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The Sunday Gazetteer
Sunday, October 6, 1889
pg. 4

DEATH OF FREDERICK SCHWEND
Frederick Schwend, who has been in ill health for a long time, died at the family home, 715 Morgan street, at 5:30 o'clock Wednesday morning. Mr. Schwend had been suffering for a year with a case of slow consumption and had just recently returned from Mexico whither he went six months ago in the hope of being benefitted by the climate.
The funeral took place Thursday morning from the family home at 9 o'clock, it being under the auspices of the Verein Vorwaerts of which the deceased was a member. The cortege was headed by the consolidated force of Denison and Philharmonic bands, with, second in order, the Society Vorwaerts on foot, the hearse followed by a long line of carriages bringing up the rear. At the grave in Oakwood cemetery the only rites administered were those of the Voerwaerts Society, which were of an altogether beautiful and affecting character. The singing section of the society sang Ruhlan's beautiful "Unter allen Wipfeln ist Ruh" (Under the Leaves to Rest), the band played Sullivan's Last Chord, and Mr. Lebrecht, president of the society, delivered in German an eloquent and affecting tribute to the dead. The band then played Chopin's Requium March, the singing section rendered affectingly Chwatal's pathetic lament, "Nacht, ONacht!" (Night, O Night!) and while the coffin was being lowered and the grave filled the band played Flee As A Bird, concluding a series of funeral exercises whose simple beauty and pathos visibly affected all who heard them.
The deceased was for many years a resident of Denison and leaves a large circle of friends to mourn his taking off. Mr. Schwend was in his 53d year.
To the bereaved family and relatives the Gazetteer offers its sincerest sympathy.

Sherman Daily Democrat
Monday, April 17, 1911
pg. 5

THE DEMOCRAT'S DENISON PAGE
The body of Mrs. Matilda Schwend, aged 73 years, who died in Houston of general debility, arrived here this morning on the Houston & Texas Central General passenger train.
The decedent was the mother of Mrs. C.A. Hoffman of No. 731 West Gandy street. She has been in failing health for some time. The remains were interred at Oakwood cemetery.