SPELTZ, Pierre

1838 - 1915  (77 years)

• Name	SPELTZ, Pierre
  Born	28 Sep 1838	Fischbach, , Luxembourg, Luxembourg   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _FSFTID	LJBS-8FL
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LJBS-8FL
  Buried	1915	Winona, Winona, Minnesota, United States
  Died	29 Sep 1915	Rollingstone, Winona, Minnesota, United States
  	Death's Summons is Sudden for Peter Speltz of West Fifth Street Preparing to Celebrate his Seventy-seventh Birth Anniversary Next Sunday He Succumbs to Heart Failure Today. Peter Speltz, for over fifty years a resident of Winona county, died suddenly this morning at ? o'clock at the age of seventy-seven years. Death came to Mr. Speltz on his birth anniversary. He had planned to celebrate with his family his seventy-seventh anniversary on next Sunday but fate has decreed that he shall hae been tenderly born to final repose in St. Mary's cemetery by that time. Death was due to heart failure, with which Mr. Speltz had been troubled for some time. His end was sudden altho not entirely unexpected. He had been working aournd the home yesterday preparing for his birthday celebration next Sunday, and it is thought complained of pain and he gradually became weaker until he sank in death. A physician had been called, but he died shortly after. Wife and 6 Children Survive. The decedent is survived by his second wife and six children, namely Theodore speltz of Albert Lea, J. A. Speltz of Oak Ridge, Minn., Mrs. L. F. Kramer, Elba, Mrs. Francis Lehnertz of Rollingstone, and Mrs. Roman Walch of Altura by his first wife, and Arthur Speltz of Albert Lea by his present wife. Peter Speltz was born in Luxemberg (Luxembourg), Germany, on Sept. 29, 1938. He came to Dubuque, Iowa, on May 25, 1864. He stopped there for several weeks with a brother and then proceeded to Rollingstone settling at Oak Ridge, this county on JUne 6, 1864. He has been a resident of this county ever since, having moved to Winona on March 20, 1895. He took a residence at 471 West Fifth Street and lived there during the remaining twenty years of life. Mr. Speltz was married to Annie Rivers on June 25, 1866. She died Oct. 17, 1876, five children surviving and who are still living. His second marriage was to Annie Guidinger at the St. Stanislaus church on Feb. 25, 1878 Father Lawrence officiating. Prominent Old Settler. Mr. Speltz was a prominent member of the Winona County Old Settlers' Association and also a member of the Knights of Columbus. He had read the Winona Republican-Herald for nearly fifty years, beginning when he first settled at Oak Ridge, near Rollingstone. The funeral arrangements have not been completed, awaiting the arrival of his children. The service will probably be held from St. Joseph's church. Father Meier officiating. Winona Republican-Herald, Wed. Sept. 29, 1915 Speltz-- Services for the late Peter Speltz were held at St. Joseph's church yesterday morning at 10 o'clock. The Rev. Father Meier officiated. The choir of which Louis M. Jung is organist and which is composed of Paul Kemp, Peter Schmidt, John Guenther, Peter Faber, Mike Kirch and Theodore Miller sang the Gregorian requiem mass. The services were attended by many of the decedent's old friends and neighbors as well as relatives. The Winona County Old Settlers' association and the Knights of Columbus, organizations with which he was affliated, were represented. Interment was made at St. Mary's cemetery. The pall bearers were Frank Winkles, Paul Kemp, Mike Goergen, J. E. Voelker, Joshep Schlingerman and John Rivers.
  Person ID	I47251	Banat
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	SPELTZ, Nicolas,   c. 24 Sep 1787, Greiveldange, , Grevenmacher, Luxembourg ,   d. 12 Oct 1859, Dickweiler, , Grevenmacher, Luxembourg  (Age ~ 72 years)
  Mother	MICHELS, Catherine,   b. 5 Jul 1799, Greiveldange, , Grevenmacher, Luxembourg ,   d. 9 Jan 1884, Oak Ridge, Winona, Minnesota, USA  (Age 84 years)
  Married	30 Dec 1822	Contern, , Luxembourg, Luxembourg
  Family ID	F22074	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	RIVERS, Anna,   b. 15 Sep 1848, Heffingen, , Luxembourg, Luxembourg ,   d. 16 Oct 1876, Rollingstone, Winona, Minnesota, United States  (Age 28 years)
  Married	25 Jun 1866	Rollingstone, Winona, Minnesota, United States
  Children	1. SPELTZ, Theodore,   b. 5 Oct 1867, Minnesota, USA ,   d. 30 Mar 1966, Freeborn, Minnesota, United States  (Age 98 years) + 2. SPELTZ, John Andrew,   b. 5 Mar 1869, Oak Ridge, Winona, Minnesota, USA ,   d. 3 Apr 1928, Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, United States  (Age 59 years)   3. SPELTZ, Emma Elizabeth,   b. 24 Sep 1870, Mount VernonTownship, Winona, Minnesota, USA ,   d. 28 Apr 1930, Elba, Winona, Minnesota, United States  (Age 59 years) + 4. SPELTZ, Amelia "Amy",   b. Mar 1873, Oak Ridge, Winona, Minnesota, USA ,   d. 28 Nov 1925, Rollingstone, Winona, Minnesota, United States  (Age ~ 52 years) + 5. SPELTZ, Catherine,   b. 28 May 1874, Mount VernonTownship, Winona, Minnesota, USA ,   d. 5 Aug 1938, Altura, Winona, Minnesota, USA  (Age 64 years)
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F18571	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	GUIDINGER, Anna A.,   b. 3 Aug 1854, Thiensville, Ozaukee, Wisconsin, United States ,   d. 26 Feb 1931, Winona, Winona, Minnesota, United States  (Age 76 years)
  Married	25 Feb 1878
  Children	+ 1. SPELTZ, Arthur J.,   b. 8 Aug 1881, Oak Ridge, Winona, Minnesota, USA ,   d. 7 Aug 1932, Albert Lea, Freeborn, Minnesota, United States of America  (Age 50 years)
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F22671	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 28 Sep 1838 - Fischbach, , Luxembourg, Luxembourg Married - 25 Jun 1866 - Rollingstone, Winona, Minnesota, United States Buried - 1915 - Winona, Winona, Minnesota, United States Died - 29 Sep 1915 - Rollingstone, Winona, Minnesota, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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