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- Mrs. Barbara Springstrub Sturm, 77, of route 1, Two Rivers, died last night
at the Two Rivers Municipal hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Holy Cross Catholic
church, Mishicot, with burial in Calvary cemetery in Two Rivers. The body may
be viewed at the Klein and Stangel Inc., funeral home, Two Rivers, after
Sunday morning, where the rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Monday.
Born Barbara Buenzow on her parents' farm in the town of Two Rivers in 1868,
the deceased was the daughter of John and Mary Ann Buenzow Waulhauer.
She was married to William Springstrub in 1893 and the couple settled on a farm
in the town of Manitowoc. Mr. Springstub was accidentally killed in a barn
raising a year after their marriage.
In 1896 she was married to Anton Sturm and went to reside on the Sturm homestead
in the town of Two Rivers. Mr. Sturm died in 1910, but his wife continued the
management of the farm. A son, Henry Sturm, assumed the operation 11 years ago.
Mrs. Sturm was a member of the Altar society of the Holy Cross congregation.
Survivors include three sons, William Springstrub of route 1, Two Rivers, Frank
Sturm of Kewaunee, and Henry Sturm on the home farm; four daughters, Mrs. Oscar
Benzinger and Mrs. Rudolph Rehrauer of route 1, Mishicot, Mrs. Walter Crabb of
Two Rivers and Mrs. Willard Hansen of Suring, Wis.
There are 30 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Also surviving are a brother, John Buenzow of route 2, Two Rivers, and a sister,
Mrs. John Rothmund of route 2, Manitowoc.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Saturday, April 6, 1946 p. 2.
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1868 - 1946 (78 years)