McIntosh County, North Dakota Obituaries

McIntosh County,
North Dakota
Genealogy and History

Obituaries

John H. Helmuth
Wishek, N. D., Aug. 16. – John H. Helmuth, a farmer of this community, had his neck broken and died almost instantly when a Ford car that he was driving overturned in a ditch seven miles west of Jamestown. Helmuth and his brother-in-law were returning from Fargo with some thresher repairs in a box in the back of the car. It is thought that the weight of the box caused the car to overturn. [Grand Forks Herald – 17 Aug. 1921 - MZ - Sub. by a FoFG]

Mrs. Frederick Hochhalter
Wishek, N. D., March 24. – Mrs. Frederick Hochhalter, Jr., wife of a farmer living near Zeeland, committed suicide by shooting herself in the head. Her husband had gone to the barn to attend to some work, leaving his wife sewing at the machine. Shortly after he had left the house the husband was startled by a shot, and returning found the woman dead with a gunshot wound in her forehead. She evidently had taken a shotgun from the wall, had rested the gun against the sewing machine and pulled the trigger by means of a string fastened to the treadle of the machine. The shot made a terrible wound, her brains being scattered about the room. The woman arrived in America from Russia last fall and had been married but a short time. No reason is known for her suicide. [Grand Forks Herald – 25 Mar. 1906 - MZ - Sub. by a FoFG]

EMIL CHRISTIAN (CURLY) STIEFEL
Funeral: Sep. 9, 1987, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Harrold, SD
Burial: Medicine Hill Cemetery, Harrold, SD
Born: Feb. 1, 1910, Lehr, ND
Died: Sept. 4, 1987 (Harrold, SD)
Age: 77 yrs 7 mos 3 ds
Locatons: moved to Harrold in 1911
Marriage: Alma E. Auch (Dec. 6, 1931)
Occupation: Rural Mail Carrier, worked for Rau Motors; Drury Motor Sales, Town of Harrold, School custodian (retired 1967)
Preceded in death: Mother (Magdalena Winckler); stepfather (Jacob Winckler); 2 stepbrothers (Albert and Emil Winckler); 2 stepsisters (Pauline Zoller, Mary Maro Tzke); 2 half-brothers (Richard Winckler, Gottlieb Winckler), infant half-sister (Evelyn Winckler)
[Memorial folder ... Contributed by Jacque McDonnell]

Barbara Wisbek
Bismarck, N. D., April 15. – Mrs. Barbara Wisbek, aged 88, mother of former Senator John Wishek of Ashley, died at her home in Sharon Center, Ohio. Mr. Wishek was at her bedside when the end came. [Grand Forks Herald – 16 Apr. 1916 - MZ - Sub. by a FoFG]