Obituary: Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Susan Steiner ************************************************************************ Submitted by Kathy Grace, February 2005 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ Winneconne Local November 22, 1917 p.1 Grandma Steiner is Dead An Old and Highly Respected Citizen Passes on to Her Eternal Home Miss Susan Wisemuller was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Wisemuller. She was born at Wiemes, Switzerland, April 1, 1834. She was married to Franz Carl Steiner at Utica, N.Y., Nov. 6, 1854. They came to Wisconsin in the year 1861, and settled on the farm in 1864, which was her home until the time of her death. Mr. and Mrs. Steiner were confirmed in the Lutheran Church in Switzerland when children and united with the Baptist Church in Winneconne in 1871. Seven children were born, Caroline, Christ, David, Frank, Susie, Rose and Freddie. Three children and the husband preceded her in death. The surviving children are: Mrs. E.H. Washburn of Rhinelander, Wis., David J. of Beach, N.C., Mrs. D.C. Meyer, Hathiway, Mont., and Frank C. of Winneconne. Other near relatives are one brother, Christ Wisemuller, thirteen grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Mrs. Steiner died very suddenly of heart failure on Tuesday morning, Nov. 13. Grandma Steiner (she was Grandma Steiner to all who knew her) is dead! This was the shocking message that was flashed from home to home on Tuesday morning. The community for miles around is bowed in grief and justly so, for a friend and neighbor, a noble character, a life which for more than half a century has been a source of helpfulness, a distributer of sunshine in our midst has left us. We are impoverished by her going, heaven is enriched. The Winneconne-Omro road will never be quite the same. There is a vacancy there that never can be filled. How the traveler will miss the sunny greeting as he passes along the road and the transient the urgent invitation to dine no matter what hour of the day or night he entered the home. How the sorrowing one will miss the tender embrace and sympathetic tear, and the discouraged one the encouraging hopeful words, and how we shall all miss the sunny smile and loving disposition. The most beautiful and expressive words spoken about Jesus were spoken by Peter when he said, "He went about doing good. Her Christian faith was simple but as firm as the Rock of Ages. To her God was real- just as real as though he had lived with her in person: Jesus Christ was her personal Savior, a heavenly home was a reality. She had come to the end of life's journey. Her body was worn and weary and of times beset with pain. She was eager for the great adventure. Her departure was what she had wished it to be, no suffering, no painful delay, but found at her daily tasks "She was not, for God took her." How applicable are the words of Sam Walter Foss: "Let me live in my house by the side of the road Where the race of men go by; They are good, they are bad, they are weak, they are strong, Wise, foolish- so am I. Then why should I sit in the scorner's bench Or hurl the cynic's ban? Let me live in my house by the side of the road And be a friend to man. Fifty automobiles were in the funeral procession from the home of F.C. Steiner on Saturday. The occupants met together to express their sympathy to the family in the loss of the mother, Mrs. Susan Steiner. The pallbearers were Chas. Grossman, Roy Angel, E.D. Pingry, Artie Pingry, Henry Halder and Major Ashby. Among the many floral offerings was a large design given by the members of the County board, a number of whom were present at the services at the church, where 200 people listened to the pastor, Rev. F. G. Codd. His text, "She hath done what she could." The out of town relatives were: Mrs. E.H. Washburn, Rhinelander, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. D.J. Steiner, Beach, N. Dak.; Mrs. D.C. Moyer, Hathiway, Mont.; Mrs. Grace Mathison, Mt. Horeb, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Miller and Miss Delia Miller of Neenah, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Miller and one son Arthur, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller and son Claire, and Mrs. Lawrence Goggins, all of Oshkosh, Wis.; Mr. Forest Shepherdson of Shiocton, Wis.