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The Family of Bill Dean collection includes many death notices cut out of mostly German-language newspapers. This obituary tells of Jacob Gutknecht's death in or around 1886. Born in 1825 in Baden, Jakob came to America at the age of thirty with his…

The Family of Bill Dean collection includes many death notices cut out of mostly German-language newspapers. This obituary tells of Gottlieb Schuetz's death in 1910, at the age of seventy-two. A son of soap manufacturers Hans (John) Schuetz and…

The Family of Bill Dean collection includes many death notices cut out of mostly German-language newspapers. This obituary tells of Gertie Vanzhas's death. Born in 1863 in Sandhorst, East Friesland, she came to America in 1884.Three years later she…

The Family of Bill Dean collection includes many death notices cut out of mostly German-language newspapers. This obituary tells of Friedrich Schuetz's death in 1912, at the age of forty-four. Born in 1868 in Switzerland, a son of Gottlieb and Anna…

The Family of Bill Dean collection includes many death notices cut out of mostly German-language newspapers. This obituary tells of David Speiser's death of lung fever. Born in Kehl, Baden in 1827, he married Elizabeth Uhri and had five children with…

The Family of Bill Dean collection includes many death notices cut out of mostly German-language newspapers. This obituary tells of Anna Schuetz's death in 1906, at the age of 66. Born in 1840 in Ruegsau, Switzerland, Anna Parli married Gottlieb…

The Family of Bill Dean collection includes many death notices cut out of mostly German-language newspapers. This obituary tells of Anna Gerdes's, the local preacher's wife. Born in Forsbarg, East Friesland in 1845, she immigrated to America in 1857…

Obituary of John Wokoun, Great-Great Grandfather of Raymond and Jim Musil. John Wokoun was born in Bohemia in 1832. He came to the United States in 1864 died in 1911 at the age of 79 near Dubois, Nebraska.

An obituary describing sudden and unexpected death of James Karel, Václav Karel's son. James Karel died at this home on January 1, 1918 at the age of 33.

Anna Karel's obituary. She died at the home of her daughter on April 7, 1925 at the age of 81.