Family File for David Saul MITTMAN - Person Sheet
Family File for David Saul MITTMAN - Person Sheet
NameErnestine W RIEK 3757
Birth6 Feb 1859, Hamburg, Germany3970,3711,3971
Immigrationabt 18693711 Age: 9
Death14 Mar 1931, 905 W 3rd St, Muscatine, IA3970,3711 Age: 72
Burial17 Mar 1931, 1814 Lucas St, Muscatine, IA3970,3711
MemoGreenwood Cemetery
OccupationKeeping House (1880)3971
FlagsMITTMAN-7
Obituaries
From Mar 16, 1931, page 1 - The Muscatine Journal at Newspapers.com:3711

Mrs. Mittman, 72, Dies Suddenly

Stroke of Apoplexy Late Saturday Afternoon Proves Fatal

Mrs. Ernestine Mittman, 72, died suddenly at her home, 905 West Third Street, late Saturday afternoon. Death came as the result of a stroke of apoplexy.

She was born Feb. 6, 1859, in Hamburg, Germany, being the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Riek. She came to this country at ten and has made Muscatine her home since.

She was married to George Mittman at Muscatine on Dec. 10, 1880. Mr. Mittman preceded her in death. She was a Cedar Street Methodist Episcopal Church member and the Ladies Aid of that denomination.

Surviving are three sons, Oscar, Ben, and William, all of Muscatine; three daughters, Mrs. Harold Oetzel and Mrs. Vernon Whitman, both of Chicago; and Mrs. Vincent Eppel, Muscatine; and 11 grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 Tuesday afternoon at the home and at 2 o’clock at the Cedar Street Methodist Episcopal church. The burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. The Wittich Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Spouses
Birth17 Sep 1853, Cincinnati, OH3965
Death17 Mar 1926, 905 W 3rd St, Muscatine, IA3965,2105 Age: 72
FatherFrederick MITTMAN (1825-1907)
MotherCatherine C KLEINBECK (1830-1922)
Marriage10 Dec 1880, Muscatine, IA3972
ChildrenOscar Robert (1882-1941)
 Benjamin William (1888-1968)
 William John (1896-1978)
 Laura (->1931)
 Freda L (1901-1967)
 Pearl (->1931)
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