Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1920 — YOUNG LAD DIES IN UNION TWP. [ARTICLE]

YOUNG LAD DIES IN UNION TWP.

Werner Steinke, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Steinke of Union township, died at the Ernest Hass home, also in Union township, Thursday night at about 10:30 o’clock after a couple of weeks illness. The lad had been husking corn at the Hass home and the two Hass children had scarlet fever, but had fully recovered and it is supposed that the boy contracted the disease. His age was M* teen years, nine months and eight days. Funeral services, conducted by the Rev. W. L. Schroeter, pastor of the German Lutheran church in Union township, were held at the grave yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Lutheran cemetery, where burial was made.