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8. George Henry KRUMWIEDE was born on 1 Jan 1875.(6) (27)(5) He was baptized on 1 Feb 1875 in St. John's Lutheran Church, Buckley, Illinois. (27) He died on 5 Nov 1956 in Kankakee, Illinois. (29)

George Krumwiede, 81, Buckley, Dies; Rites Held Thursday

George Henry Krumwiede, 81, of Buckley, died Monday at 4 p.m. at a Kankakee hospital where he had been receiving treatments for the last three months.
A lifelong Buckley community resident, he was born January 1, 1875, to August and Louisa Sternberg Krumwiede and was married December 13, 1899, at Buckley to Carolina W. Weisenbarn. He was engaged in farming until recent years.
Surviving are his wife; four sons, Alfred, at home, Leo of Decatur, Albert Krumwiede, Wilmington, and George of Washington, Ill.; two daughters, Mrs. Clara McNeill of Binghamton, N.Y. and Mrs. Elra Lambert of Wilmington; 18 grandchildren, five great-grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Emma Luhrsen of Ash Grove community.
He was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, two sisters, an infant daughter and a son, Leonard, who died in 1948.
Funeral services were conducted Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the Kelly Memorial home in Buckley and at 2 p.m. in the St. John Lutheran church there. The pastor, the Rev. Walther A. Eissfeldt, officiated and interment was in St. John cemetery at Buckley.

He was buried on 8 Nov 1956 in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Buckley, Illinois. (2)(5) Section A, Row 12A, Plot 61

He was married to Carolina Minna WEISENBARN (daughter of Peter WEISENBARN and Mary JUERGENS) on 13 Dec 1899.(6) (7)(5) Carolina Minna WEISENBARN was born on 24 Mar 1880 in Elistown, Illinois. (1)(6) (30) She died on 13 May 1969 in Buckley, Iroquois County, Illinois.(5)

Resident of Buckley dies; rites Friday

Mrs. Carolina W. Krumwiede, 89, died at 7:55 a.m. yesterday at her home in Buckley.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 2 p.m. at the St. John Lutheran Church, Buckley, the Rev. Fred H. Stennfeld officiating. Burial will be in St. John cemetery. Friends may call Thursday afternoon and evening at the Ford-Baier Funeral home, Buckley.
Mrs. Krumwiede was born March 24, 1880, in Elistown, daughter of Peter and Marie Jurgens Weisenbarn. Mrs. Krumwiede married George H. Krumwiede December 13, 1899, at Buckley. He died November 6, 1956. [My calculations and the Krumwiede family records yield a date of Nov. 5.]
Surviving are four sons, Alfred of Buckley, Leo of Columbia, S.C., Albert of Wilmington and George of Washington; a daughter, Frieda of Wilmington; 18 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren, and two brothers, John and Louis Krumwiede of Buckley.
A son, Leonard, and two daughters, Meta and Clara McNeill, preceded her in death.
Mrs. Krumwiede was a life-long member of the St. John Lutheran Church.

She was buried on 16 May 1969 in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Buckley, Illinois. (2)(5) Section A, Row 12A, Plot 61 George Henry KRUMWIEDE and Carolina Minna WEISENBARN had the following children:

child59 i. Meta Marie L KRUMWIEDE was born on 20 Nov 1900. She died on 1 Dec 1900. She was buried about 4 Dec 1900 in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Buckley, Illinois. (2) Section A, Row 12A, Plot 61
child60 ii. Alfred A KRUMWIEDE was born on 6 Nov 1901 in Buckley, Iroquois County, Illinois.(6) His obituary gives a date of birth of 1 Nov. He died on 26 Oct 1980 in Joliet, Illinois. (1)(5)

Alfred A. Krumwiede

Alfred A. Krumwiede, 78, a former Buckley resident, died at 6:45 p.m. Sunday at St. Joseph's Hospital, Joliet.
He was born Nov. 1, 1909 in Buckley to George H. and Carolina Weisenbarn Krumwiede. He spent his entire life in the Buckley area and worked as a section hand for the Illinois Central Railroad for 40 years.
Surviving are one sister, Freda Lambert of Wilmington; two brothers, Albert of Wilmington and George of Washington, Ill.; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by two sisters and two brothers.
Mr. Krumwiede was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Buckley, where services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday. The Rev. James Brammier will officiate, with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation is held this afternoon and tonight.
Memorials may be made to the donor's choice.

He was buried on 29 Oct 1980 in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Buckley, Illinois. (2)(5) Section C, Row 28, Plot 82C
child+61 iii. Leo KRUMWIEDE.
child+62 iv. Clara Emma KRUMWIEDE.
child63 v. Leonard William KRUMWIEDE was born on 21 Jul 1908 in Artesia Township, Iroquois County, Illinois.(9) He died on 24 Mar 1948 in Buckley, Iroquois County, Illinois.(1) (31)

Buckley man dies of heart attack in alley near home

Leonard Krumwiede, 39, World War II veteran, was found dead about 7:25 a.m. Wednesday in an alley near the rear of the Mrs. Edward Kottke, Sr., residence in Buckley, about a half block from his home. He had apparently suffered a heart attack some time during the night while returning home.
Krumwiede reportedly had suffered from a heart ailment for some time. The body was discovered by Krumwiede's father.
Born July 21, 1908, at Buckley, he was the son of George H. and Carrie Weisenbarn Krumwiede. He attended St. John's Lutheran school there. He was honorably discharged from the army in August of 1945 after serving three years, two of which were spent overseas in the European theatre. He was never married.
He was a member of St. John's Lutheran church at Buckley, and a member of the Buckley American Legion.
Surviving besides the parents are four brothers, Alfred, Leo and George of Buckley and Albert of Wilmington; and two sisters, Mrs. Clara McNeill of Binghamton, N.Y. and Mrs. Frieda Lambert of Wilmington.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the home of the parents and at 2 p.m. at St. John's church.
The Buckley American Legion and Auxiliary will attend in a body, with graveside services in charge of the Legion.

The April 1 issue of the Watseka Republican added the following information:

Pall bearers were: Earl Johnson, Herbert Lietz, Henry Krumwiede, Marlin Hilgendorf and Carl Krumwiede. Flower bearers were Betty Landes, Arlene Reynolds and Delores Goetting.

He was buried on 27 Mar 1948 in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery, Buckley, Illinois. (2)(5) Section A, Row 12A, Plot 61. Tombstone reads, "Illinois Pfc Air Corps WWII."
child+64 vi. Albert Louis KRUMWIEDE.
child+65 vii. Frieda Louise KRUMWIEDE.
child+66 viii. George John KRUMWIEDE.