Minonk -
Louis D. Ahlers, 62, died at his home here at 12:15 a.m. Monday, following a lingering illness. He had been an invalid for the last 16 years and had been unable to do any work since he was 25 years old. When he was 11 years old he fell and injured his spine. He apparently recovered and worked on a farm until he was 25 years old and had to quit.
Mr. Ahlers was born July 13, 1868, two and one-half miles northeast of Minonk on the Ahlers homestead. He was confirmed in St. Paul's church n 1885. His parents came to Minonk with the family in 1903. His mother died in 1912 and his father in 1914. Since then he and his sister, Anna, had lived at the family residence together.
Surviving besides his sister Anna are another sister, Mrs.Mary Oncken, and two brothers, R.H. Ahlers of Minonk and D.C. Ahlers of San Jose, Calif.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the residence, with the Rev. Paul Buchmueller, pastor of St. Paul's church, officiating. Pallbearers will be nephews: Walter, Louis, Henry and Robert Oncken, Ed Warneke, and Ben Smith.
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, Tuesday, May 26, 1931, p. 2
Louis D. Ahlers, 62, died at his home here at 12:15 a.m. Monday, following a lingering illness. He had been an invalid for the last 16 years and had been unable to do any work since he was 25 years old. When he was 11 years old he fell and injured his spine. He apparently recovered and worked on a farm until he was 25 years old and had to quit.
Mr. Ahlers was born July 13, 1868, two and one-half miles northeast of Minonk on the Ahlers homestead. He was confirmed in St. Paul's church n 1885. His parents came to Minonk with the family in 1903. His mother died in 1912 and his father in 1914. Since then he and his sister, Anna, had lived at the family residence together.
Surviving besides his sister Anna are another sister, Mrs.Mary Oncken, and two brothers, R.H. Ahlers of Minonk and D.C. Ahlers of San Jose, Calif.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the residence, with the Rev. Paul Buchmueller, pastor of St. Paul's church, officiating. Pallbearers will be nephews: Walter, Louis, Henry and Robert Oncken, Ed Warneke, and Ben Smith.
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, Tuesday, May 26, 1931, p. 2
Minonk -
Louis D. Ahlers, 62, died at his home here at 12:15 a.m. Monday, following a lingering illness. He had been an invalid for the last 16 years and had been unable to do any work since he was 25 years old. When he was 11 years old he fell and injured his spine. He apparently recovered and worked on a farm until he was 25 years old and had to quit.
Mr. Ahlers was born July 13, 1868, two and one-half miles northeast of Minonk on the Ahlers homestead. He was confirmed in St. Paul's church n 1885. His parents came to Minonk with the family in 1903. His mother died in 1912 and his father in 1914. Since then he and his sister, Anna, had lived at the family residence together.
Surviving besides his sister Anna are another sister, Mrs.Mary Oncken, and two brothers, R.H. Ahlers of Minonk and D.C. Ahlers of San Jose, Calif.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the residence, with the Rev. Paul Buchmueller, pastor of St. Paul's church, officiating. Pallbearers will be nephews: Walter, Louis, Henry and Robert Oncken, Ed Warneke, and Ben Smith.
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, Tuesday, May 26, 1931, p. 2
Louis D. Ahlers, 62, died at his home here at 12:15 a.m. Monday, following a lingering illness. He had been an invalid for the last 16 years and had been unable to do any work since he was 25 years old. When he was 11 years old he fell and injured his spine. He apparently recovered and worked on a farm until he was 25 years old and had to quit.
Mr. Ahlers was born July 13, 1868, two and one-half miles northeast of Minonk on the Ahlers homestead. He was confirmed in St. Paul's church n 1885. His parents came to Minonk with the family in 1903. His mother died in 1912 and his father in 1914. Since then he and his sister, Anna, had lived at the family residence together.
Surviving besides his sister Anna are another sister, Mrs.Mary Oncken, and two brothers, R.H. Ahlers of Minonk and D.C. Ahlers of San Jose, Calif.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the residence, with the Rev. Paul Buchmueller, pastor of St. Paul's church, officiating. Pallbearers will be nephews: Walter, Louis, Henry and Robert Oncken, Ed Warneke, and Ben Smith.
The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Illinois, Tuesday, May 26, 1931, p. 2
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