Adolph Ostendorf - Last Friday evening, the 10th, Adolph Ostendorf aged, 48
years, gave up the struggle for life and passed peacefully away. For some
weeks his condition had been practically beyond the aid of medical science,
and at last the disease, cancer of the claimed him. Deceased was born in
Germany in 1864 and at the age of 16 years came of America, settling at
Scribner and later coming to West Point where he lived for many years. He
was married at West Point to Christina Ortmeier. From Cuming County the
family located on a farm one mile south west of McLean and lived there for
13 years coming to Randolph six years ago when they brought the Williams
place just south of town. Two years ago Mr. Ostendorf went to Colorado in
the hopes that his health would be benefitted, and while for a time he did
seem improved, the hope was a in vain and he returned to Randolph last fall.
Deceased was a quiet, honorable, and kindly man. Never very strong, he
remained closely at home which lived and took by a small part in social
activities, yet he was honored and well thought and well of, as the very
large funeral gives ample evidence. Besides his sorrowing wife he leaves
nine children to mourn him; Henry, Ferdinand, Mary, Sophia (Sister Gottlieb,
B.V.M), Anna, Lena, Frank, Lizzie, and Ross. Four sons died infancy. The
funeral was held at St. Francis Catholic church, of which deceased was a
devoted member, on Monday morning, and the reunion laid to rest in sacred
ground. The pallbearers were: Jos Allar, Theo Thieman, Nick Colling, G.
Aschoff, J.W. Stuckel, J. L. Wingert. Those from a distance who attended the
funeral were: Mrs. Ortmeier, mother of the widow, Henry Ortmeier and Tony
Drueke all of West Point; Mr. and Mrs. Ginter, Fritz Ginter and brother, Jos
Kube wife all of Crofton. The family take this friends who so kindly aided
and sympathized with them in their great loss. Their acts of friendship will
ever be cherished and gratefully remembered.