| Obit For | Prof. August H. Schnakenburg |
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| Headline | Prof. A. H. Schnakenburg Dies: |
| Text | After an illness of only 15 days a young life full of endeavor and worthy accomplishments in the person of August H. Schnakenburg at 12 o'clock Tuesday night at the residence of J. C. Henry, ended and mortality was changed to the light of immortality. Death is always the occasion for sorrow and grief no matter when in life it comes. But deeper is the grief when it takes the young just entering upon a life of full of hope for usefulness and good service. Some days ago he became afflicted with typhoid and from the beginning of his illness there was little hope for his recovery. During his illness he was blest with the tenderest care which can be bestowed by friends and nothing was left undone that would give relief. August H. Schnakenburg was born April 4, 1892 near Alma, Lafayette county, Missouri. There he grew to manhood. Ambitious from childhood to secure the best of education advantages to attend the common school and later the high school at Alma. In 1911 he entered the Warrenburg State Normal School from which instruction he had planned to get his degree this summer. Through the recommendations of that institution the Cassville School board elected him to teach the subjects of mathematics, science and German during the present school year. Coming to Cassville as a stranger and with no experience in his profession yet he soon won the confidence of the patrons of the school and his pupils. His work manifested a successful career in the teaching profession. His short life in Cassville showed an eager desire, by close attention to school work, to render the best service possible. The many lovely floral tributes present merely expressed mute testimonials of the love and esteem in which the departed was held in our city. The remains were taken Wednesday evening to Alma here they will be interred. Miss Mary and William Schnakenburg of Alma, MO, arrived Sunday night to attend their brother, Prof. A. H. Schnakenburg. W. Carson of Alma and Rev. W. Carson of Sarcoxie and Miss Gentry of Bates County also came Monday. |
| Newspaper | Cassville Republican |
| Date | February 20, 1913, Thursday |
| Death Certifcate Link | - |
| Resource | State Historical Society of MO |
| Submitted by | Donna Cooper |
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