----Source: Greenwood Gleaner 7/14/1904

GOTTLOB MEINHOLDT DEAD.

As though prepared for a good night's rest and with as little pain or care, Gottlob Ertman Meinholdt passed away just at noon Saturday, July 9, at the homestead farm about four miles west and south of Greenwood. Asthma, from which deceased had suffered for the past four years or more, was the cause.

This had been growing worse during the past few weeks, but it was only a week before his death that Mr. Meinholdt had driven to Loyal to consult a doctor. His son had just finished giving him a bath and a change of clothes--the patient helping himself largely in this--and laid back in bed remarking how nice it felt, when death came unannounced and without a pain.

Deceased was born in Saxony, Germany, Dec. 13, 1828, where he learned the cooper trade which he followed until coming to Clark county. In the early fifties he married, and from the union four children survive, these being Theodore, who owns the home where his father died, Mrs. Millie Horner, who lives in the town of Beaver, Gustav, who lives with his brother west of town and Miss Emma, who is in Duluth, but who was unable to be present at the funeral.

In 1868 Mr. Meinholdt and family came to the the United States, spending the first ten years at Franklin, Sheboygan county. From there they moved to Clark county, settling in what was then a dense woods, but now a splendid farming section. His wife died about two years ago at West Salem.

The funeral occurred from the home and Emanuel Reformed church at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, interment being made beside his wife in the church cemetery.