Loveland, Colorado
Jacob Stroh, pioneer resident of the Johnstown-Milliken area, died Saturday at Longmont Community hospital at the age of 75.
He was born Dec. 12, 1888, at Frank, Saratov, Volga, Russia, to Carl and Marie Dorothea Stroh, and came to the United States with his parents in 1891, when they went to Denver. In 1903, he again moved to the Johnstown-Milliken area, and began farming there in 1911. He and Charlotte Uhrich of Loveland were married Feb. 8, 1915. They farmed most of their married life west of Milliken and retired in 1949 when they moved to Johnstown.
The deceased was a cattle feeder and farmer. He was a member of numerous farm organization boards; vice president of Joor Tank Mfg. Co, Inc. of Escondido, Calif.; and a member of the Chamber of Commerce of Escondido, the EUB church, Order of Eastern Star and Johnstown Lodge 140, A.F. and A.M., the Colorado Consistory No. 1 and El Jebel Temple.
Survivors include his wife; four children, Albert Stroh of Johnstown, Charles Stroh and Mrs. Walter Seele of Milliken and William Stroh of Escondido; two brothers, Conrad Stroh of Milliken and Henry Stroh of Johnstown; one sister, Mrs. Tom Norton of Westminster; 10 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Two children, two brothers and one sister preceded him in death.
Services will be held Tuesday, 2 p.m., from the E.U.B. church of Johnstown, with the Rev. Jim Bruening officiating. Interment will be in Linn Grove Cemetery.
Loveland, Colorado
Jacob Stroh, pioneer resident of the Johnstown-Milliken area, died Saturday at Longmont Community hospital at the age of 75.
He was born Dec. 12, 1888, at Frank, Saratov, Volga, Russia, to Carl and Marie Dorothea Stroh, and came to the United States with his parents in 1891, when they went to Denver. In 1903, he again moved to the Johnstown-Milliken area, and began farming there in 1911. He and Charlotte Uhrich of Loveland were married Feb. 8, 1915. They farmed most of their married life west of Milliken and retired in 1949 when they moved to Johnstown.
The deceased was a cattle feeder and farmer. He was a member of numerous farm organization boards; vice president of Joor Tank Mfg. Co, Inc. of Escondido, Calif.; and a member of the Chamber of Commerce of Escondido, the EUB church, Order of Eastern Star and Johnstown Lodge 140, A.F. and A.M., the Colorado Consistory No. 1 and El Jebel Temple.
Survivors include his wife; four children, Albert Stroh of Johnstown, Charles Stroh and Mrs. Walter Seele of Milliken and William Stroh of Escondido; two brothers, Conrad Stroh of Milliken and Henry Stroh of Johnstown; one sister, Mrs. Tom Norton of Westminster; 10 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Two children, two brothers and one sister preceded him in death.
Services will be held Tuesday, 2 p.m., from the E.U.B. church of Johnstown, with the Rev. Jim Bruening officiating. Interment will be in Linn Grove Cemetery.
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