Mrs. William Braun, nee Schilling will be buried today, leaving the house at 8:30, church at 9, then to the cemetery. She was 35 yrs. old & has 7 children living & 4 dead. Henry & Leona, Aunt Mary, Rosalia & Bertille all went to the funeral it was a large one, we went to the house, church, cemetery. Fr. Janssen of Smithon [sic] had the ceremony, he had a wedding in the home first, Frank Kroll got married. Fr. Grooten is awful bad sick with nervous breakdown. Papa took care of the kids this morn. Uncle Fred & Aunt Mary where here for dinner. All the Schillings where out today, Jonny, Sam, Gabriel, Martin, Joe, & George, all at the funeral, Degenhardts, Natz, Mosbacher 1 daughters.
Uncle Fred & Papa went to help Roy Staunfbiel get his father’s coping from the cemetery this afternoon. Mrs. Stauenfbiel was here to see if she could get a ride home from Belleville on the 15 of Sept. She & papa have to go in to be witness on Val. Fristche’s will, to snigfy [sic] there writing. The egg man was here again from St. Louis, but we didn’t have any. Henry & family where up this evening, he paid his threshing bill.
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