RUDOLPH DUNKLAU SUCCUMBS TO HEART ATTACK

Rudolph Dunklau, a prominent farmer living north of Arlington, passed away Thursday morning at 2:15 o’clock with a heart attack. He had apparently been in good health and had been in Arlington the evening before.

Mrs. Dunklau was 57 years of age, and leaves to mourn his passing his widow, four brothers, Henry of Clovis, California; G. H. Dunklau of Fremont; and August and Louis of Arlington; and three sisters: Miss Johanna Dunklau of St. Paul, Minnesota; Mrs. Daniel Drude of Truman, Minnesota; ad Mrs. F. W. Kruger of Arlington.

No arrangements have yet been made for the funeral as the family is waiting to hear from the relatives in California.

#2-11 Nov., 1943 - The Enterprise

WM. DUNKLAU BURIED NOV. 9TH

Funeral services for William Rudolph Dunklau were held on November 9th, having been postponed on account of the storm.

Rev. Carl Hellman conducted the services at St. Paul’s Lutheran church at 2 o’clock, with a brief service preceding at the home.

Born in Arlington on a farm where his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Zachrius Dunklau, early pioneers, lived for many years, he continued to live until his death which came suddenly on November 4th, following a heart attack.

Surviving are his wife, four brothers, E. H. of Fremont, August and Louis of Arlington and Henry of Fresno, California, and three sisters, Mrs. F. W. Kruger of Arlington, Miss Johanna Dunklau of St. Paul, Minnesota and Mrs. Daniel Drude of Truman, Minnesota, all of whom were present for the services.

The pallbearers for Emil Dunklau, Albert Dunklau, Lorenz Dunklau, Ewald Dunklau, Harold Dunklau of Leavenworth, Kansas and Albert Kruger.

Burial was made in St. Paul’s cemetery.

#3-This article is from his funeral service folder:

In Memory of WM. RUDOLPH DUNKLAU

Born, July 5, 1886, Arlington, Nebraska - - Entered into Rest, November 4, 1943

Services Held, 2 P.M., Monday, November 8, 1943, St. Paul Lutheran Church, Arlington, Nebraska

Clergyman, Rev. Carl Hellmann, Arlington, Nebraska; Text, Isaiah 48, Verse 17

Music, Hymn by Congregation, “Who Knows How Near My End May Be” # 544, Song by Choir, “God Be With You Till We Meet Again”, Hymn by Congregation, “Jerusalem the Golden” 556

Place of Interment, St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Arlington, Nebraska

PALLBEARERS, Emil Dunklau, Albert Dunklau, Lorenz Dunklau, Ewald Dunklau, Harold Dunklau, Albert Kruger

~~~Obituary courtesy of Washington County Genealogical Association; newspaper clippings on file at the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska ~~~