Dorothea Marie Bliesener
Born: October 5th, 1859
Died: July 24th, 1922
Obituary
Mrs. Dorothea Marie Bliesener, a resident of Burlington for the last half-century, passed away Monday afternoon in the family residence at the corner of Gordon and Grube streets.
She was born in Germany, Oct. 5, 1859, and was 62 years old. Mrs. Bliesener came to Burlington with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Heinemann, when she was a girl 10 years old.
She was united in marriage to Herman Bliesener in 1884 and they made their home in the Sunnyside section of Burlington. Mrs. Bliesener enjoyed good health until a few months ago when she was taken ill.
The deceased leaves her husband, one son, Herbert Bliesener of Minneapolis, a daughter Laura Marie Bliesener of Burlington, a brother, Rev. FH Heinemann of St. Boniface, Minn.m, and two sisters, Miss Marie Heinemann of St. Paul, Minn., and Mrs. H Michel of St. James, Minn.
The funeral services will be held from the home at the corner of Gordon and Grube, Sunnyside section, Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 with the Rev. OE Krueger of the Oak Street Baptist Church, officiating and from the church at 2:30. Interment will be in Aspen Grove Cemetery. Friends are invited to attend.