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Surnames: GRIEGER MARQUART RHORDANZ ROEHRDANZ ROHRDANZ GRAUBMAN ARNDT MELLINGS
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Chesterton Tribune, 22 August 1940
Aged Local Man Passes Away
Gottlieb GRIEGER, 85, passed away this Wednesday morning, Aug. 21, at 10:30 o'clock at
the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry MARQUART.
Mr. GRIEGER was born June 8, 1855 in Germany. He came to America at the age of 25 and
spent a few years in Chicago and Michigan City. The rest of his life was spent in Porter
county. In 1883 he was united in marriage to Minnie RHORDANZ, who passed away in 1918 at
the age of 54.
Mr. GRIEGER was employed for many years as a signal maintainer at Crocker and was also in
the grocery business in Crocker for a number of years. He resided at the Marquart home
here and had been in ill health for several years.
Survivors are four daughters, Mrs. Bertha MARQUART of Chesterton, Mrs. Amelia GRAUBMAN of
Chicago, Mrs. Martha ARNDT and Mrs. Clara MELLINGS, both of Gary; one son, Albert C. of
Whiting; a brother, Ferdinand of Michigan City; 12 grandchildren and eight great
grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete.