Mrs. Paulina Siemon died at the Wyatt Hospital after an illness of about three months. On April 26, last, she accidently fell and broke her hip, after which she was taken to the Wyatt Memorial Hospital for treatments. Getting along fairly well, she suffered a stroke of paralysis on May 13; lingering away since then until she was released from her suffering by death on Thursday, July 17. She passed away quietly and peacefully, and her allotted span of life was 88 years, 7 months, and 23 days.

Paulina Siemon, nee Frank, was born November 24, 1840, in Grube, Holstein, Germany, where she grew to womanhood and received a splendid education. She attended Christian day school and was confirmed in Lensahn, Holstein. In 1866, she was united in holy wedlock with Fritz Siemon, to which union three children were born, two sons and one daughter, all of whom preceded her in death.

In 1866, she came with her husband and children to America, settling in Grand Mound, Iowa, where they lived for two years, when they came in 1878 to Carroll County, Iowa, and were among the first settlers in the town of Manning. In 1897, Mr. and Mrs. Siemon returned to Germany where Mr. Siemon passed away in 1904. Returning with the body of her husband in 1905, Mrs. Siemon made her home with her daughter and family, Mrs. Ferdinand (Dora) Lamp. Since the death of Mrs. Lamp, she made her home with her granddaughters, Mrs. Bid Schroeder and Mrs. Ed Georgius, who tenderly cared for the dear old grandmother until the accident, in April when she was taken to the hospital and cared for with the best of medical skill and tender loving hands.

She leaves to mourn her death, 10 grandchildren, twelve great-grandchildren, one brother Henry Frank at Arcadia, and many other relatives and friends. The funeral services were held at 2:00 o'clock Friday afternoon from the Edward Georgius home, conducted by her pastor the Reverend John M. Ansorge. The earthly remains were laid to rest in the Iowa Township Cemetery besides her husband and children in the family lot.

Ripe in years and many were the trials and sorrows placed in the earthly path of this dear old wanderer, but she never lost faith in her Savior and was true unto Him in whom she found consolation, and was a faithful member of the Lutheran Church. A noble Christian woman has passed to her reward.