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William Christian Schutte (Anna Ahrens - 1st wife) 1843-1921
The funeral service of William Schutte will take place at the Knoshyder
chapel Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. Elder Jones of Loma Linda will officiate at the service, and interment will be made in
Hermosa cemetery by the side of a son of the deceased, Henry Schutte, who died a year ago last July. Mr. Schutte had
lived to the advanced age of 78 years, and passed to his reward last night at 5 o'clock, at his ranch home in East Colton.
He was a native of Indiana and had been living in the vicinity of Colton for the past 25 years. He served in the Civil
war and was a member of the GAR He is survived by his second wife, and children by the former marriage. John, Fred,
William, Herman, Frank, Mary, Carrie, Annie Richard, Minnie and Edward Schutte. Deceased was a native of Indiana and
had been ill for several weeks I.M. Knopsnyder has charge of the funeral. (This was from the California newspaper.)
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Anna Maria (Steinwart) Ahrens 1860-1904
wife of William Henry Ahrens
Latimer Star
Date:
not recorded
Transcription by: Iver Possehl
Mrs. Wm. Ahrens was born A-
pril 14 1860, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
On the 3rd of October, 1878, she
married Mr. Wm. Ahrens
and set-
tled in Ripley Co., Indiana. After
a number of years they moved to
Mason Co., Illinois, and from there
they
moved here in 1900. For
several years she had kidney
trouble which proved to be chron-
ic brights disease; she also
suffer-
ed from asthma. On October 25th,
1904, she gave birth to a little girl,
her fourteenth child, suffering in-
tensely
but very patiently, and
died Tuesday, Dec. 13, 1904. The
funeral was held Thursday. Rev.
A. F. Lutz speaking in English
at
the house, after which services
were held at the German Luther-
an church here, and interment
made in the cemetery
adjoining.
Mrs. Ahrens leaves her bereaved
husband, eleven children and three
grandchildren. Her age was 44
years,
7 months and 30 days at the
time of her death. Mr. and Mrs
Charley Vogel of Illinois were
here to attend the funeral.
Next March, Mr. Ahrens will
move on to the farm vacated by
Frank Miller.
The Star
joins with the people
of the community in extending
sympathy to the bereaved hus-
band and relatives.
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Henry Schutte (son of Anna Ahrens & Wm. Schutte) 1869-1921
COLTON MAN COMMITS SUICIDE IN FIT OF DESPONDENCY
Death, caused by gunshot wounds in the hands and face, self inflicted
with suicidal intent, was the decision reached by the coroner's jury at Knopsnyder undertaking parlors Monday morning in the
case of Henry Shutter (Schutte) who died Sunday afternoon at the home of his Father, William Shutter (Schutte), east of Colton.
Despondency
resulting from a recent illness is though to be the cause of the suicide of Henry Shutter, 51 years old, who was found about
4:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon by his stepmother lying crosswise on the bed show through the head and face.
Mrs Shutter
said she heard the shot and upon running into the room where her stepson lay in bed found him with the left side of his face
shot nearly away, but still conscious. He died about an hour later. Mrs. Shutter said that he force of the shot
caused it to go through the man's head, hit the wall at the other side of the room and bounce back breaking a pane of glass
in the window beside the bed where Mr. Shutter lay.
With flesh and blood bespattering the bed and walls, the family gathered
about the man and made his last hour as comfortable as possible. It is said the gun with which the deed was committed has
a dark history having been used several years before for the same purpose by another man who had also tired of life.
It had been sold to the elder Mr. Shutter for scaring away prowlers and at one time another man had wanted to borrow it, having
made a previous statement that he wished to take his life. Mrs. Shutter says they intended to dispose of the gun immediately
as it bears such a bloody reputation.
Henry Shutter suffered a paralytic stroke some time ago and had been confined to
his bed for quite awhile. The shot gun hung on the porch outside his window and when the family was out, it is though
he reached through the window, obtained the gun and managed to pull the trigger accomplishing his intentions of ending his
life. Shutter had upon several occasions threatened taking his own life, having become over his physical condition.
No significance was attached to it by the family, who thought he was just ill and delirious.
He was one of a family of
twelve children and the firs to die. He came here from Indiana five years ago and was employed by the Riverside-Highland
water company. He is survived by the father and step-mother, four sisters and seven brothers, all the brothers and sisters
living in Ripley County, Indiana.
Funeral services were held in the chapel of the Knopsnyder undertaking establishment
this morning at 8 o'clock, the Rev. F.L. Richardson officiating. Burial was made at Hermosa. (From a photo copy of a Colton, California newspaper clipping. July, 1921)
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| Funeral Card for Herman H. Ahrens |
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