Obit: Luchterhand, Dora (1863 - 1942)

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Surnames: Luchterhand, Hoffmann, Wiede

----Sources: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 02/26/1942

Luchterhand, Dora (8 Apr. 1863 - 23 Feb. 1942)

Mrs. Julius Luchterhand of Unity passed away Monday morning at six o’clock at the age of 78 years after an illness of three years. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 at the Lulloff Funeral Home in Colby, followed by services at the Zion Ev. Lutheran church in Colby, Rev. O. Hoffmann officiating, and internment was made in the Brighton cemetery.

Mrs. Luchterhand, nee Dora Wiede, was born in Germany on April 8, 1863, where she received her education. She was married to Julius Luchterhand at Loyal on April 2, 1890, and moved onto a farm five miles west of Unity immediately after their marriage. For the past 26 years she lived in the village of Unity, Wis.

Surviving are her husband, a daughter, Miss Louise of Chicago Heights, Ill., and a brother, August Wiede of Unity, Wis. One son, Henry, preceded her in death in 1925.