SUDDEN DEATH OF MRS. RHINEHARDT DUNKE IN CHICAGO
An Esteemed Lady Gone to her Eternal Rest
Mrs. Dunke, the esteemed wife of Mr. Rhinehardt Dunke, of the well-known grocer firm in Berlin, died suddenly Monday afternoon in Chicago, where she had gone to a hospital in that city for treatment a week ago to-day. Mrs. Dunke had been ill for six months and her son Mr. C.B. Dunke, accompanied her to that city. After leaving Berlin nothing was heard from them until Monday morning when Mr. Dunke received a telegram informing him that his wife was rapidly sinking and asking for him to come over at once. A second telegram informed the family of her death. The word of Mrs. Dunke's decease caused sorrow among a wide circle of friends, who respected her very highly for her many kind and neighborly ways. Besides her husband, two sons, Mr. C.B. Dunke, a member of the Town Council and Mr. E.B. Dunke, a member of the grocer firm, and two daughters, Miss Ida and Miss Clara.
Berlin Daily Record 2 Jul 1895
An Esteemed Lady Gone to her Eternal Rest
Mrs. Dunke, the esteemed wife of Mr. Rhinehardt Dunke, of the well-known grocer firm in Berlin, died suddenly Monday afternoon in Chicago, where she had gone to a hospital in that city for treatment a week ago to-day. Mrs. Dunke had been ill for six months and her son Mr. C.B. Dunke, accompanied her to that city. After leaving Berlin nothing was heard from them until Monday morning when Mr. Dunke received a telegram informing him that his wife was rapidly sinking and asking for him to come over at once. A second telegram informed the family of her death. The word of Mrs. Dunke's decease caused sorrow among a wide circle of friends, who respected her very highly for her many kind and neighborly ways. Besides her husband, two sons, Mr. C.B. Dunke, a member of the Town Council and Mr. E.B. Dunke, a member of the grocer firm, and two daughters, Miss Ida and Miss Clara.
Berlin Daily Record 2 Jul 1895
SUDDEN DEATH OF MRS. RHINEHARDT DUNKE IN CHICAGO
An Esteemed Lady Gone to her Eternal Rest
Mrs. Dunke, the esteemed wife of Mr. Rhinehardt Dunke, of the well-known grocer firm in Berlin, died suddenly Monday afternoon in Chicago, where she had gone to a hospital in that city for treatment a week ago to-day. Mrs. Dunke had been ill for six months and her son Mr. C.B. Dunke, accompanied her to that city. After leaving Berlin nothing was heard from them until Monday morning when Mr. Dunke received a telegram informing him that his wife was rapidly sinking and asking for him to come over at once. A second telegram informed the family of her death. The word of Mrs. Dunke's decease caused sorrow among a wide circle of friends, who respected her very highly for her many kind and neighborly ways. Besides her husband, two sons, Mr. C.B. Dunke, a member of the Town Council and Mr. E.B. Dunke, a member of the grocer firm, and two daughters, Miss Ida and Miss Clara.
Berlin Daily Record 2 Jul 1895
An Esteemed Lady Gone to her Eternal Rest
Mrs. Dunke, the esteemed wife of Mr. Rhinehardt Dunke, of the well-known grocer firm in Berlin, died suddenly Monday afternoon in Chicago, where she had gone to a hospital in that city for treatment a week ago to-day. Mrs. Dunke had been ill for six months and her son Mr. C.B. Dunke, accompanied her to that city. After leaving Berlin nothing was heard from them until Monday morning when Mr. Dunke received a telegram informing him that his wife was rapidly sinking and asking for him to come over at once. A second telegram informed the family of her death. The word of Mrs. Dunke's decease caused sorrow among a wide circle of friends, who respected her very highly for her many kind and neighborly ways. Besides her husband, two sons, Mr. C.B. Dunke, a member of the Town Council and Mr. E.B. Dunke, a member of the grocer firm, and two daughters, Miss Ida and Miss Clara.
Berlin Daily Record 2 Jul 1895
Inscription
"South: Gods[sic] will be done/ Dunke/
North: Our loved ones/ Dunke/
(A) In memory of/ Reinhardt Dunke/ born/ Feb. 6, 1837/ died/ Aug. 30, 1907/ At rest/
(B) In memory of/ Magdalena/ wife of/ Reinhardt Dunke/ born Oct. 12, 1840/ died July 1, 1895/ a mother dear/ Gone to her reward/
(BB) Mother
(C) Dunke/ Ida A. Dunke/ 1877-1966/
(D) Dunke/ Edwin B. Dunke/ 1872-1938/ In silence we remember/
(E) Dunke/ Elizabeth Widder/ 1878-1954/ wife of/ Edwin B. Dunke/ The Lord is my Shepherd/
(F) Dunke/ Carlton Edwin/ 1908-1992/ husband of/ Reta Schedewitz/"
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