Roselle Woman, Ill Two Weeks, Taken By Death
Mrs. Peter Friedman Dies Thanksgiving: Day; Funeral on Monday
Roselle (Special) - Mrs. Peter Friedman, a resident of Carroll
county for more than 50 years, died yesterday morning a t 4:30 in her
home here. She had been suffering with diabetes for some time and
recently was seized with a stroke of paralysis. For the last two weeks
she had been seriously ill and was in the care of Miss Cecelia Koob, a
registered nurse.
Funeral services will be held Monday morning at 9:30 o'clock in Holy
Angels church where the Rev. Father Louis Anthofer will celebrate
requiem high mass. Burial will be in Holy Angels cemetery.
Margaret Ochsenkehl, daughter of Frank and Barbara Ochsenkehl,
was born in Dubuque county near Dyersville, Aug. 23, 1862, and when 14
years of age moved with her parents to Roselle, where she grew up and
attended school.
She was married to Peter Friedman at Roselle Oct. 24, 1882, and
12 children were born to them. Three sons, Joseph, Nick, Joseph, and one
daughter, Margaret, preceded her in death, as did her parents, a brother
and three sisters.
The children, who with the husband, survive, are Frank Friedman
of Halbur; Matt Friedman and William Friedman , both of Roselle; John
Friedman of Louisville, Ky.; Mrs. Fred Spieker (Louisa) of Petersburg,
Neb.; Mrs. Clarence Fritz (Minnie) of Carroll; Mrs. Ben Salber (Mary) of
Petersburg, Neb., and Sister M. Petrine (Lena) of Remsen. The latter is
a nun of Mount St. Frances convent at Dubuque. Mrs. Friedman also leaves
35 grandchildren.
Mrs. Friedman was a devout Catholic and died well fortified with
the last sacraments of the church. She was a member of the Holy Rosary
society of Holy Angels church.
(Carroll Daily Herald, Iowa, Friday, November 27, 1931, p. 1) |