Source: The Victor Record 11/22/1956
Heart Attack Fatal to Victor Man
Martin G. Maas, 74, died at approximately 9 o'clock last Friday morning from a heart attack suffered at the Milo Stowell home. Mr. and Mrs. Maas have been caring for their two grandchildren while their daughter, Mrs. Milo Stowell, assists with the cooking program at St. John's school. Mr. Maas had returned from an errand and was sitting on the davenport when he remarked he felt queer and was having pain across his chest. The doctor was called, but death came before he arrived.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at two o'clock at St. James Lutheran Church, with the Rev. C. H. Schroeder officiating. Mrs. Cloyd Lyman, Mrs. Ralph Keller, Mrs. Herbert Neuhaus and Mrs. Richard Bowman sang "Who Knows When Death May Overtake" and "Abide With Me" accompanied at the organ by Mrs. George Keller.
Flowers were cared for by Mr. and Mrs. Alva Neitzel and Mrs. and Mrs. Carl Weiss.
Pall bearers were six nephews: Otto Maas, Arnold Maas, Gerald Maas, Lothar Huedepohl, Reinhold Sandersfeld and Carl Brockshus. Burial was in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Martin G. Maas was born Sept. 2, 1882 at Homestead, Iowa, the son of Dietrich and Kathrine Maas. He passed away suddenly on Friday, morning, Nov. 16, 1956 in the home of a daughter in Victor, Iowa, at the age of 74 years 2 months and 14 days.
Mr. Maas was baptized in the name of the Triune God in early infancy in St. John's Lutheran curch near Homestead, Iowa. On April 25, 1897 he renewed his baptismal vow in the rite of confirmation on Palm Sunday.
On Sept. 9, 1909 he united in marriage with Martha Borcher in St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Scribner, Nebr. After spending four years on a farm in Iowa county, they in March 1914 moved to Scribner, Nebr., where they entered the bakery and restaurant business. After 12 years, they sold their business in Scribner when Mr. Maas took up carpenter and painting work. In Jan. 1941 they returned to Iowa, working on a farm near Brooklyn and Victor. In 1948 the Maases moved to California where they again went into the restaurant business. Since leaving the restaurant business they made their home with their children in Salt Lake City, UT, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Victor, Iowa. In May they decided to make Victor their permanent home.
Mr. and Mrs. Maas were members of St. James Lutheran church in Victor at the time of Mr. Maas' sudden death.
Mr. Maas leave to mourn his death his wife, Mrs. Martha Maas, his five children: Roma, Mrs. Ralph Samland, Victor, Waldemar, Salt Lake City, Irene, Mrs. Milo Stowell, Victor, Elaine, Mrs. Harry Lafrenz, Cedar Falls, and M. Dale, Colorado Springs; also three sisters, Mrs. Anna Huedepohl, Mrs. Tillie Sandersfeld of Williamsburg, and Mrs. Mollie Meyer, Aneheim, Calif; two brothers, John Maas of Springfield, Ill. and Dietrich Maas of Homestead; ten grandchildren; a large number of nephews and nieces and many friends.
Mr. Maas was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and a son, who died in infancy.
Heart Attack Fatal to Victor Man
Martin G. Maas, 74, died at approximately 9 o'clock last Friday morning from a heart attack suffered at the Milo Stowell home. Mr. and Mrs. Maas have been caring for their two grandchildren while their daughter, Mrs. Milo Stowell, assists with the cooking program at St. John's school. Mr. Maas had returned from an errand and was sitting on the davenport when he remarked he felt queer and was having pain across his chest. The doctor was called, but death came before he arrived.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at two o'clock at St. James Lutheran Church, with the Rev. C. H. Schroeder officiating. Mrs. Cloyd Lyman, Mrs. Ralph Keller, Mrs. Herbert Neuhaus and Mrs. Richard Bowman sang "Who Knows When Death May Overtake" and "Abide With Me" accompanied at the organ by Mrs. George Keller.
Flowers were cared for by Mr. and Mrs. Alva Neitzel and Mrs. and Mrs. Carl Weiss.
Pall bearers were six nephews: Otto Maas, Arnold Maas, Gerald Maas, Lothar Huedepohl, Reinhold Sandersfeld and Carl Brockshus. Burial was in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Martin G. Maas was born Sept. 2, 1882 at Homestead, Iowa, the son of Dietrich and Kathrine Maas. He passed away suddenly on Friday, morning, Nov. 16, 1956 in the home of a daughter in Victor, Iowa, at the age of 74 years 2 months and 14 days.
Mr. Maas was baptized in the name of the Triune God in early infancy in St. John's Lutheran curch near Homestead, Iowa. On April 25, 1897 he renewed his baptismal vow in the rite of confirmation on Palm Sunday.
On Sept. 9, 1909 he united in marriage with Martha Borcher in St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Scribner, Nebr. After spending four years on a farm in Iowa county, they in March 1914 moved to Scribner, Nebr., where they entered the bakery and restaurant business. After 12 years, they sold their business in Scribner when Mr. Maas took up carpenter and painting work. In Jan. 1941 they returned to Iowa, working on a farm near Brooklyn and Victor. In 1948 the Maases moved to California where they again went into the restaurant business. Since leaving the restaurant business they made their home with their children in Salt Lake City, UT, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Victor, Iowa. In May they decided to make Victor their permanent home.
Mr. and Mrs. Maas were members of St. James Lutheran church in Victor at the time of Mr. Maas' sudden death.
Mr. Maas leave to mourn his death his wife, Mrs. Martha Maas, his five children: Roma, Mrs. Ralph Samland, Victor, Waldemar, Salt Lake City, Irene, Mrs. Milo Stowell, Victor, Elaine, Mrs. Harry Lafrenz, Cedar Falls, and M. Dale, Colorado Springs; also three sisters, Mrs. Anna Huedepohl, Mrs. Tillie Sandersfeld of Williamsburg, and Mrs. Mollie Meyer, Aneheim, Calif; two brothers, John Maas of Springfield, Ill. and Dietrich Maas of Homestead; ten grandchildren; a large number of nephews and nieces and many friends.
Mr. Maas was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and a son, who died in infancy.
Source: The Victor Record 11/22/1956
Heart Attack Fatal to Victor Man
Martin G. Maas, 74, died at approximately 9 o'clock last Friday morning from a heart attack suffered at the Milo Stowell home. Mr. and Mrs. Maas have been caring for their two grandchildren while their daughter, Mrs. Milo Stowell, assists with the cooking program at St. John's school. Mr. Maas had returned from an errand and was sitting on the davenport when he remarked he felt queer and was having pain across his chest. The doctor was called, but death came before he arrived.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at two o'clock at St. James Lutheran Church, with the Rev. C. H. Schroeder officiating. Mrs. Cloyd Lyman, Mrs. Ralph Keller, Mrs. Herbert Neuhaus and Mrs. Richard Bowman sang "Who Knows When Death May Overtake" and "Abide With Me" accompanied at the organ by Mrs. George Keller.
Flowers were cared for by Mr. and Mrs. Alva Neitzel and Mrs. and Mrs. Carl Weiss.
Pall bearers were six nephews: Otto Maas, Arnold Maas, Gerald Maas, Lothar Huedepohl, Reinhold Sandersfeld and Carl Brockshus. Burial was in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Martin G. Maas was born Sept. 2, 1882 at Homestead, Iowa, the son of Dietrich and Kathrine Maas. He passed away suddenly on Friday, morning, Nov. 16, 1956 in the home of a daughter in Victor, Iowa, at the age of 74 years 2 months and 14 days.
Mr. Maas was baptized in the name of the Triune God in early infancy in St. John's Lutheran curch near Homestead, Iowa. On April 25, 1897 he renewed his baptismal vow in the rite of confirmation on Palm Sunday.
On Sept. 9, 1909 he united in marriage with Martha Borcher in St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Scribner, Nebr. After spending four years on a farm in Iowa county, they in March 1914 moved to Scribner, Nebr., where they entered the bakery and restaurant business. After 12 years, they sold their business in Scribner when Mr. Maas took up carpenter and painting work. In Jan. 1941 they returned to Iowa, working on a farm near Brooklyn and Victor. In 1948 the Maases moved to California where they again went into the restaurant business. Since leaving the restaurant business they made their home with their children in Salt Lake City, UT, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Victor, Iowa. In May they decided to make Victor their permanent home.
Mr. and Mrs. Maas were members of St. James Lutheran church in Victor at the time of Mr. Maas' sudden death.
Mr. Maas leave to mourn his death his wife, Mrs. Martha Maas, his five children: Roma, Mrs. Ralph Samland, Victor, Waldemar, Salt Lake City, Irene, Mrs. Milo Stowell, Victor, Elaine, Mrs. Harry Lafrenz, Cedar Falls, and M. Dale, Colorado Springs; also three sisters, Mrs. Anna Huedepohl, Mrs. Tillie Sandersfeld of Williamsburg, and Mrs. Mollie Meyer, Aneheim, Calif; two brothers, John Maas of Springfield, Ill. and Dietrich Maas of Homestead; ten grandchildren; a large number of nephews and nieces and many friends.
Mr. Maas was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and a son, who died in infancy.
Heart Attack Fatal to Victor Man
Martin G. Maas, 74, died at approximately 9 o'clock last Friday morning from a heart attack suffered at the Milo Stowell home. Mr. and Mrs. Maas have been caring for their two grandchildren while their daughter, Mrs. Milo Stowell, assists with the cooking program at St. John's school. Mr. Maas had returned from an errand and was sitting on the davenport when he remarked he felt queer and was having pain across his chest. The doctor was called, but death came before he arrived.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at two o'clock at St. James Lutheran Church, with the Rev. C. H. Schroeder officiating. Mrs. Cloyd Lyman, Mrs. Ralph Keller, Mrs. Herbert Neuhaus and Mrs. Richard Bowman sang "Who Knows When Death May Overtake" and "Abide With Me" accompanied at the organ by Mrs. George Keller.
Flowers were cared for by Mr. and Mrs. Alva Neitzel and Mrs. and Mrs. Carl Weiss.
Pall bearers were six nephews: Otto Maas, Arnold Maas, Gerald Maas, Lothar Huedepohl, Reinhold Sandersfeld and Carl Brockshus. Burial was in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
Martin G. Maas was born Sept. 2, 1882 at Homestead, Iowa, the son of Dietrich and Kathrine Maas. He passed away suddenly on Friday, morning, Nov. 16, 1956 in the home of a daughter in Victor, Iowa, at the age of 74 years 2 months and 14 days.
Mr. Maas was baptized in the name of the Triune God in early infancy in St. John's Lutheran curch near Homestead, Iowa. On April 25, 1897 he renewed his baptismal vow in the rite of confirmation on Palm Sunday.
On Sept. 9, 1909 he united in marriage with Martha Borcher in St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Scribner, Nebr. After spending four years on a farm in Iowa county, they in March 1914 moved to Scribner, Nebr., where they entered the bakery and restaurant business. After 12 years, they sold their business in Scribner when Mr. Maas took up carpenter and painting work. In Jan. 1941 they returned to Iowa, working on a farm near Brooklyn and Victor. In 1948 the Maases moved to California where they again went into the restaurant business. Since leaving the restaurant business they made their home with their children in Salt Lake City, UT, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Victor, Iowa. In May they decided to make Victor their permanent home.
Mr. and Mrs. Maas were members of St. James Lutheran church in Victor at the time of Mr. Maas' sudden death.
Mr. Maas leave to mourn his death his wife, Mrs. Martha Maas, his five children: Roma, Mrs. Ralph Samland, Victor, Waldemar, Salt Lake City, Irene, Mrs. Milo Stowell, Victor, Elaine, Mrs. Harry Lafrenz, Cedar Falls, and M. Dale, Colorado Springs; also three sisters, Mrs. Anna Huedepohl, Mrs. Tillie Sandersfeld of Williamsburg, and Mrs. Mollie Meyer, Aneheim, Calif; two brothers, John Maas of Springfield, Ill. and Dietrich Maas of Homestead; ten grandchildren; a large number of nephews and nieces and many friends.
Mr. Maas was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and a son, who died in infancy.
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