Obituary

Mrs. H. Gehling Victim of Stroke Suffered Apr. 21

Had Lived in Carroll Co. 49 Years; Leaves 9 Children

  Mrs. Herman Gehling, a resident of Carroll county for 49 years, died a t 10 o'clock Sunday morning at her home, 642 West Second street. She was well fortified with the last sacraments of the church.
  In her illness Mrs. Gehling was cared for by her youngest daughter, Cecilia, a registered nurse. Mrs. Gehling had gradually failed in health the last year and a half. She had been seriously ill since April 21, when she suffered a paralytic stroke.
  The body was taken Sunday evening from the Kircher-Dietrich funeral home to the family home, where it will remain until the rites.
Solemn high mass will be celebrated at the funeral services to be held at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning at Ss. Peter and Paul's church. The officiating clergymen will be Rev. L. Schenkelberg, Rev. H. B. Karhoff and Rev. C. Velmake.
  Burial will be in Ss. Peter and Paul's cemetery and pallbearers will be Joseph Bromert, Herman Pietig, John Pittman, M. M. Nagl, John Heithoff and John Biller.
Obituary
  Mrs. Gehling was born Ella Adelaide Timp on Oct. 30, 1869, at Calmar, Ia. She married Herman Gehling Jan. 24, 1888, at Fort Atkinson, Ia.
  During the first few months of their married life they made their home with Mr. Gehling's mother at Calmar, Iowa. They then moved to a farm one and one-half miles south of Carroll, where they lived until 1923, when they moved to their present home
  On Jan. 24, 1938, Mr. and Mrs. Gehling would have celebrated their golden wedding anniversary.
Mrs. Gehling was the mother of ten children, all of whom are living except Joseph, who died at the age of one and one-half years. She was a loving wife and mother and will be greatly missed by her husband, children, grandchildren and a host of friends.
  Survivors include her husband four sons and five daughters. They are Mrs. William Reiling (Mary), Coon Rapids; Henry Gehling and Theodore Gehling, Carroll; Mrs. Anton Wernimont (Agnes), Storm Lake ; Sister M. Bernadita (Anna), Dedham; Mrs. Clarence Masching (Catherine) and William Gehling, Carroll, and Miss Cecilia Gehling, at home.
  Mrs. Gehling also leaves 42 grandchildren; one great granddaughter; one sister, Mrs. Bernard Gehling of Fowler, Kans., and one brother, William Timp of Calmar, Ia.
(Carroll Daily Herald, Iowa, Monday, May 3, 1937, p. 1)

Mrs. Herman Gehling Buried Tuesday A. M. From Ss. Peter, Paul's

  Solemn requiem high mass, was celebrated at the funeral services for Mrs. Herman Gehling at Ss. Peter and Paul's church Tuesday morning. Rev. L. Schenkelberg was the celebrant of the mass; Rev. J. Scharrer, deacon; Rev. C. Huelshorst of Dedham, sub-deacon, and Rev. H. B. Karhoff, master of ceremonies.
  Burial was in the parish cemetery and active pallbearers were Joseph Bromert, Herman Pietig, John Pittman, M. M. Nagl, John Heithoff and John Biller. Honorary pallbearers were six nurses, Miss Eva Bromert, Miss Leone Stork, Miss Leonilla Greteman, Miss Mildred Vonderhaar, Miss Lucille Ellerbrock and Miss Maxine Wolf.
  Out-of-town relatives at the rites were: Mr. and Mrs. William Timp of Calmar, the former, a brother of Mrs. Gehling; Felix Timp and Anton Hasting, Calmar; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hackfort, sr., Willey; William Hageman, William Hageman, jr., Fred Hageman and Leo Hageman, Willowdale, Kan.; Miss Angeline Timp, Cascade, and Mr. and Mrs. Leo Wendl, Coon Rapids.
(Carroll Daily Herald, Iowa, Wednesday, May 5, 1937, p. 7)