Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 230, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1914 — Obituary of Peter Herath, Whose Home Was Near Brook. [ARTICLE]

Obituary of Peter Herath, Whose Home Was Near Brook.

Peter Herath, son of Conrad and Margarette Herath, was bom in Bavaria, Germany, Dec. 3, 1842, and died at his home near Brook, Ind., Sept. 22, 1914, at the age of 71 years, 9 months and 19 days. When ten years of age he moved with his piarerits to America, set* tling near Joliet, 111., where he grev to manhdod. In 1869 he was unitec In marriage to Pauline Marea Frauenhoff. To this union were bom 12 children, two of which died in infancy. He leaves to mourn their loss, a wife, two brothers, Henry, of Plainfield, 111., and John of Joliet, 111. Ten children, Edward, of Rensselaer, Ind.; Mrs. John SelJ, Frank, Mrs. Edwin Hill, of Hartford, Mich.; Otto, Mrs. Elmer Skiver, of Kentland, Ind.; William, Mabel, Clarence and Mrs. Ormond Pruett, and twenty-three grandchildren. At the time of his death he was surrounded by his entire family except the daughter living in Michigan. Mr. Herath had been ailing about four years with leakage of the heart, but he had such a strong constitution and will power that he would not give up his labors on the farm until his health began to fail so faSt about two years ago, when dropsy set in and he was confined to his bed. 1 He made the remark that it was such a blessing to have his children around him, that they were so much pleasure and company to him. He had often expressed his readiness to go, but he always wished to just sleep away, which Wish was granted by the Great Father. The funeral was held at the residence of' the deceased at 2:30 on Thursday afternoon, the Rev. Snyder officiating. Interment was in the Brook cemetery. Among those present from a distance were Mr. Herathta brothers, Henry and John A. and their wives, from Joliet and Plainfield, til., and his daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hill and their daughter, of Hartford, Mich., and a brother-in-law, John Ettor, of Joliet.