Obit: Blanke, John D. A. (1850 - 1934)

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Surnames: BLANKE MITALAI THIEL ZENK MOHR DVORAK RIEDEL SCHMIDT KRASE

----Sources: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 3 Jan 1935

Blanke, John D. A. (3 June 1850 - 30 Dec. 1934)

John D. A. Blanke, aged 84 years, died at his home three miles south of Milan on Sunday, December 30th, at 11:45 a.m. of hardening of the arteries. The deceased was born June 3rd, 1850, at Dondast, Wilhelmshaven in northwest Germany. In 1912 he emigrated to America and settled at LaMars, Iowa. In 1894 he was united in marriage to Marie Mitalai; his wife preceded him in death in 1906. In 1921 he moved to his present farm near Milan.

Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 1:15 p.m. at the house and 2:30 at the Peace Evangelical church at Dorchester, the Reverend Thiel officiating. Pall bearers are Albert Zenk, Emil Zenk, John Mohr, Joseph Dvorak, Gayhardt Riedel, and Ernest Schmidt. The deceased enjoyed good health practically all of his life until about two weeks before his death. He leaves to mourn his death four sons, John H. D., of Barrington, Illinois, (editor of the International Engineer); Richard of Denver, Colorado; Fred of Milan; and Cornelius of LaMar, Iowa; five grand children; one sister, Mrs. Helen Krase of Dorchester; and two brothers, Richard of Curtiss and the Reverend W. H. Blanke of Newton, Iowa. Funeral director is Ferdinand Lulloff of Colby.