Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 192, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1920 — GRANDMOTHER ZARD. [ARTICLE]

GRANDMOTHER ZARD.

The funeral of Grandmother Zard held at the home of her brother, Charles Malchow, Saturday, was attended by the following from Mitchell, S. D.: Mr .and Mrs. Fred Zard, Mrs. Charles Zard and Mrs. Mason Kenton. The funeral services were conducted by the Rev. J. Budman Fleming, pastor of the Presbyterian church of this city and as a part of the service the following was read: Obituary. Grandma Zard was bom August 20th, 1834, near Berlin, Germany, and died August sth, 1920, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mason Kenton, at Mitchell, S. D. Deceased came to America when she was about twenty years old and was married to Fred Zard at La Porte, Indiana, who preceded her in death twenty-five years ago this August 4th. She leaves to mourn their loss five children: Charles, Fritz, Will and Mrs. Mason Kenton, all of Mitchell; and Mrs. Mary Winters, of Warsaw, Ind. Three other children died in childhood. She also leaves sixteen grand children and eighteen great grandchildren. All her life was spent in and around Rensselaer, Ind., with the exception of the last three years which were spent with her daughter, Mrs. Kenton in Mitchell. Deceased was a faithful member of the German Lutheran church from childhood and lived a beautiful Christian life. She was beloved by all who knew her and her friends were numbered by her acquaintances.