Mrs. Wittrock Funeral Held Tuesday A.M.
Many Relatives Attend Funeral of Aged Halbur Woman Funeral services for Mrs. Marie Wittrock were held Tuesday morning in St. Augustine's Church. The following six grandsons acted as pallbearers: Matthew and George Wittrock of Milford, Henry Wittrock of Orchard Park, New York; Albert Wittrock of Milford, Clarence Langel, Templeton and Hilbert Eischeid.

Marie Anna (Hausmann) Wittrock was born May 25, 1858, in Germany, to Peter and Maria (Olbertz) Hausmann. She died August 17, 1937, and is buried in Saint Augustine Cemetery, Halbur, Iowa.

The following relatives attended the funeral: Henry Wittrock and son, Henry of Orchard Park, New York; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wittrock, and sons, Matthew and George, Mr. and Mrs. Louie Umscheid, Mr. and Mrs. John Wittrock, son, Albert and daughter, Loretta of Milford; Mr. and Mrs. William Wittrock and family of Fonda; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Janning of Blooming Prairie, Minnesota; Henry Langel and children, Mr. and Mrs. George Wittrock of Templeton; Mrs. Christ Hausmann, Churdan; Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Eischeid and family, Mr. and Mrs. August Wittrock and family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wittrock and family, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wittrock and family, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bluml and family, Mrs. A.K. Weder, all of Halbur; Henry Wittrock, St. Joseph, Missouri; Mr. and Mrs. Hans Degen, daughter, Lillian and Mrs. Eldo Degen of Ireton, Iowa; Rev. L. Schenkelberg, Carroll; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sextro, Mr. and Mrs. William Stevens, Templeton; Mr. and Mrs. John Eich, Carroll; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Eich, Roselle; Mr. and Mrs. John Grossman, Mt. Carmel; Miss Elizabeth Koenig of Willey; and Mr. and Mrs. Anton Hoelker, son, Alvin and daughter, Josephine of Anthon, Iowa.

Mrs. M. Wittrock Of Halbur Dies Saturday Morning
End Came At 11:40 After Illness of Two And A Half Weeks
Mrs. Marie Wittrock, 79, died at 11:40 o'clock Saturday morning, August 17, 1937, at her home in Halbur. Her death was caused by a stroke which she suffered two and one-half weeks ago. She had been bedfast since that time.

Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

Mrs. Wittrock leaves 123 descendants, including 12 children, 95 grandchildren and 16 great-grand-children.

BORN IN GERMANY
Mrs. Wittrock was born Marie Hausmann, daughter of Peter and Katherine Hausmann, May 25, 1858, at Soeven, Rhine Province, Germany. She was a girl of ten when she came to America with her parents who located on a farm near Mendota, Illinois. After living there for seven years, they moved to a farm east of Halbur.

On November 29, 1877, at Holy Angels Church, Roselle, she married Claus Wittrock. They established their home on a farm one mile west of Roselle, later moving to a farm one mile south of Halbur, where they were living when Mr. Wittrock died on November 19, 1906.

For the last nine years Mrs. Wittrock had lived in her home at Halbur.

Mrs. Wittrock belonged to St. Augustine's Church and to the Rosary Sodality of the parish.

14 CHILDREN
She was the mother of 14 children; two of whom have passed away. Mrs. Henry Langel (Margaret) died October 4, 1925, and Mary died 41 years ago.

The surviving sons and daughters are Henry Wittrock, Orchard Park, New York; Joseph Wittrock, Milford; William Wittrock, Fonda; John Wittrock, Milford; Mrs. Henry Janning (Kate), Blooming Prairie, Minnesota; Mrs. Theodore Eischeid (Anna), August Wittrock, Frank Wittrock, Mrs. Henry Potthoff (Clementine), and Mrs. Joe Bluml (Frances), Halbur; George Wittrock, Templeton; and Charles Wittrock, Roselle.

Mrs. Wittrock was the last of a family of five children. One sister; Mrs. Elizabeth Eich died less than a month ago, March 22, 1937, and another sister, Mrs. Christina Koenig, died July 8, 1921. A brother Chris Hausmann, passed away about two years ago, and another brother died while the family lived in Germany.