The entire community was saddened Saturday morning when the news spread that Henry Schrum had passed away the night before in his home in South Manning. Mr. Schrum had not been in the best of health for several years, but was always able to be up and around, except the last few weeks. Diabetes had undermined his health to a certain extent, but being a very careful patient and endeavoring to observe the health rules laid down to him by specialists he managed to get along and his sudden demise came as a surprise to his many friends.

In the passing of Mr. Schrum, the community has lost one of its most true and upright citizens; his quiet and pleasing disposition was admired by all who came in personal contact with him. For many years Mr. Schrum followed his professional shoemaker trade here in Manning and for several years in the early eighteen-nineties in Westside, Iowa. He was a faithful worker, honest and true in all his dealings a good provider for his family, a loving husband and father. It can be rightfully said of Mr. Schrum that he was a man who had no enemies.

Henry Schrum was born April 8, 1863, in Albersdorf, Suder Dithmarschen, Holstein, Germany, where he was baptized and confirmed, after which he learned the shoemaker trade which he followed all his life with the exception of a few years of farming before he retired. At the age of 21 he was inducted in the German army and served from 1884 to 1887, by the 6th Company of the Schleswig - Holstein Infantry Regiment No. 85 in Rendsburg. Following his trade for three more years in his home town after his honorable discharge he made preparations to come to America and landed in New York in the spring of 1800, and coming direct to Manning. Being a shoemaker by trade, he was too ambitious to lay idle and wait for a job in his line of business. Willing to make the best of it, he started, out working as a section hand until he found an opening in a shoe shop.

In 1891, the deceased was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Bade to which union 8 children were born, of which a son, Carl and a daughter, Martha, preceded the father in death. Those, surviving besides the bereaved widow and mother are two sons, William and Henry of Manning and four daughters; Mrs. Margaret Oeser, Mrs. William Kruse, and Mrs. Alma Hilsabeck of Manning, and Mrs. Leona Babl of Rock Rapids, Iowa. He also leaves 11 grandchildren, one brother, Fred Schrum, of Manning, and a sister Mrs. Hannah Seen, in Davenport, Iowa, and a host of other relatives and friends.

His allotted span of life was 69 years 6 months and 6 days, when he passed away on Friday, October 14, 1932. The funeral services were held Monday, October 17. Short services were held at home, where the Manning Liederkranz, of which he was a charter member and which organization he upheld to the last, offered two selections "Die Kapelle" and "Still ruht dein Herz" after which the funeral services were conducted by the Reverend J.M. Ansorge at the Lutheran Church. The earthly remains were laid to rest in the Manning Cemetery, six of his singer brothers acting as pall bearers, they were R. Essbach, William Bauer, Henry Hagedorn, George F. Boelter, Alfred Sinn, and Emil Sander. The Monitor joins in extending the deepest sympathy to the bereaved family.

Relatives and friends from a distance attending the funeral were Mr. George Ladiges of Elmhurst, Ill., Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Steiner and son of West Side, Ia., Mr. and Mrs. Herman Fredricks of Farnhamville, Ia.; Mrs. William Hagedorn of Denison, Ia., Mr. and Mrs. Glenn McLaughlin of Gray, Ia., Mr. and Mrs. John Schuman of Westside, Ia., Alfred Sinn of Arnolds Park, Ia.; Mrs. Christine Kroeger of Arcadia, Ia., Mr. Martin Frank of Arcadia, Ia., Mrs. Max Babl, Mr. and Mrs. William Babl, Mrs. Delos McCalman and two sons, and Billy Babl of Mapleton; George F. Boelter Harlan, Ia.

Upon request by the Mr. Schrum family we have made a translation of the songs rendered by the Liederkranz, at the home Monday afternoon. It gives at least a meaning of the songs.

Still Ruht Dein Hurtz
Your Heart's at rest, you have departed.
Your hand released the walking staff.
You wandered home and found your peace.
Now all the sorrow rests on your grave.
Your Heart's at rest in days of springtime.
You wandered forth and found your peace.
Silenced are the earthly sorrows.
You're slumbering in that Chambers eas'.
A Heart's at rest in a home so friendly.
It's resting from its earthly toil.
O' quietly slumber in still recluse.
As we whisper here, Adieu, Adieu.

The Chapel
What's glittering there on the mountain so tall.
When the stars are bright and the Dusk doth fall.
It is the Chapel tiny and calm.
Inviting the pilgrim for a prayer for all.
What's sounding in the Chapel at night.
So solemnly firm, so calmly and bright.
It is the Brothers devoted choir.
Devoutness brings them to God on high.
What's sounding and ringing so wondrously clear.
From the mountains top that it sounds so near.
Those are the bells that in the vault.
In the early Morn the Pilgrim calls.