Monroe County Obituaries





[Monday] 28 May 1934 Obituary. Source: Chris Kull, Archivist, Monroe County Historical Commission, 126 South Monroe Street, Monroe, Michigan 48161

Mrs. Barbara Straub

Special to The Evening News [of Monroe, Michigan] MAYBEE – May 28 – Mrs. Barbara Straub of Maybee, aged 50 years, died at her home Sunday at midnight after an attack of apoplexy.

Mrs. Straub was born November 21, 1884. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig Liedel and was married March 3, 1908, to Ben Straub and they have always made their home in Maybee.

She leaves her husband, her stepmother, three sons, Clem, Arthur and Herman; two grandchildren; a brother Michael Liedel of Detroit, and three sisters, Mrs. T[e]ressa Steinman and Mrs. Lucy Abey of Wyandotte and Mrs. Anna Heisler of near Maybee.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning in St. Joseph’s Catholic Church and burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery. The Rev. Fr. Frank Bertram will officiate.


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