Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1920 — PIONEER CITIZEN OF COUNTY [ARTICLE]

PIONEER CITIZEN OF COUNTY

Death Angel Visit* John Kohler Home and Take* Mr. Kohler. .John Kohler passed away at hie home % mile west of Rensselaer Saturday afternoon at the age of 72 years, after a prolonged Illness from which he was a patient sufferer for several years. Mr. Kohler was born in Saxony, Germany, and when a boy of six came with his father and only brother to America, his mother having died enroute. They located in Lafayette, Ind., where he grew to manhood. Here he graduated from the Lutheran school and united with the Lutheran church at an earty age. He was married to Catherine MlnIcus and the following year moved to Rensselaer—almost 50 years ago —and engaged In the manufacture of brick and tile, and which business he successfully- conducted until the year 1900. The funeral services were held from the house Monday morning at 9 o’clock, conducted by Rev. Father Kjull, and he was laid to rest In Mt. Calvary cemetery, south of town. He leaves to mourn their loss a wife and seven children, namely: Peter, George and Mrs. G. H. Wright of Chicago Heights, 111.; John of Chicago, Mrs. Ellis Iliff of Hoopeston, 111., and Mrs. Fred Chapman and Leonard of Rensselaer; also flve grandchildren and one brother, Balser Kohler, of Kansas City, Mo.