her foot to remedy this. It did not stop the blood poisoning, however, and the doctors concluded that it was necessary to amputate her leg to save her life. About ten o'clock yesterday morning she was placed under the influence of ether for the operation and her leg was amputated just below the knee. Mrs. Ernst did not regain entire consciousness after the operation. She was in a semi- conscious state until nearly three o'clock in the afternoon when she passed away. She remained conscious of what was going on about her, but she was unable to speak. Mrs. Ernst was born in Russbach an der Saala, Mumaburg, province of Saxony, Oct. 26, 1829, so that she was nearly sixty-two years old. She came to this country with her parents in April, 1850, and on July 4, of the same year, she reached Oshkosh. She was married to Conrad Ernst Feb. 26, 1851. She was the mother of twelve children. Four died in their infancy. Two, Mrs. Herman Derksen and E.H.K. Ernst, passed away recently. Her husband and six children survive her. All live in Oshkosh. They are, Mrs. W.G. Bauer, Richard Ernst, Oscar Ernst, Mrs. H.C. Rolentz, Miss Amanda Ernst and Mrs. W.J. Roache. Her only other relatives here are her sister, Mrs. Marin, and her brother, Gottfried Reinhardt, of Nekimi. Mrs. Ernst was one of the early residents of Oshkosh. Her husband opened the first meat market in this city, and he has kept it at the same place for forty years. Mrs. Ernst was a woman who had many friends, and she had a wide acquaintance, not only in Oshkosh, but throughout the surrounding country. She was a woman of admirable traits, and her family has the deepest sympathy in the grief of her shocking death. It is a remarkable fact that she wrote out the essential facts of her biography several years ago. The funeral will be held at two o'clock Wednesday afternoon from her home, on Main street. Rev. E.H. Smith is expected to come from Chicago to conduct the services.