May have mistakes Benton County Guide May 14, 1948 MRS. CLAUS STEFFENS DIES Aged Lady Passed Away Thursday. Funeral Held Sunday. Mrs. Caroline Grube Steffens, widow of the late Claus Steffens, passed away at her home in Cole Camp at 7:30 o'clock Thursday morning, May 7, following a paralytic stroke suffered about three weeks ago. She had been in critical condition since that time. She attained the age of 81 years, 8 months and 10 days. Funeral services were held at the Eickhoff Funeral Home at 2:00 o'clock Sunday afternoon, May 9. The Rev. Geo. Winton, pastor of the First Methodist Church officiated. Burial was in the Union cemetery near Cole Camp. Pallbearers were G. W. Beyer, John Chehaski, Daley Linville, Walter Grube, Harry Corman and Henry T. Junge. Mrs. Carolina Fredericka Louisa Steffens, nee Grube, was born at Sandfork, Ohio on August 26, 1866, a daughter of the late August Grube and his wife Caroline, nee Roelf. In early infancy she was baptized and on March 28, 1880 confirmed in the Lutheran Church. Her childhood days were spent in Ohio. In 1893 at the age of 24 years she came to Missouri. She united in marriage with Mr. Claus Steffens on November 9, 1893. The couple resided on a farm two miles west of Lincoln for nine years, then moved to a farm near Cole Camp where they resided until 1928 when they moved to Cole Camp. Mr. Steffens preceded her in death on April 9, 1942. She is survived by a daughter, Katie, Mrs. Ora Jacobs and a son, Carl Steffens, both of Canton, Ill.; five grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Mary Payne of Columbus, Ohio; four brothers, August Grube, Lees Summitt, Mo.; Ernest Grube, Columbus, Ohio; Carl and Robert Grube of Patriot, Ohio. Three brothers and three sisters preceded her in death and a grandson lost his life in the South Pacific. rwbrauer@iland.net