Obit: Braun, Eliza S. (1869 - 1926)

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Surnames: BRAUN WILCK SPEICH BUKER SCHOMBERG WARNKE

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner 5/6/1926

OBITUARY OF MRS. CHRISTIAN BRAUN (1869-1926)

Mrs. Christian Braun, whose maiden name was Eliza Sophia Maria Wilck, daughter of Joachim and Maria Wilck nee Pingel, was born in Raduhn, Province of Mecklenburg, Germany, Nov. 12, 1869.

She was received into full membership of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of that place by Confirmation Oct. 21, 1883.

Shortly after that event she left with her family for America, where they settled in Sheboygan County. In 1886 the family moved to the town of Warner, Clark County.

She was united in marriage to Mr. Christian Braun of Sept. 23, 1888. Two children were born to this union, Emma Louise, now Mrs. John Speich and Bertha Minnie, now Mrs. George Buker.

Mr. and Mrs. Braun joined the Braun Settlement Reformed Church Oct. 9, 1893 and were dismissed to the Greenwood Reformed Church and became charter members of the same on the date of its organization, Jan. 29, 1905.

She leaves to mourn her loss a large number of friends besides the following relatives: her husband, two daughters, two grandchildren, two brothers, Joachim Wilck of Farmville, Virginia, Theodore Wilck of Ione, Wash., three sisters, Mrs. Frederick Braun of Greenwood, Mrs. Minnie Schomberg of Sheboygan Falls, Wis., and Mrs. Caroline Warnke of Withee, Wis.

Funeral services were held from the local Reformed Church last Thursday afternoon, Rev. Pfeiffer and Rev. Vriesen officiating. Many attended the funeral and paid a last tribute to the deceased. The floral offerings were many and beautiful. The body was laid to rest in the Braun Settlement Cemetery.