LeMars Sentinel newspaper
Dated August 4, 1922

WAS PIONEER RESIDENT
Mrs. Mary Reeves Was Well Known in This vicinity

Mrs. Mary C. Reeves, a former resident of Seney, where she taught school
and was married, died suddenly in Sioux City on Sunday.  The Sioux City
Journal says of her life:

The unexpected death, in her bed, of Mrs. Mary F. C. Reeves, 62 years
old, resident of Sioux City for 56 years, occurred at her home, 817
Ninth street, early Sunday morning.

Mrs. Reeves retired Saturday night in perfect health and excellent
spirit.  At 4:45 o'clock Sunday morning she arose to get a drink of
water, then returned to bed.  A short time later a spasmodic movement
attracted her husband, M. S. Reeves, Sr., to her bedside, only to
discover that she had died.  Heart disease was ascribed as the cause of
death.

Mrs. Reeves, then Mary Meyer, came to Sioux City in 1866 when only 6
years of age.  She was born in Dubuque, Iowa, and her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. George C. Meyer, came overland to Sioux City before any railroad
had reached this point.  The Meyers settled at 440 Wall Street, where
they resided continuously until about 1890. 

Mrs. Reeves attended school at the old Hunt academy, formerly located
where the Princess theater now stands. Then she taught school at Seney,
Iowa.

Her marriage to Mr. Reeves occurred on September 18, 1883, and the
couple has resided in Sioux City ever since.

Mrs. Reeves was identified with lodge and church activities.  She was a
member of the First Unitarian church and was active in the affairs of
the Unity Circle.  She was affiliated with Rose Croix chapter No. 400,
Order of the Eastern Star, and Mizpah chapter of the White Shrine.  The
Women's Athletic club of the Riverside Boat Club also claimed her as a
member.

She is survived by her husband, one son, M.S. Reeves, Jr., a brother,
H.A. Meyer, and two grand children.

The funeral services was held at the residence of her son at 815 Ninth
Street Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.

Obituary:
J. F. Knorr, banker, lumberman, successful businessman and for many
years head of the LeMars Water and Light Company, died very suddenly at
his home, 25 Sixth Avenue, NE, at half past seven o'clock on Wednesday
evening.  Mr. Knorr had been ailing more or less for the past two or
three years and his health failed rapidly since the death of his wife
last fall.  He had suffered from leakage of the heart for some time.
Recently he had felt stronger and more cheerful and on the day of his
death stated he was feeling much better than he had been for some time.
He was down town on Wednesday and was at the depot at the 6:40 train to
bid farewell to some relatives.  He was sitting on the porch at his
residence an hour later when he complained of feeling dizzy.  He went
into the house and up to his bedroom and collapsed while in the act of
seating himself on a chair.  Relatives went to his assistance on hearing
the noise of the fall and discovered that life was extinct.

Mr. Knorr has been a prominent figure in LeMars since coming here
thirty-six years ago and was identified with many business interested
during a long and busy life.  He was an indefatigable worker and never
spared himself whether in business, in social life, or in community
affairs, in which he took part.  He carved out a successful career for
himself by his own exertions and application, being left an orphan at
the tender age of five years, and practically dependent on his own
efforts since the time he was a small lad.

Mr. Knorr was born in Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany, on September 20, 1848.
When he was three years old his parents came to American in a sailing
vessel and landed at New Orleans.  From there they came by steamboat up
the Mississippi to Guttenberg, Iowa, where a colony of their countryman
had established homes in the early days.  In 1852 a scourge of cholera
swept through the country and Mr. Knorr's parents were among the
victims.

Jacob Knorr grew to young manhood in Guttenberg vicinity, attending
school and working at jobs on farms and other places.  When he was 17
years of age he went to Benton county and obtained work on a farm near
Blairstown and then clerked in a store at Luzerne for three years.  [the
rest of this obit is not included in the pages I have for transcribing…I
will get the additional pages and continue this later.]