This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: STRACK HARTMANN STEFFEN Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZAQBAEB/61 Message Board Post: The Grundy Republican, Thursday, December 17, 1903, Grundy County, Iowa Death of Wm. Strack William Strack died at his home in Grundy Center, Friday, Dec. 11, 1903, at the age of 72 years. He was born in Province Posen, Germany, Jan. 21, 1831. In 1857 he moved to Peru, Ill., and in 1871 he removed to Lincoln township, Grundy county, where he resided until the year 1893 he moved to Grundy Center where he resided at the time of his death. He was married October 31, 1863, to Miss Anna Gertrude Hartman. To this union were born nine children, six of whom died in 1882 of diphtheria. The three remaining children now living are two daughters, Mrs. Adolph Steffen, Mrs. Henry Steffen, and one son Will Strack. The funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Methodist church conducted by Revs. Kennedy and Saalborn.