Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 154, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1910 — Death of Aged Father of Former Kankakee Township Trustee. [ARTICLE]

Death of Aged Father of Former Kankakee Township Trustee.

George Stalbaum, Sr., an old resident of northern Jasper, died last Thursday evening at his home north of Tefft, at the advanced age of 74 years, 6 months and 1 day. The deceased was born in Mechlenburg, Shuierum, Germany, Dec. 22, 1835. He came to this country at the age of 18 and was united in marriage to Miss Adeline Hefferlin at New Buffalo, Michigan, December 2, 1862. To this union eleven children were born, 7 sons, George August, who departed this life in childhood, Charles, William, Frederick, John H., Francis Cleveland and Raymond Harrison, of Tefft, and 4 daughters, Mrs. Anna Dean and Mrs. Josephine Miller, of Valparaiso; Mrs. Emma Hershman, of Walker, and Miss Nellie, of Tefft. The funeral was held Saturday morning at 9:30 o’clock from the residence, Rev Higgans, of Kouts, conducting the services. Interment was made in the Hershman cemetery. In early youth Mr. Stalbaum became a member of the Lutheran church, in which faith he died. Mr. Stalbaum has been*known as a man of integrity, an amiable father and husband, a genial friend, a kind neighbor. He had been a progressive, industrious farmer, taking much pride in the growing crops; politically he was a Democrat and an admirer of W. J. Bryan. He was very fond of books and papers and read much, until disabled by his sickness. He was the father of Charles Stalbaum, the. former Kankakee township trustee, who was just as ardent a republican as his farther was a democrat.