Obituary

  William J. Pietig, 58, Route 2, Carroll, died of a heart ailment at St. Anthony hospital at 4:40 p. m. yesterday. He had been in poor health about a year. After being in the hospital seven or eight weeks, Mr. Pietig had returned to his home one and one-half miles west of Lidderdale, but had re-entered the hospital last Saturday after being home only a week.
  Funeral services will be at 9 a. m. Saturday at Holy Family church, Lidderdale, with the Rev. Fr. Laurence Schoeppner offering the requiem mass. Burial will be in the parish cemetery.
  The body is resting at the Sharp Funeral home, where the rosary will be prayed at 8 o'clock tonight and Friday. The Rev. Fr. Schoeppner will lead the prayers both evenings.
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  Mr. Pietig, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Pietig, was born on a farm southeast of Carroll November 2, 1889. He was married January 29, 1913, to Rose Kerkhoff at Sacred Heart church, Templeton, by the Rev. Fr. Tennisie.
  The couple located on the home farm southeast of Carroll, living there until they move in 1934 to their farm west of Lidderdale, which is the present home.
  Mr. Pietig leaves his wife, seven children and 12 grandchildren.
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  The children are: Mrs. Louis Tigges (Angie), Glidden; Mrs. Cyril Brinker (Lucille), Breda; Wayne J., Dedham; Raymond H., Omaha, Franklin W., Dedham; William, jr., and Edward, at home.
  Also surviving are one brother, Fred Pietig, Carroll; three sisters, Mrs. Henry Dultmeier (Elizabeth), Templeton, Mrs. John Smith (Veronica), Carroll. Three sisters and two brothers preceded him in death.
  Mr. Pietig belonged to Holy Family church and the Holy Name society of the parish.
(The Daily Times Herald, Carroll, Iowa, Thursday, May 27, 1948, p. 1)