Son of Henry Hoyer & Charlotte Engelbrecht
From the Edwardsville Intelligencer, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, Tuesday, January 4, 1916:
When E.A. Hoyer, of New Douglas, and his wife Mrs. Ustina Hoyer, both became seriously stricken with congestion of the lungs on Christmas Day each expressed the wish that if either of them was called by death the other would also die.
After Mr. Hoyer had passed away at the age of 84, Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock, his wife, aged 79, reiterated her wish that she might also die in order that she might join her husband.
Both were buried in a single grave shortly before noon today after one of the largest and saddest funerals ever witnessed in the eastern part of Madison county.
A most pathetic scene was that funeral. As the mourners filed from the New Douglas cemetery with tear dimmed eyes the dull heartaching thuds of the cold frozen earth upon the tops of two coffins, exactly alike in every particular, marked the passing of two starwart souls which have cleaved to each other, through sickness and in health, for the past fifty-seven years.
Yet it was as both Mr. and Mrs. Hoyer wished. They were together in death as they had been in life and two souls are forever united in that Great Beyond where pain and suffering will be no more.
Two sisters and a brother of Mr. Hoyer, all past the three-quarter of a century mark, were unable to attend the funeral although they lived less than a score of miles away. All suffer from slight ailments which made it imperative that they remain indoors.
The double funeral services was conducted at 10 o'clock a the New Salem Evangelical church. The sermon over both bodies was preached eloquently by Rev. E.W. Westerbeck, pastor of the church.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Hoyer were natives of Germany. Each immigrated to the United States at a very early age, the wife being but 19 when she landed here. Each settled in the vicinity of Marine and it was there they were married fifty-seven years ago.
The couple quietly observed their golden wedding anniversary at New Douglas seven years ago. There was no elaborate celebration, but the relatives and friends of the couple spent a most enjoyable day with them.
In 1882 Mr. and Mrs. Hoyer moved to a farm about three miles south of New Douglas. Mr. Hoyer, of that sturdy Germany stock, which commines industry with keen business discernment, made his profession a profitable one, so much so in fact that when the couple decided to retire some twelve years ago they were able to do so without thought for the material.
While on the farm Mr. Hoyer served as highway commissioner for several terms and was one of the most public spirited men in that vicinity. Shortly after moving to town he was chosen as a member of the village board.
Mr. Hoyer leaves a brother, Henry Hoyer, aged 80, of Marine, and two sisters, Mrs. Ross, 94 and Mrs. Sutter, 75, of Marine, also.
The couple are survived by four sons, all residents of Freeport, La. They are Ewald Hoyer, in the real estate business; Charles Hoyer, manager of a large dairy; Hugo Hoyer, owner of a retail grocery concern, and Gustav Hoyer, also in the retail grocery business.
Hugo and Gustav Hoyer are not partners in the grocery business but they escape rivalry by having stores in different parts of the same town.
There are also three daughters, Mrs. Charles Schirmer, Marine; Mrs. Richard Mueller, Highland and Mrs. Erhardt Latowsky, New Douglas.
The pall bearers were the four sons, all of whom came from Louisiana together and the sons-in-law, Mr. Mueller and Mr. Latowsky.
From the Edwardsville Intelligencer, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, Tuesday, January 4, 1916:
When E.A. Hoyer, of New Douglas, and his wife Mrs. Ustina Hoyer, both became seriously stricken with congestion of the lungs on Christmas Day each expressed the wish that if either of them was called by death the other would also die.
After Mr. Hoyer had passed away at the age of 84, Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock, his wife, aged 79, reiterated her wish that she might also die in order that she might join her husband.
Both were buried in a single grave shortly before noon today after one of the largest and saddest funerals ever witnessed in the eastern part of Madison county.
A most pathetic scene was that funeral. As the mourners filed from the New Douglas cemetery with tear dimmed eyes the dull heartaching thuds of the cold frozen earth upon the tops of two coffins, exactly alike in every particular, marked the passing of two starwart souls which have cleaved to each other, through sickness and in health, for the past fifty-seven years.
Yet it was as both Mr. and Mrs. Hoyer wished. They were together in death as they had been in life and two souls are forever united in that Great Beyond where pain and suffering will be no more.
Two sisters and a brother of Mr. Hoyer, all past the three-quarter of a century mark, were unable to attend the funeral although they lived less than a score of miles away. All suffer from slight ailments which made it imperative that they remain indoors.
The double funeral services was conducted at 10 o'clock a the New Salem Evangelical church. The sermon over both bodies was preached eloquently by Rev. E.W. Westerbeck, pastor of the church.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Hoyer were natives of Germany. Each immigrated to the United States at a very early age, the wife being but 19 when she landed here. Each settled in the vicinity of Marine and it was there they were married fifty-seven years ago.
The couple quietly observed their golden wedding anniversary at New Douglas seven years ago. There was no elaborate celebration, but the relatives and friends of the couple spent a most enjoyable day with them.
In 1882 Mr. and Mrs. Hoyer moved to a farm about three miles south of New Douglas. Mr. Hoyer, of that sturdy Germany stock, which commines industry with keen business discernment, made his profession a profitable one, so much so in fact that when the couple decided to retire some twelve years ago they were able to do so without thought for the material.
While on the farm Mr. Hoyer served as highway commissioner for several terms and was one of the most public spirited men in that vicinity. Shortly after moving to town he was chosen as a member of the village board.
Mr. Hoyer leaves a brother, Henry Hoyer, aged 80, of Marine, and two sisters, Mrs. Ross, 94 and Mrs. Sutter, 75, of Marine, also.
The couple are survived by four sons, all residents of Freeport, La. They are Ewald Hoyer, in the real estate business; Charles Hoyer, manager of a large dairy; Hugo Hoyer, owner of a retail grocery concern, and Gustav Hoyer, also in the retail grocery business.
Hugo and Gustav Hoyer are not partners in the grocery business but they escape rivalry by having stores in different parts of the same town.
There are also three daughters, Mrs. Charles Schirmer, Marine; Mrs. Richard Mueller, Highland and Mrs. Erhardt Latowsky, New Douglas.
The pall bearers were the four sons, all of whom came from Louisiana together and the sons-in-law, Mr. Mueller and Mr. Latowsky.
Son of Henry Hoyer & Charlotte Engelbrecht
From the Edwardsville Intelligencer, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, Tuesday, January 4, 1916:
When E.A. Hoyer, of New Douglas, and his wife Mrs. Ustina Hoyer, both became seriously stricken with congestion of the lungs on Christmas Day each expressed the wish that if either of them was called by death the other would also die.
After Mr. Hoyer had passed away at the age of 84, Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock, his wife, aged 79, reiterated her wish that she might also die in order that she might join her husband.
Both were buried in a single grave shortly before noon today after one of the largest and saddest funerals ever witnessed in the eastern part of Madison county.
A most pathetic scene was that funeral. As the mourners filed from the New Douglas cemetery with tear dimmed eyes the dull heartaching thuds of the cold frozen earth upon the tops of two coffins, exactly alike in every particular, marked the passing of two starwart souls which have cleaved to each other, through sickness and in health, for the past fifty-seven years.
Yet it was as both Mr. and Mrs. Hoyer wished. They were together in death as they had been in life and two souls are forever united in that Great Beyond where pain and suffering will be no more.
Two sisters and a brother of Mr. Hoyer, all past the three-quarter of a century mark, were unable to attend the funeral although they lived less than a score of miles away. All suffer from slight ailments which made it imperative that they remain indoors.
The double funeral services was conducted at 10 o'clock a the New Salem Evangelical church. The sermon over both bodies was preached eloquently by Rev. E.W. Westerbeck, pastor of the church.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Hoyer were natives of Germany. Each immigrated to the United States at a very early age, the wife being but 19 when she landed here. Each settled in the vicinity of Marine and it was there they were married fifty-seven years ago.
The couple quietly observed their golden wedding anniversary at New Douglas seven years ago. There was no elaborate celebration, but the relatives and friends of the couple spent a most enjoyable day with them.
In 1882 Mr. and Mrs. Hoyer moved to a farm about three miles south of New Douglas. Mr. Hoyer, of that sturdy Germany stock, which commines industry with keen business discernment, made his profession a profitable one, so much so in fact that when the couple decided to retire some twelve years ago they were able to do so without thought for the material.
While on the farm Mr. Hoyer served as highway commissioner for several terms and was one of the most public spirited men in that vicinity. Shortly after moving to town he was chosen as a member of the village board.
Mr. Hoyer leaves a brother, Henry Hoyer, aged 80, of Marine, and two sisters, Mrs. Ross, 94 and Mrs. Sutter, 75, of Marine, also.
The couple are survived by four sons, all residents of Freeport, La. They are Ewald Hoyer, in the real estate business; Charles Hoyer, manager of a large dairy; Hugo Hoyer, owner of a retail grocery concern, and Gustav Hoyer, also in the retail grocery business.
Hugo and Gustav Hoyer are not partners in the grocery business but they escape rivalry by having stores in different parts of the same town.
There are also three daughters, Mrs. Charles Schirmer, Marine; Mrs. Richard Mueller, Highland and Mrs. Erhardt Latowsky, New Douglas.
The pall bearers were the four sons, all of whom came from Louisiana together and the sons-in-law, Mr. Mueller and Mr. Latowsky.
From the Edwardsville Intelligencer, Edwardsville, Madison County, Illinois, Tuesday, January 4, 1916:
When E.A. Hoyer, of New Douglas, and his wife Mrs. Ustina Hoyer, both became seriously stricken with congestion of the lungs on Christmas Day each expressed the wish that if either of them was called by death the other would also die.
After Mr. Hoyer had passed away at the age of 84, Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock, his wife, aged 79, reiterated her wish that she might also die in order that she might join her husband.
Both were buried in a single grave shortly before noon today after one of the largest and saddest funerals ever witnessed in the eastern part of Madison county.
A most pathetic scene was that funeral. As the mourners filed from the New Douglas cemetery with tear dimmed eyes the dull heartaching thuds of the cold frozen earth upon the tops of two coffins, exactly alike in every particular, marked the passing of two starwart souls which have cleaved to each other, through sickness and in health, for the past fifty-seven years.
Yet it was as both Mr. and Mrs. Hoyer wished. They were together in death as they had been in life and two souls are forever united in that Great Beyond where pain and suffering will be no more.
Two sisters and a brother of Mr. Hoyer, all past the three-quarter of a century mark, were unable to attend the funeral although they lived less than a score of miles away. All suffer from slight ailments which made it imperative that they remain indoors.
The double funeral services was conducted at 10 o'clock a the New Salem Evangelical church. The sermon over both bodies was preached eloquently by Rev. E.W. Westerbeck, pastor of the church.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Hoyer were natives of Germany. Each immigrated to the United States at a very early age, the wife being but 19 when she landed here. Each settled in the vicinity of Marine and it was there they were married fifty-seven years ago.
The couple quietly observed their golden wedding anniversary at New Douglas seven years ago. There was no elaborate celebration, but the relatives and friends of the couple spent a most enjoyable day with them.
In 1882 Mr. and Mrs. Hoyer moved to a farm about three miles south of New Douglas. Mr. Hoyer, of that sturdy Germany stock, which commines industry with keen business discernment, made his profession a profitable one, so much so in fact that when the couple decided to retire some twelve years ago they were able to do so without thought for the material.
While on the farm Mr. Hoyer served as highway commissioner for several terms and was one of the most public spirited men in that vicinity. Shortly after moving to town he was chosen as a member of the village board.
Mr. Hoyer leaves a brother, Henry Hoyer, aged 80, of Marine, and two sisters, Mrs. Ross, 94 and Mrs. Sutter, 75, of Marine, also.
The couple are survived by four sons, all residents of Freeport, La. They are Ewald Hoyer, in the real estate business; Charles Hoyer, manager of a large dairy; Hugo Hoyer, owner of a retail grocery concern, and Gustav Hoyer, also in the retail grocery business.
Hugo and Gustav Hoyer are not partners in the grocery business but they escape rivalry by having stores in different parts of the same town.
There are also three daughters, Mrs. Charles Schirmer, Marine; Mrs. Richard Mueller, Highland and Mrs. Erhardt Latowsky, New Douglas.
The pall bearers were the four sons, all of whom came from Louisiana together and the sons-in-law, Mr. Mueller and Mr. Latowsky.
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