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Peter Speltz

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Peter Speltz

Birth
Fischbach, Canton de Mersch, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Death
29 Sep 1915 (aged 77)
Rollingstone, Winona County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Winona, Winona County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block B Lot 21 Grave 2
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Death's Summons is Sudden for Peter Speltz of West Fifth Street

Preparing to Celebrate his Seventy-seventh Birth Anniversary Next Sunday He Succumbs to Heart Failure Today.

Peter Speltz, for over fifty years a resident of Winona county, died suddenly this morning at ? o'clock at the age of seventy-seven years. Death came to Mr. Speltz on his birth anniversary. He had planned to celebrate with his family his seventy-seventh anniversary on next Sunday but fate has decreed that he shall hae been tenderly born to final repose in St. Mary's cemetery by that time. Death was due to heart failure, with which Mr. Speltz had been troubled for some time. His end was sudden altho not entirely unexpected. He had been working aournd the home yesterday preparing for his birthday celebration next Sunday, and it is thought complained of pain and he gradually became weaker until he sank in death. A physician had been called, but he died shortly after.

Wife and 6 Children Survive.

The decedent is survived by his second wife and six children, namely Theodore speltz of Albert Lea, J. A. Speltz of Oak Ridge, Minn., Mrs. L. F. Kramer, Elba, Mrs. Francis Lehnertz of Rollingstone, and Mrs. Roman Walch of Altura by his first wife, and Arthur Speltz of Albert Lea by his present wife.

Peter Speltz was born in Luxemberg (Luxembourg), Germany, on Sept. 29, 1938. He came to Dubuque, Iowa, on May 25, 1864. He stopped there for several weeks with a brother and then proceeded to Rollingstone settling at Oak Ridge, this county on JUne 6, 1864. He has been a resident of this county ever since, having moved to Winona on March 20, 1895. He took a residence at 471 West Fifth Street and lived there during the remaining twenty years of life.

Mr. Speltz was married to Annie Rivers on June 25, 1866. She died Oct. 17, 1876, five children surviving and who are still living. His second marriage was to Annie Guidinger at the St. Stanislaus church on Feb. 25, 1878 Father Lawrence officiating.

Prominent Old Settler.

Mr. Speltz was a prominent member of the Winona County Old Settlers' Association and also a member of the Knights of Columbus. He had read the Winona Republican-Herald for nearly fifty years, beginning when he first settled at Oak Ridge, near Rollingstone.

The funeral arrangements have not been completed, awaiting the arrival of his children. The service will probably be held from St. Joseph's church. Father Meier officiating.

Winona Republican-Herald, Wed. Sept. 29, 1915

Speltz-- Services for the late Peter Speltz were held at St. Joseph's church yesterday morning at 10 o'clock. The Rev. Father Meier officiated. The choir of which Louis M. Jung is organist and which is composed of Paul Kemp, Peter Schmidt, John Guenther, Peter Faber, Mike Kirch and Theodore Miller sang the Gregorian requiem mass. The services were attended by many of the decedent's old friends and neighbors as well as relatives. The Winona County Old Settlers' association and the Knights of Columbus, organizations with which he was affliated, were represented. Interment was made at St. Mary's cemetery. The pall bearers were Frank Winkles, Paul Kemp, Mike Goergen, J. E. Voelker, Joshep Schlingerman and John Rivers.

Death's Summons is Sudden for Peter Speltz of West Fifth Street

Preparing to Celebrate his Seventy-seventh Birth Anniversary Next Sunday He Succumbs to Heart Failure Today.

Peter Speltz, for over fifty years a resident of Winona county, died suddenly this morning at ? o'clock at the age of seventy-seven years. Death came to Mr. Speltz on his birth anniversary. He had planned to celebrate with his family his seventy-seventh anniversary on next Sunday but fate has decreed that he shall hae been tenderly born to final repose in St. Mary's cemetery by that time. Death was due to heart failure, with which Mr. Speltz had been troubled for some time. His end was sudden altho not entirely unexpected. He had been working aournd the home yesterday preparing for his birthday celebration next Sunday, and it is thought complained of pain and he gradually became weaker until he sank in death. A physician had been called, but he died shortly after.

Wife and 6 Children Survive.

The decedent is survived by his second wife and six children, namely Theodore speltz of Albert Lea, J. A. Speltz of Oak Ridge, Minn., Mrs. L. F. Kramer, Elba, Mrs. Francis Lehnertz of Rollingstone, and Mrs. Roman Walch of Altura by his first wife, and Arthur Speltz of Albert Lea by his present wife.

Peter Speltz was born in Luxemberg (Luxembourg), Germany, on Sept. 29, 1938. He came to Dubuque, Iowa, on May 25, 1864. He stopped there for several weeks with a brother and then proceeded to Rollingstone settling at Oak Ridge, this county on JUne 6, 1864. He has been a resident of this county ever since, having moved to Winona on March 20, 1895. He took a residence at 471 West Fifth Street and lived there during the remaining twenty years of life.

Mr. Speltz was married to Annie Rivers on June 25, 1866. She died Oct. 17, 1876, five children surviving and who are still living. His second marriage was to Annie Guidinger at the St. Stanislaus church on Feb. 25, 1878 Father Lawrence officiating.

Prominent Old Settler.

Mr. Speltz was a prominent member of the Winona County Old Settlers' Association and also a member of the Knights of Columbus. He had read the Winona Republican-Herald for nearly fifty years, beginning when he first settled at Oak Ridge, near Rollingstone.

The funeral arrangements have not been completed, awaiting the arrival of his children. The service will probably be held from St. Joseph's church. Father Meier officiating.

Winona Republican-Herald, Wed. Sept. 29, 1915

Speltz-- Services for the late Peter Speltz were held at St. Joseph's church yesterday morning at 10 o'clock. The Rev. Father Meier officiated. The choir of which Louis M. Jung is organist and which is composed of Paul Kemp, Peter Schmidt, John Guenther, Peter Faber, Mike Kirch and Theodore Miller sang the Gregorian requiem mass. The services were attended by many of the decedent's old friends and neighbors as well as relatives. The Winona County Old Settlers' association and the Knights of Columbus, organizations with which he was affliated, were represented. Interment was made at St. Mary's cemetery. The pall bearers were Frank Winkles, Paul Kemp, Mike Goergen, J. E. Voelker, Joshep Schlingerman and John Rivers.


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