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1895 Death Notice of Helene Wolke

Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky

Courier-Journal newspaper
Wednesday 2 October 1895

Fatal Paralytic Stroke
Mrs. Helena Wolke, fourty-eight years old, died of a paralytic stroke yesterday afternoon [Tuesday, 1 October] at 4 o'clock. Last Sunday she went to the silver wedding of her sister, Mrs. H.W. Kramer who lives on Market street near Johnson. Monday morning at 3 o'clock she was seized with a paralytic stroke and did not gain consciousness up to the time of her death.

note: 1895 would have been the 25th wedding anniversary (Silver Wedding Anniversary) for Hermann William Kramer & Helene Adeline Wolke. They married on 29 Sep 1870 and Heinrich Wolke & Helene Block/Bock were the witnesses.

Newspapers.com. Journal-Courier (Louisville, Kentucky). Wednesday, 2 Oct 1895, page 7, col 2