LeMars Sentinel, Tuesday, December 3, 1935

Wedding At Alton

Two Alton young people, Miss Marian Henricksen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Chris Henricksen, and George Arens, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Arens, were
married at St. Mary's rectory Tuesday evening, November 26, at 8 o'clock,
the Very Rev. M. A. Schemel officiating at the nuptial ceremony. The couple
were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Streff.

Mr. Arens is employed at the Alton cafe and his bride at Ray Vanden Brink's
Corner cafe in Sheldon, where she will continue her work until the first of
the year. The couple expect to establish their home in Alton.

CONRAD REINKING,
IRETON FARMER
TAKEN BY DEATH

Conrad Frederic Reinking, well known in Sioux and Plymouth counties, died
Saturday, November 23, at the farm home near Ireton, following an illness,
caused by liver complaint, of several weeks.

Conrad Reinking was born in Menden West Pfoblen, Germany, on September 18,
1878. In 1882 he came with his parents to America, settling near Lowden,
Iowa.

On March 14, 1906, he was married to Miss Irma Lendt. They made their home
near Lowden for several years, spent two years in South Dakota, then came to
Sioux county, where they made their home.

Funeral services were held at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Ireton,
Wednesday, November 27, with the Rev. H. W. Krieger in charge. The body was
shipped to Wheaton for interment.

Mourning his death are his wife, Irma; six sons, Herbert, Irwin, Donald,
Wayne, Clifford, and Merle. One son preceded him in death. Two brothers
and four sisters and friends also mourn his death.

PAVING NEAR ALTON
HALTED FOR PRESENT

Alton Democrat: Supt. Kennedy and others directing the paving work on No.
33 for the Western Asphalt Paving Corporation left Monday for Oakland, Neb.,
where the company is finishing up work on another paving project.
Shouldering and flume work along the new paving south of Carnes has been
completed.

Work will be resumed by the corporation next spring on the balance of their
paving contract on No. 33 when the concrete will be extended from Carnes up
to Alton, a distance of about five miles. Whether Mr. Kennedy and others in
charge of the paving this fall will return here next spring or be sent to
one of the other numerous paving jobs the Everist interests have been
awarded this fall they do not know.

When work opens up next spring the big concrete mixer will be located at
Alton and the batch trucks will haul south towards Carnes, gradually
bringing the ribbon of concrete into Alton.

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Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Hanson, Mr. and Mrs. Alwin Becker and family were
Thanksgiving guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Amos, in Sioux City.

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Gordon Davidson, manager of the Royal theatre, who was painfully injured in
an automobile accident November 23, was able to be out yesterday.

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Mrs. Mary Pech Early Resident Taken by Death
Was Wife of Founder of One of Leading Industries in Le Mars
Native of Delaware
Came to Plymouth County Forty-Five Years Ago

Mrs. Gus Pech, 80, residing at 119 Second Avenue SW., died Saturday morning
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Will Detloff, north of town, where she had
been staying of late. Death was due to a heart attack and infirmities of
increasing age.

Mrs. Pech was born January 14, 1856, in Delaware state. Her mother died when
she was two and a half years old. The family moved in 1861 to Lancaster,
Wis., where she passed her youthful days. Her maiden name was Mary Anne
Willstumpf. Coming to Iowa in the seventies she was married to Gus Pech at
Storm Lake, August 11, 1878, where they made their home until 1890 when they
came to LeMars to live.

Mr. Pech was the founder of the Pech Foundry and Machine Shops, which is one
of the thriving industries of LeMars. Mr. Pech was an expert machinist and
turned out products which have made the name of the firm and LeMars famous
not only in the states but in Canada, South America and South Africa. He
evolved well augers and drilling machines on a new scale, after locating in
LeMars.

Leaves Large Family

Mr. Pech died in 1900 and the family conducted the plant for a few years,
later selling out to the present owner.

Mrs. Pech is survived by six daughters and a son, Mrs. Will Eyres, Mrs. Will
Detloff, Mrs. George Osborne of Le Mars; Mrs. E. S. Powles of Rockaway, N.
Y.; Clarence Pech and Mrs. Wm. Eilers, of Sioux City; Mrs. Laurena Fowler,
Richmond, Cal. There are thirteen grandchildren and three great
grandchildren.

The funeral was held Monday afternoon at the home of Will Detloff, with Rev.
Harold A. Smith, pastor of the Union Presbyterian church, officiating, and
interment made in the city cemetery.

Her husband died January 6, 1900, a daughter, Edna A., on Jan. 5, 1915, a
son, William, in infancy and George A. Pech, October 27, 1933.

She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Kate Klipple, of Long Beach, Cal.

Mrs. Pech was a good Christian woman, a devoted wife and kind, pleasant and
neighborly. She enjoyed a large acquaintenance and many friends pay tribute
to a long life well lived.