Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1914 — C. H. STERNBERG DEAD. [ARTICLE]

C. H. STERNBERG DEAD.

Veteran Dredge Man Buried at Medaryville Monday Afternoon. Carl H. Sternberg, the well known dredge man, who has been in poor health for some time with cancer of the stomach, died at his home in Chicago at 5 p. m., Friday, aged 64 years, 6 months and 14 days. The funeral was held at Medaryville Monday afternoon and burial made there. He used to live near Me--daryville before engaging so extensively in the dredging business. He leaves a wife and four sons. Mr. Sternberg was well known in Rensselaer, having dug both the Howe and Iroq'uois river ditches, and with his sons was the contractor on the Borntrager ditch, now under construction, it being a continuation of the Iroquois river ditch. He also owned a 160 acre farm near the slough ditch south of Rensselaer.