ATTEND SISTER'S FUNERAL

Fred Gewecke and Mr. and Mrs. Will Rippe went to Farman to attend the funeral of their sister, Mrs. Minnie Marie Gewecke Roetter, held from the Methodist church Wednesday, October 3, at 2:30 p. m. with Rev. Otto F. Quaife of Eustis in charge.

The deceased was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gewecke of Ohiowa. She was one of the older of a family of nine. She was born at Crown Point, Ind., October 5, 1871. Death came September 30, 1951 at her home at Farnam. The family first resided on a farm near there.

She had suffered three strokes, the last making her bedfast. Her sister, Mrs. Ella Bahe of Davenport, assisted in her care the last week.

Mr. and Mrs. Roetter were the parents of two, a son, Henry and daughter, Minnie. The son preceded her in death, also a sister, Mrs. Lizzie (Gus) Goodman of Ohiowa and a brother, Henry Gewecke of Concordia, Kas. Left to mourn her departure are her husband Henry, a daughter, Mrs. Albert Smallfoot, and one grandson, a senior in high school, three sisters, Mrs. Henry (Clara) Claussen of Scottsbluff, Mrs. Ella Bahe of Davenport and Mrs. Will (Anna) Rippe, three brothers, Joseph of Schuyler, Adolph of Farnam, the oldest of the family, now 81, and Fred of Ohiowa.

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sieckmann of Davenport also attended the funeral.

Burial was at Farnam.

Mrs. Roetter was known to many Ohiowans, including friends of her youth.

October 1951