Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 179, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1912 — Funeral of Mr. and Mrs. Datzman Held at Fowler Tuesday. [ARTICLE]

Funeral of Mr. and Mrs. Datzman Held at Fowler Tuesday.

The Review, of Fowler, in reporting the funeral of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Datzman, the automobile victims, which was held Tuesday at the Sacred Heart church in Fowler, says: The tragic death of the couple, their wide acquaintance and the great number of relatives served to make it the largest funeral ever held in Fowler. Solemn high mass was celebrated by Rev. Father Morris, who is supplying Sacred Heart parish, Father Staetter, of Kentland, and Father Weber, of Earl Park, and the sermon was preached by Father Weber, who has long been a close friend of the family. Jacob Datzman was born in Chicago, January 24, 1863, and was the eldest son of a family of eight children. In 1874, the family moved to Kentland, where the deceased made his home until his marriage to Elizabeth Wetli at Kentland, February 3, 1892. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Datzman lived on a farm northwest of Goodland for a time. Later they resided at Gravel Hill and from there went to Buncombe, 111. By hard work and thrift Mr. Datzman saved $2,500 and twelve years ago, acting upon the advice of his brother-in-law, John Bower, he purchased the 240acre farm northeast of Fowler, where the family has since made its home. Mr. Datzman was a splendid business man and the estate is worth about $60,000. Five brothers and four sisters survive him. Elizabeth Wetli Datzman was born at Raub, Ind., August 23, 1896. Mrs. Datzman was an ideal mother and her interests were centered in the home, where she ministered with loving care to those who were dear to her. Both Mr. and Mrs. Datzman were members of Sacred Heart church and were held in high esteem by all who knew them. Ten children |re left to mourn their loss, the eldest, a young woman of nineteen years, upon whose shoulders will fall the heavy duties attendent upon keeping the orphans together; the youngest is a babe at breast, who is a year old today. The children are Gertrude, 19; Jennie, 17; Edna and Ethel, 16; Agnes, 13; Margaret, 11; Raymond, 5; Beatrice, 2, and Constance, 1 year old. Agnes, Raymond and Beatrice were in the ill-fated car with their parents at the time of the accident. The children have the tender sympathy of the entire community. Interment was made in Sacred Heart cemetery at Fowler.