Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 208, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1920 — MICHAEL KANNE. [ARTICLE]

MICHAEL KANNE.

Michael Kanne was bom Nov. 6, 1848 at Joliet, Hl. He was the third of five children,'all of whom are now deceased, except the oldest, Mrs. Joseph Gerharz of Lamont, 11lOn March 28, 1869, he was united in marriage with Margaret Leiser, of Lockport, 111. For almost fifty years they fought life’s battle together through sunshine and sorrow and reached a degree of success financially which comes only to those who have toiled and saved. They also contributed largely to the progress and upbuilding of the communities in which they lived. She was a devoted mother and he was a man of sterling character, known for his straight forwardness and rugged honesty. She preceded him to the great beyond, having departed this life on August 8, 1918. They were the'parents of twelve children, ten sons and two daughters. Their oldest and youngest children were daughters; the former, Mrs. Stephen, Kohley, who lives with her husband and upon their farm south and east of this city, the latter, Mrs. Gaylord McFarland, of Barberton, O. One of the children preceded their parents in death. The other followed the mother in just one year. The first died at the tender age of seven months and the second, Augustus Kanne, died at the age of forty-one years, on July 8, 1919, his death being caused by an automobile accident. ' - . After operating a wheat market in Lamont, 81., for a short terne, Mr. Kanne farmed in Iroquois county, 111., until 1894, when he brought his family to a farm near Francesville. In 1900 he bought a farm near Campus, 81. He liyed ( there until 1906,' when he purchased the James Babcock farm along the river just west of Rensselaer and moved upon the same “find had been a resident of this county since mat time. He retired from active farming in 1907. He built a home just at the west edge of this city, but in 1914 moved into the residence he had erected at the northwest corner of Weston and Cornelia streets. This was his home the tame of his death, which occurred suddenly while at his- farm two miles west and two north of Medaryville, on Monday, August 23. , Funeral services which Thursday morning at St. Augustine church in this city at 9JW were very largely by™?* tives and friends here «nd fjw his former Illinois - home. was made in Mt. Calvary Mr The following children of Mr. Kanne live “P°" * JosS city: ®®rs. Stephen Kohl y, <>«» KT Kanne, George E. Kanne, Frank Kanne Anthony F. Kanne, AlpnonOne H so^“"hn a M d berton, O. . .