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John Kreuziger1869 - 1955 John Kreuziger, 85, of
He had suffered a heart
attack several days earlier at his home after he had attended Mass and received
Communion at St. Henry's Catholic Church. He was taken to the hospital where he
had been since then. His death came peacefully while he slept. His condition
had grown steadily weaker during the day.
Mr. Kreuziger
was a native of the town of Shields. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Kreuziger. He spent his entire life in this area,
farming in route 1, town of Emmet for many years an agent for the Midland
Insurance Co. of Juneau. He retired in 1927.
His marriage to Miss
Emilie Langer took place in St. Henry's in 1895. She died in 1949.
He was a member of St.
Henry’s Catholic Church, the Holy Name Society, and Watertown Council No. 1478,
Knights of Columbus. Mr. Kreuziger was a man of deep
Christian convictions and he was a Catholic who followed to the letter the
teachings of his church. He was honest and sincere in his beliefs and was an
almost daily attendant at Mass since he moved to the city.
He found great comfort
in his religion and carried into his daily living the precepts of his faith. As
a friend and neighbor, he was the type found all too rarely and in his
relations with friends, associates, and neighbors he exercised the most
sterling qualities. Not the least of his legacy he leaves his children and
others is the fine example of Christian manhood that he practiced and which was
part of his daily living in his community.
The funeral took place
from the Boyle Funeral Home followed by a requiem Mass in St. Henry's Church,
the Very Rev. A. J. Herrmann officiating. Interment was in St. Henry's Cemetery.