Jacob Lotzer
| Date of Interment or Death | 01/07/1922 |
|---|---|
| Location | Old Fairview |
| Section | D |
| Block-Lot-Grave | 1-5-1n |
Obituary
J. B. LOTZER BURIED SATURDAY AFTERNOON J. B. Lotzer, wood and coal dealer who died suddenly Thursday morning, was buried in Fairview cemetery Saturday afternoon. Funeral services were held at his home on South Second street. They were briefly conducted by Rev. A. Jande. Att. W. E. Purcell was one of the pall bearers. Others were John M. Ness, Adolph Hafner, John Walcher, Peter Steffens and Henry Reigh. A half hundred people, most of them men, attended the rites. Ten automobiles were in the funeral procession. Eight or nine floral sprays had been sent by relatives and friends.
The passing away of “Jake” Lotzer caused intense surprise among his acquaintances. The immediate cause of his death was heart failure; the remote cause was cancer of the intestines, it is reported. Death came unexpectedly to Mr. Lotzer. On the morning of its occurrence he had risen, dressed himself and eaten
a small breakfast. He arose from his chair to walk across the room when he was stricken. His wife caught him before he fell to the floor and helped him to a chair. He died less than five minutes later, unable to say anything because of loss of breath. A neighbor, Adolph Hafner, had been called and was with him when he passed away.
It had not been generally known that Mr. Lotzer had been in poor health for a year passed. The cancer was gradually tearing down his vitality, it is said, and to relieve his suffering from it he submitted to an operation, December 19th at St. Francis hospital. He left that institution for home the day before Christmas. A few days after his return he was seized by a heart attack but his condition was not considered serious.
Mr. Lotzer was 55 years old. He was born July 16, 1866 on a farm near Marry Town, Wisconsin, of German percentage. He had acquired little schooling when he came in 1888 to Wahpeton where he began his career by doing carpenter work.
In 1890 he went to Ironton, Michigan. to do similar work. There he was married on the 16th of July that year, and with his wife lived there for two years. They came to Wahpeton and 18 years ago he became a dealer in wood and coal.
Just a year ago this month, after living together for 31 years, Mr. Lotzer and his wife were legally parted she obtaining the divorce by charging him with cruelty and misconduct. Two of their children were married and the wife was given custody of the five others.
Three months after the divorce was granted, March 31, Mr. Lotzer remarried, this time the woman whose name had been mentioned in the suit for divorce. He had known her for several months, employing her in his office as bookkeeper.
Three brothers all here for the funerals, survive Mr. Lotzer. One lives in this city, one near Kent, Minn., the other near Sisseton, S. D.
Because the funeral was held at his home Mr. Lotzer’s first wife did not attend the services. The eldest daughter, wife of a Breckenridge railroad man, did, and the two smallest children, Robert, 8, and Edith 14, were sent. They also brought flowers and twice, while their father was in the hospital, came to see him, it is said. Mr. Lotzer had once been an active member of the Workmen lodge, the Commercial club and the Wahpeton Fire Department but in each of the organizations he had allowed his membership to lapse.
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Location
Old Fairview is located on the southern half of the cemetery grounds.