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Death Of Lewis Gerstner

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Parent Issue
Day
19
Month
October
Year
1888
Copyright
Public Domain
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Louis Gerstner, the Detroit street baker, died Monlay morning of dropsy. He would Lave been sixty-four years of age, had he lived until the lat day of this month. He was born in Wurtenberg, Germany, and carne to America in 1852, first settling in Philadelphia He was a tanner by trade as well as a aker, and when in 1855 lie carne to Ann Arbor, he was employed in the old Weil tannery, until that removed to hicago, when üe staited up the bakery nsiness. He leaves a wife and five hildren, Fred, Wïll, Kate, Christiua nd Rickie. He was one of the charter members of the Arbeiter Verein and a man honorable in all his dealings with is fellow men. The funeral services vere held at two o'cloek yesterday afteroon from his house o Fountain street,