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© The Verden News Verden, Oklahoma February 6, 1914 Seeptember 3, 1837 ~ February 4, 1914 Aged Veteran Dies Suddenly Wednesday morning about 9:30 as Joseph Gravenhorst, aged 77, in company with his step granddaughter, Mrs. Mason, were on their way to the station to board the passenger train for Fort Cobb, Mr. Gravenhorst was suddenly stricken with heart failure from which he died a short time later. They were just across the track north of the City hotel when Mr. Gravenhorst suddenly reeled and fell. Medical aid was immediately summoned and he was removed to the office of Dr. Jones in the Rockefeller hotel where he died a few minutes after his arrival. Deceased was a native of Germany and came to America in 1860. In 1861 he inlisted in the army as a private and later was raised to the rank of lieutenant in Company A, 37th Illinois infantry. At the time of his death he was a member of the soldiers' home at Leavenworth, Kansas, and was visiting his relatives here and at Fort Cobb, being absent from the home on a furlough. Mr. and Mrs. Mendenhall of Ft. Cobb were immediately notified and they arrived here Wednesday evening. Deceased was a step-father of Mrs. Mendenhall. Funeral services were conducted from the residence Thursday afternoon by Elder J. B. Raines and the remains were laid to rest in the Verden cemetery. Note: Father of Anna [9 Jan 1867 Rock Island CO IL ~ 25 Dec 1919], Louise [29 Jun 1871 Rock Island CO IL ~ unknown], Frank C. [7 Mar 1874 Rock Island CO IL ~ unknown], stepfather of Mrs. J. A. Mendenhall, step grandfather of Mrs. Mason, son of Friedrich Carl [29 May 1798 Hamburg Germany ~ 29 Mar 1867 Grossenaspe, Holstein, Germany] and Margarethe Christine [Cirsovius] Gravenhorst [26 May 1813 Mettenhot, Holstein, Germany - 21 Mar 1898 Grossenaspe, Holstein, Germany], M 9 Feb 1834 Bad Bramstedt, Holstein, Germany. |
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