Taken from the Le Mars Globe-Post, Le Mars, Iowa, Thursday, April 15, 1965 Front page.
Joseph Schwarz, 61, of rural Merrill dies unexpectedly
Funeral services for Joseph Henry Schwarz, 61, of route 1, Merrill, will be held Thursday at l0:30 a.m. at St. Joseph parish, Neptune.
Burial will be in the parish cemetery under direction of the Wiltgen-Luedtke funeral home.
Rev. Leo Harpenau, brother-in-law, will be celebrant at the solemn requiem high mass. Friends may call at the funeral home until service time. Parish rosary will he at 9 p.m. Wednesday.
Mr. Schwarz, a longtime Plymouth county farmer, died unexpectedly Tuesday. He was dead on arrival at Sacred Heart hospital, after being taken there by Luken's ambulance. He was a retired farmer. Mr. Schwarz had been in failing health for several years.
He was born March 17, 1901, at Granville. His marriage to Philomena Harpenau look place Dec. 30, 1930. The couple have farmed since that time in Plymouth county.
Survivors are his wife; six daughters, Mrs. James (Eleanor) Dreckman, Hinton; Mrs. Pat (Norma) McCann, Cherokee; Mrs. Keith (Anita) Towns, Sioux City; Mrs. James (Berniece) Beaulieu, Hinton; Darlene, a student at Wayne State college, and Lois at home; two sons, Marvin of Le Mars and Roger at home. Eighteen grandchildren also survive, as do six sisters and four brothers. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother.
Joseph Schwarz, 61, of rural Merrill dies unexpectedly
Funeral services for Joseph Henry Schwarz, 61, of route 1, Merrill, will be held Thursday at l0:30 a.m. at St. Joseph parish, Neptune.
Burial will be in the parish cemetery under direction of the Wiltgen-Luedtke funeral home.
Rev. Leo Harpenau, brother-in-law, will be celebrant at the solemn requiem high mass. Friends may call at the funeral home until service time. Parish rosary will he at 9 p.m. Wednesday.
Mr. Schwarz, a longtime Plymouth county farmer, died unexpectedly Tuesday. He was dead on arrival at Sacred Heart hospital, after being taken there by Luken's ambulance. He was a retired farmer. Mr. Schwarz had been in failing health for several years.
He was born March 17, 1901, at Granville. His marriage to Philomena Harpenau look place Dec. 30, 1930. The couple have farmed since that time in Plymouth county.
Survivors are his wife; six daughters, Mrs. James (Eleanor) Dreckman, Hinton; Mrs. Pat (Norma) McCann, Cherokee; Mrs. Keith (Anita) Towns, Sioux City; Mrs. James (Berniece) Beaulieu, Hinton; Darlene, a student at Wayne State college, and Lois at home; two sons, Marvin of Le Mars and Roger at home. Eighteen grandchildren also survive, as do six sisters and four brothers. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother.
Taken from the Le Mars Globe-Post, Le Mars, Iowa, Thursday, April 15, 1965 Front page.
Joseph Schwarz, 61, of rural Merrill dies unexpectedly
Funeral services for Joseph Henry Schwarz, 61, of route 1, Merrill, will be held Thursday at l0:30 a.m. at St. Joseph parish, Neptune.
Burial will be in the parish cemetery under direction of the Wiltgen-Luedtke funeral home.
Rev. Leo Harpenau, brother-in-law, will be celebrant at the solemn requiem high mass. Friends may call at the funeral home until service time. Parish rosary will he at 9 p.m. Wednesday.
Mr. Schwarz, a longtime Plymouth county farmer, died unexpectedly Tuesday. He was dead on arrival at Sacred Heart hospital, after being taken there by Luken's ambulance. He was a retired farmer. Mr. Schwarz had been in failing health for several years.
He was born March 17, 1901, at Granville. His marriage to Philomena Harpenau look place Dec. 30, 1930. The couple have farmed since that time in Plymouth county.
Survivors are his wife; six daughters, Mrs. James (Eleanor) Dreckman, Hinton; Mrs. Pat (Norma) McCann, Cherokee; Mrs. Keith (Anita) Towns, Sioux City; Mrs. James (Berniece) Beaulieu, Hinton; Darlene, a student at Wayne State college, and Lois at home; two sons, Marvin of Le Mars and Roger at home. Eighteen grandchildren also survive, as do six sisters and four brothers. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother.
Joseph Schwarz, 61, of rural Merrill dies unexpectedly
Funeral services for Joseph Henry Schwarz, 61, of route 1, Merrill, will be held Thursday at l0:30 a.m. at St. Joseph parish, Neptune.
Burial will be in the parish cemetery under direction of the Wiltgen-Luedtke funeral home.
Rev. Leo Harpenau, brother-in-law, will be celebrant at the solemn requiem high mass. Friends may call at the funeral home until service time. Parish rosary will he at 9 p.m. Wednesday.
Mr. Schwarz, a longtime Plymouth county farmer, died unexpectedly Tuesday. He was dead on arrival at Sacred Heart hospital, after being taken there by Luken's ambulance. He was a retired farmer. Mr. Schwarz had been in failing health for several years.
He was born March 17, 1901, at Granville. His marriage to Philomena Harpenau look place Dec. 30, 1930. The couple have farmed since that time in Plymouth county.
Survivors are his wife; six daughters, Mrs. James (Eleanor) Dreckman, Hinton; Mrs. Pat (Norma) McCann, Cherokee; Mrs. Keith (Anita) Towns, Sioux City; Mrs. James (Berniece) Beaulieu, Hinton; Darlene, a student at Wayne State college, and Lois at home; two sons, Marvin of Le Mars and Roger at home. Eighteen grandchildren also survive, as do six sisters and four brothers. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother.
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