Julia Ann (Kuhlman) Stremme
Marriages
John Stremme - January 4, 1887
Burial Details
Obituaries
Eagle Valley Enterprise page 1 - January 3, 1936
Eagle County Loses Pioneer Woman Citizen
MBS . THEO . STREMME PASSED AWAY TUESDAY MORNING—CAME TO GYPSUM IN 1887—-FORTY-TWO YEARS A RESIDENT OF COUNTY .
Gypsum and liagle county lost one of its moat revered women last Tuesday morning , December 31 , when Mrs . Theorore 3 tremme paaad awa & r at 10 : 30 oclock . For a . year pa £ t Mrs . Stremme had been in poor health , and on Christmas eve she was taken to hei bed and lost consciousness which she never regained . Julia Ann Kuhlmam was born March 18 , 1859 , at Quincy 111 ., aid would have been 77 . years of age within a few weeks . January 4 , 1887 , she was married In Quincy to Mr . John Stremme , and the newly married couple came to Colorado at once , arriving at Gyp 3 um in February following their wedding . They located east of Gypsum one mile on a ranch , where they lived until 1892 , when they moved to Fulford , and Mr Stremme engaged in mining there unti he was killed in an explosion m the mine , December 29 , 1894 . Five children were born to this union , two sons dying in infancy ; William and Arthur , and a daughter , Mayme . Mrs . Stremme was the only Gold Star mother of the World War livn-g in this community . W served in the navy as a radio operator during the war , an < j cued at New Orleans , La ., Octob 2 r 27 , 1918 . On June 23 , 1899 , Mrs , Stremme
was united in marriage to Theodore Stremme at Fulford , Colorado . In June of 1905 , the family returned to Gypsum , where her husband engaged in business and here she raised her family of children and made her home continuously for more than thirty years . And during all that time she took an active part in the social , religious and civic affairs of the community . There survives to mourn the los 3 of a loving mother and devoted wife the husband , Theodore Stremme the daughter , Mrs . Mayme Price , and son , Arthur . Also three brothers who live in the east , three grand children , other relatives and hosts of friends . Funeral services were held from the Lutheran church in Gypsum Thursday afternoon , she having been a faithful member o f that organization since in 1905 . Rev . George Eler , local pastor , conducted the services , during which Miss Albertine Zoellner and Mrs . Dorothy Gerard , accompanied at the piano by Miss Gladys Lundberg , sang two beautiful songs Following the church services the body was lovingly but sorrowfully laid to rest in Cedar Hill cemetery , pall bearers being Chas . Hemberger , H . % ) . Davenport , Tommy Thomas , Frank Sommerfeld , Wm . Roblchaud , and A . E . Measersmith .
