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Venerable Minister Called In Death. Rev. J. A. List Passed Away, After A Lingering Illness.

ther Lingering 1 Ltot Frit., ofi January 21,1; 11.1" 'att!itstit"(1'isa',1!tit71):iitt: , Lutheran church loses one of its most ;distinguished ministers dad the coin-' lanai, loses a just and upright man Ito List retired from the ministry :several ,ears ago MO for solve (11114, . of earl, training and fostered by the the i•firmities tthieit cattle upon hint !"P,:t()Itilet),.:17er 13. there was a notable me. in the List family• it he-1,:■'1; (Ve.■brt'■Ittintt;ts tits gold°u rued- ' welding of their daughter. and the wedding of their granddaughter At ' Thal time the ge1111• mot wax not in 1110 1104 of health. but he entered most hearth, into the celebration, which he thorou, 1, eitio,ed ...% 1-1.- ‘,"1s a good man and he urn he missed, not alone 1,, his immediate relatives, but 1,, all his associates in church work and by the public. In general. Rov. J A List was born . July 26, 1835, at Rohr, Bavaria. Germany In early youth he lost his parents, but he found a home with Ito and Mrs Son-nemeyer, who reared hint After fin-ishing his studies in the theological seminaries at Neuend•1tcIsatt aat 111g?eY:,,,otcre;- Amer-ica 1: was ordained : the ministry at Rust Creek, Ill In the year 1S5S he traveled throughout IONVIL as a missionary and established congregations in na, onport. Illus.- tine. Iowa City and Des Moines, re-maining th^ro tor some lime as inviter. After serving a number of other congregations, . retired from the ministry in the year 1507. coming 1.0 Water!, where he has sine° resided. Betook great interest in all church work and hold several 0111,:4 in (11,1 Lutheran Synod , Iowa. Some five years ago . wax com-pelled to give up all work. •t n. count of his failing eyesight Two wee. ago he was taken sick with Ilse grippe and bronchitis. which were the cause of his death Ile passed peacefully :may on Priday afternoon, at 2 30 o'clock, at the age of 80 Year.- a months and ,1 days. In 1851 he was married to Bliss Wit-helmine Balmenkratt. of Des N1011105; Nine children were born to Chi•, union. of whom four preceded him In death Besides t. widow• there remain Paul-us IA.. of Chicago; Mrs. Sophia Inter..., of wax..., Minn t MI83 Mar. List. of Chaska. Minn t Mr, Hannah Manila. Minneapolis, Minn ; Miss Emma List, of this city. Services at the home on Monday af-ternoon were in charge of Rev 11.1 II Rause, who also officiated at the burial servien. interment being in St. Patti's Lutheran cemetery After the burial, the funeral service was /told in St Paul's church. Rev. F. Richter, of Clinton, president of the Iowa Synod, preaching the sermon, and Rev. Rausch reading the obituary.

Death Of Pastor List. Pastor List was born on July 17, 1835, In the1:e Province niene 769ae.r3tctit117:: and 241.4117:: "nut :7M me nas yet a small lad He w•as con- aT:chai nresascper in the Lutheran grrf.s'cllen14.11t; ettNAmeriea Sn his synod, In response to a call from uifr3 'tourney through grecis i;veprt.us-calla, Iowa City, Des Moines and other places. In 1859 he was called to at tinto=?Pated fte=qte ftliTclison!ter;lasr.ds called te number of other congregations in Io 181987e.°Osninac. toTref and Iowa he was obliged toretire torn rho 112..nrde tget'Llrisvdeerlri :11,17 r:r.:=.;41rosd '1%.".741. Vdsirl he was trZfog. A good man left us when Pastor List died. The funeral was Monday afternoon, Pastor Rausch officiating, assisted by a number of other pastors.

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