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Submitted by: Marion E. Travis
metravis@westriv.com

Anna (Froendt) Tanck
January 8, 1931
The Pipestone Leader, Pipestone, Minnesota

Mrs. John Tanck Laid to Rest Saturday Afternoon

   Rev. J. G. Steinmeyer conducted the funeral services for the late Mrs. John Tanck at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Saturday afternoon at two o’clock.  Interment was in Woodlawn cemetery.  Death followed a siege of kidney trouble, and occurred at her home on West Bailey Street, Wednesday evening at 8:30 o’clock.
   Anna Froendt was born at Petersdorf, Germany, on March 21, 1856. She was 74 years, 9 months, and 10 days old.  She was united in marriage, at Petersdorf, to John Tanck, on January 31, 1875, and they came to America seven years later, settling at Keystone, Iowa.  In 1892 they moved to a farm in Pipestone county, and in 1909 they moved to this city where she has since resided. The husband passed away ten years ago.
   Mr. and Mrs. Tanck were the parents of fifteen children, of whom eight survive, and twenty-nine grandchildren, and one great grandchild.
   The children are:
   Mrs. Margaret Johannsen, Henry Tanck, Louis Tanck, Mrs. Emma Both, William Tanck and Miss Gertrude Tanck all of Pipestone; Mrs. Amelia Binnebose, Lynd, Minn.; and Mrs. Louise Eggers of White Rock, S. D.  One brother, Hans Froendt of Spirit Lake, Iowa, and two sisters: Mrs. Gertrude Meyers, White, S. D., and Mrs. Elsie Sanny of Remsen, Iowa.
   The pallbearers were:  Gus Sindt, John Steffen, George Buseman, Peter Bruhn, Peter Johannsen, and Henry Frahm.
   Those from a distance who attended the last rites were:  Mr. and Mrs. Amundson and Henry and John Sanny of Remsen, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Gertz of Spirit Lake, Ia.; Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Smuck and John Meyer of Lake Park, Iowa; Mrs. A. Hagen, Mr. and Mrs. Alton Cook and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gass and two daughters of Sioux Falls, S. D.; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Peterson and Mrs. Irving Johnson of Platte, S. D.; Mr. and Mrs. Kurz and
son Fred of Brookings, S. D.; Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Eggers and children of White Rock, S. D.; Miss Gertrude Tanck of Milwaukee, Wis.; Mrs. Mollie Binnebose and children, Harold, Edward, Ray and Esther of Lynd, Minn.; Miss Viola Both of St. Paul; Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Cherveney of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Miss LuVerna Tanck of Keystone, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Meyer, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Meyer, and Mr. and Mrs. Herman Meyer
of White, S. D.; Mr. and Mrs. Otto Peterson and Mrs. Amundson of Lake Benton; Mrs. Clara Bjork, Mr. and Mrs. Engebret, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sanny, of Remsen, Iowa.

Note:  Obit typed just as in the paper. Names of several of those individuals listed in the obit were incorrectly spelled.
 


Submitted by: Marion E. Travis
metravis@westriv.com

Hinrich (Henry) Tanck
January 18, 1954
Pipestone Cpunty Star, Pipestone, Minnesota

Gray Twp. Resident Dies Friday Morning

   Henry Tanck, longtime resident of Gray township, passed away on Friday morning at the hospital here following a lingering illness.
   Funeral services were held this Monday afternoon at two o’clock at the Walz Home for Funerals.  Rev. F. J. Petersen of the Presbyterian church was in charge and the music was furnished by Mrs. Boyd Dressen.
   The burial was in Woodlawn cemetery and the following acted as bearers:  Charles Peschon, Robert Stout, John Gehrels, Esker Shaffer, Fred Adler, Ted Paulson.
   Henry Tanck was born in Germany on February 21, 1877.  He had resided for many years in Gray township and had never married.  he is survived by the following brothers and sisters, Mrs. Jake Both, White Bear, Minn.; Mrs. Louise Eggers, Wheaton, Minn.; Miss Gertrude Tanck, Los Angeles, Calif.; Louis Tanck, Norfolk, Neb.; Mrs. Jake Johannsen and William Tanck, Pipestone.

Note:  Hinrich (Henry) Tanck was born at Petersdorf, Fehmarn.


Submitted by: Marion E. Travis
metravis@westriv.com

John Emil Tanck
March 11, 1927
Pipestone County Star, Pipestone, Minnesota

                Burial of John Tanck to be at Keystone, Iowa

Former Pipestone Man Passed Away Tuesday --- Relatives Go to Attend Funeral

    The death of John Tanck, a former Pipestone county man, occurred Tuesday at a hospital in Cedar Rapids, Ia., following an operation for gall stones.  His mother, Mrs. John Tanck, of this city, was called to Cedar Rapids by his illness, but returned from that place last Thursday, leaving him considerably improved.  It was found necessary, however to perform an operation early this week, from which he failed to rally.
   Funeral services are to be held at Keystone, Ia., the home of the deceased, on Saturday, and the following relatives left from this city Wednesday, to attend the funeral; Mr. and Mrs. Jake Johannsen, Will Tanck, Henry Tanck, Mrs. Jacob Both and Mrs. Julius Binnebose.
   John Tanck was born in Germany on Dec. 4th, 1878, and was a little over forty-eight years of age at the time of his death.  In 1882 he came to America with his parents, locating at Keystone, Ia.  The family moved to Pipestone county in 1892, and he resided here for several years.  Later he returned to Keystone and was married there in 1902.  he had retired from farming and resided in Keystone at the time of his death.
   He is survived by his wife and four daughters, also by his mother, and by three brothers and five sisters as follows:  Henry of this city; William, of Pipestone county; Louis of Beresford, S. D.; Mrs. Margaret Johannsen and Mrs. Emma Both of this county; Mrs. Mollie Binnebose, Lynd, Minn.; Mrs. Louise Eggers, White Rock, S. D.; Miss Gertrude Tanck of Milwaukee, Wis.

Note:  John Emil Tanck was born at Petersdorf, Fehmarn.

 


Submitted by: Marion E. Travis
metravis@westriv.com

Ludwig Adolph (Louis) Tanck
February 16, 1963
Norfolk Daily News, Norfolk, Nebraska

Louis A. Tanck

   Funeral services for Louis A. Tanck, 82, Norfolk, who died Thursday morning, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Home for Funerals.  Rev. Melvon Ireland, First Methodist Church pastor, will officiate.
   Burial will be in Prospect Hill Cemetery.  The body was to lie in state from 3 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the Home for Funerals.
   Mr. Tanck was born Aug. 29, 1880, in Germany, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Tanck. He was a retired farmer, and had lived in the Norfolk community about 20 years.
   He is survived by three sons, John E. of Albany, N.Y.; Ray H. of Middleton, Wis., and Dr. Robert L., Odessa, Wash.; three daughters, Miss Margarite Tanck of Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Mae McKenna of Albany, N. Y., and Mrs. Norbert Muhl of North Syracuse, N. Y.; eight grandchildren,; one brother, William of Pipestone, Minn.; and three sisters, Mrs. Louise Eggers of Wheaton, Minn.; Mrs. Emma Both of White Bear Lake, Minn., and Miss Gertrude Tanck of Hollywood, Calif.
   He was preceded in death by his wife, one son and one daughter.

Note: Ludwig Adolph (Louis) Tanck was born at Petersdorf, Fehmarn
.


Submitted by: Dennis H. Harmsen
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Emma Mathilda Thiessen
August 19, 1954
Lynch Herald Enterprise (Lynch, Nebraska)

Funeral Rites Today For Emma Thiessen

Funeral services for Mrs. Thiessen were held this afternoon, Thursday at 2 o'clock at the First Methodist church of Lynch.  Rev. Anna Nelson officiated at the service.

Mrs. Fred King and Mrs. Ernest Darnell sang, "In The Garden", "Beautiful Garden" and "God Will Take Care of You", accompanied by Mrs. Florence Harris at the piano.

Pallbearers were Veldon Lee, Homer Grimm, Harlan Holz, Edmund Rohde, Harold Potter and Lloyd Spencer.  Interment was at Pleasant View Cemetery under the direction of Coulthard Funeral Home of Lynch.

Emma Mathilda Suckstorf, daughter of Herman and Emma (Voss) Suckstorf, was born November 28, 1891 in Albertsdorf, Fehmarn, Germany, and passed away August 16, 1954 at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Lynch at the age of 62 years, 8 months and 18 days, after a lingering illness.  She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith while yet in Germany.

She immigrated to the United States in 1911, settling first near Hartington, later coming to Boyd county to live on a farm near Gross.

On April 29, 1914, she was united in marriage to Robert Thiessen of Lynch and to this union one child was born.  Following their marriage, their home was established north of Lynch where she continued to reside after the death of her husband on October 31, 1935.

Mrs. Thiessen was a kind, loving wife and mother.  She was a patient sufferer during her last illness.  The loving care of her family testifies to their respectful love and devotion to her.

Left to mourn her departure are one daugher, Dolores; one sister, Mrs. Julianna Bahr of Bloomfield; four brothers, Matthaus Suckstorf of Bloomfield, James and Hans Suckstorf of Lynch and Herman Suckstorf of Scottsbluff; and many other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, one sister and two brothers.

 

 


 

 


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