Obit: Sterzinger, Adina (1903 - 1938)

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Surnames: Sterzinger, Lang, Schultz, Carter, Hoffmann, Hainzlsperger, Bandow, Kelty, Boden, Borchert, Prouhnow, Allen, Krieger, Kern, Koenig, Jicinsky, Blazel, Aller, Miller

----Sources: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 02/03/1938

Sterzinger, Adina (21 Apr. 1903 - 27 Jan. 1938)

Mrs. Frank G. Sterzinger died last Thursday afternoon at her home in the town of Hull at the age of thirty four years after an illness of only four days. Death was due to chronic heart failure. Funeral services were held at St. Mary’s Catholic church in Colby Monday morning, Rev. L. J. Lang officiating, and internment was made in the Colby cemetery. Pall bearers were Gorman Sterzinger, Donald Schultz, Alfred Carter, Albert Hoffmann and Harold and John Hainzlsperger.

The deceased, whose maiden name was Adina Bandow, was born in Colby April 21, 1903, and was married to Frank G. Sterzinger on August 25th, 1926. at Colby.

She is survived by her husband and three small children, Ambrose, William and Robert; her mother, Mrs. Mary Bandow, two sisters, Mrs. Melvin Kelty of Edgar and Mrs. Fred Boden of Milwaukee; and two brothers, Ambrose of Merrill and Clement of Broadhead, Wis.

Mrs. Sterzinger was a faithful member of St. Mary’s Catholic church and a member of the Christian Mothers’ Society of that congregation. She was of a pleasant disposition and a diligent worker, always performing her duties and lending a helping hand wherever needed.

Out of town people here for the funeral services were Mrs. Otto Borchert, John Bandow, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Prouhnow and son, all of Neenah, Wis., Mrs. John Allen of Rosedale, Wis., Mr. and Mrs. William Krieger, Mrs. Alvin Kern and Mrs. Henry Koenig, all of Milwaukee, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Hainzlsperger and daughter of Neillsville, Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Jicinsky and sons and Thomas Jicinsky, Sr., of Stratford, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Blazel and daughters of Dorchester, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Aller, Mr. and Mrs. John Hainzlsperger and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kelty, all of Unity, and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Miller and Wilbur Miller of Curtiss, Wis.