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THE OBITUARY OFJulius Saar |
Julius Saar
Julius Saar, 89, pioneer resident of Mills and Pottawattamie counties, died at 2:15 a.m., Wednesday, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. William Timm, Route 1, McClelland, in Hardin Township. Mr. Saar had been a resident of Mills and Pottawattamie counties for eighty one years. He was born at Jefferson City, Missouri, on New Years day 1845, and came to Iowa with his parents when he was 8 years old. They located in the Plumer settlement in Mills County.
Mr. Saar in his earlier days was a stage coach driver and a freight wagon driver for the government. At one time he was leader of an ox team caravan through hostile Indian territory. One of his recollections was of shooting ducks on the present site of Bayliss Park. He was a memer of the German Lutheran church.
He is survived by four sons, John of Treynor, Otto of Council Bluffs, Ed of Mineola and Gust of Keg Creek Township; three daughters, Mrs. R.C. Hopp of Glenwood, Mrs. R.H. Ingram of Logan and Mrs. William Timm of McClelland; one brother, Otto of Treynor, and one sister, Mrs. Lizzie Deetkin of Seattle. Burial will be in the Plumer Settlement Cemetery.
Submitted by Darlene Vergamini