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Sunday Gazetteer
Sunday, December 24, 1899
pg. 6

As the Gazetteer goes to press the death of our pioneer citizen, A. Uhlig, is announced. The deceased cast his lot here in the seventies, he was in fact about the first person who hung out a shoemaker's sign. The Gazetteer is not informed as to when the funeral will take place. Being a member of the Society Vorwaerts, he will probably be buried by that society.

Sunday Gazetteer
Sunday, October 5, 1884
pg. 3

Last Sunday night Mrs. A. Uhlig retired to her bed in ordinarily good health; but, ere the dawn of Monday morning, she lay upon her bier with her arms folded in death. Shortly after 12:00 her spirit had been wafted away into the unknown regions of eternity by an attack of heart disease. Being a member of the Society Vorwaerts, that fraternity took charge of her remains and conducted the burial ceremonies. Monday evening the corpse was conveyed from the family residence to the Episcopal church where prayers were offered, Phi. Blummer, R. Schwalbe, J.E. Euper, A. Freudensteint, Henry Gensike and Chris Waltz of the Vorwaerts, acting as pall bearers. From the church the remains were conducted to the Old Cemetery where the grave was waiting to receive them. After prayers were offered Louis Lebrecht, president of the Vorwaerts, delivered a short eulogy in which he spoke in great commendation of the many virtues of the deceased. She ad ever been a lady of exemplary habits, benevolence and fidelity - never forgetting to attend the sick and afflicted whether a neighbor or a stranger within our gates. She was a friend to the por and needy, the helpless and friendless, many of whom she often cheered with her love and charity. When Mr. Lebrecht ceased speaking the Vorwaerts joined in singing, after which the grave was filled and all departed with sad and aching hearts. The funeral processions was quilte large, over 50 carriages and buggies following the corpse to the grave.

The Sunday Gazetteer
Sunday, June 5, 1910
pg. 3

Sunday night Mrs. August Uhlig retired in ordinary health, and in the morning she was discovered cold in death. The funeral services were conducted at the Episcopal church and at the grave Mr. Louis Lebrecht made a few appropriate remarks representing Society Vowaerts of which her husband was a member, and the singing section rendered an appropriate song.