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Subject: Herman Heinrich Olberding, 1911 Obituary
Date: 18 Dec 2005 17:56:03 -0700

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I translated the following obituary from Der Carroll Demokrat, a German-language newspaper published in Carroll, Iowa between about 1874 and 1918. The obituary was originally published on Friday, 6 October 1911. I have added some explanatory notes of my own at the end. It read as follows:

Herman Hein. Olberding

On 25 September, Herman H. Olberding died at the home of his son Herman in Arcadia Township, with the Holy Last Sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church having been administered.

The deceased was born on 12 August 1824 Lehmden, District of Bechta, Oldenburg, and so had at the time of his death passed his 87th year of life.

On 18 January 1849 he married Miss Maria Olberding in the community of Steinfeld. This marriage was blessed with seven children, namely four sons and three daughters, as follows: Bernard, Clemens, Herman and Heinrich; Maria Anna Kaiser; Carolina, Mrs. Joseph Weber; and Josephine, Mrs. John Rehker, all of whom survive their father except Maria A. Kaiser who predeceased her father about two years earlier.

Mr. and Mrs. Olberding immigrated with their children to America in March 1876 and made their way directly to Carroll County. They settled on a farm three miles west of Mt. Carmel, where they lived for four years. Then they moved to their farm in Wheatland Township. Around 1890, the couple moved to Arcadia where they went into retirement. His wife died on 11 January 1898 and thereafter the deceased lived for a few years with his son Heinrich, and later moved in with his son Herman.

The deceased enjoyed good health his entire life until recently when he began to experience the infirmities of old age which led to his death.

With his death, a brave German and good father departs this life, and of whom his children will preserve a cherished memory.

The funeral service was held on 28 September at St. John’s Church in Arcadia, with Father John Schulte conducting the ceremony.

May the deceased rest in peace.

NOTES: The German towns mentioned are in the far northwest corner of Germany. Oldenburg is west of Bremen. Steinfeld (Oldenberg) and Lehmden are south of Oldenburg and northeast of Osnabruck. Bechta probably means Vechta, which is just north of Steinfeld and Lehmden.

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