Augustus
Hettig
Obituary
(Newspaper
unknown,
obtained
from
family
member)
August
Hettig,
Hartwick,
Succumbs
Following
Shock
Fails
to
Recover
From
Stroke
Suffered
October
19 -
Funeral
to be
held
Tuesday
Afternoon
Hartwick,
Oct. 29
- August
Hettig,
83, died
at 10
o'clock
Saturday
morning
at the
home of
his
daughter,
Mrs.
Herschel
Hathaway,
here.
He
suffered
a shock
October
19 and
never
regained
consciousness.
Mr.
Hettig
was the
son of a
Valentine
and
Sofia (Manderling)
Hettig
and was
born in
Leipsic,
Germany,
May 27,
1850. He
came to
America
when he
was 17.
Mr.
Hettig
resided
in
Pennsylvania
until
six
years
ago when
he and
his wife
came to
live at
the
Hathaway
home. He
married
Sarah J.
Keiper
of
Leonardsville,
Pa.,
April
14,
1870.
She died
two
years
ago.
Mr.
Hettig
was a
member
of the
Faith
Evangical
Lutheran
church
at
Alderson,
Pa.
Surviving
are two
daughters,
Mrs.
Hathaway
and Mrs.
E.
Dotter
of
Kresgeville,
Pa.,
five
sons, R.
O.
Hettig
of Los
Angeles,
Cal.,
Stephen
of
Lehighton,
Pa.,
Charles
of
Athens,
Pa.,
Stewart
of Lee
Park,
Pa., and
Wilson
of
Wilkes-Barre,
Pa., and
several
grand-children.
The
funeral
will be
held
from the
daughter's
home
here at
1:30
Tuesday
afternoon.
Rev. R.
C.
Updyke,
pastor
of the
Congregational-Christian
church,
will
officiate.
Burial
will be
in the
family
plot at
Schenevus.
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