Christian Yurk, 79, of 2304 N. 15th St., passed away at his home at 2 o’clock this morning following a lingering illness.

Born Dec. 7, 1872, in Rheinwald, Russia, he came to America in 1909, to Chicago, and the following year moved to Sheboygan and made his home here since. He was employed as an enameler at the Kohler Co. for 15 years and for the past 16 years was employed at the Polar Ware Co.

Survivors are: his wife; six children, Christ Jr. of Sheboygan, Fred of Ripon, Mrs. Oliver (Katherine) Willis and Mrs. Alvin (Christine) Brown of Portland, Ore., Mrs. Elmer (Pauline) Eckert of St. Louis, Mo., and Anton of Minneapolis; 22 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Monday at 1:30 p.m. at the Ballhorn Funeral chapels with the Rev. August Grollmus of St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed church officiating. Burial will be made in the Lutheran cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral chapels from Sunday noon until the time of the services.

After an illness which lasted for more than a year, Mrs. Mary C. Young died at her home in Sheboygan on October 13, 1909. For nearly a year she was obliged to keep to her bed. On October 16, funeral services were held, the Rev. James W. White officiating, after which the remains were taken to Two Rivers for interment.

Mrs. Young, whose maiden name was Mary C. Conine, was born in Saugerties, New York, on September 10, 1847. In 1862 she removed with her parents to Two Rivers, where they still reside. On June 2, 1870, she was united in marriage to Edgar H. Young, whose death occurred about seven years ago. One daughter, Miss Bessie of Sheboygan, survives, besides her parents and brothers and sisters.

She was prominent as well as popular in social circles, and her demise grieved her many friends.

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