Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1910 — GEORGE STRICKFADEN IS DEAD. [ARTICLE]

GEORGE STRICKFADEN IS DEAD.

VE. P. Honan received a telephone message from Lafayette Thursday night stating that George A. Strickfaden, formerly of Rensselaer, had died there at 8:30 p; m., Thursday and that the remains would be brought here on the milk train Sunday.V The funeral will be held from St. Augustine’s Catholic church at 9 a. m. Sunday and burial made in Mt. Calvary cemetery, south of town, where they have one child buried. Mr. Strickfaden's age was 52 years and he had been in poor health for the past year. A wife, two daughters and one son are left. He was born at Yorkville, Dearborn county, Ind., Feb. 2, 1858. He lived for six years in Champaign City, 111., after reaching his majority, being manager of a hotel there. He later went to Rantoul, 111., and from there went to Crawfordsville, Ind., where he conducted a barber shop. About 1886 he came to Rensselaer and engaged in the saloon business which he followed until a few years ago when the remonstrance drove all saloons from Rensselaer. He then went to Muncie and from there to Noblesville lajer moving to Lafayette where he run a saloon for a year or two, selling out but recently.

He was a member of the Catholic Order Of Foresters and for several years has been one of the state trustees of that order, and was still holding the position at the time of his death. He carried, we understand, $3,000 insurance in the Foresters and $5,000 in an old line company.