The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954) Fri 6 Mar 193621504

Last Friday the. death occurred of a
well-known resident of: the Kewell dis-
trict in Mr. Paul Johannes Pietsch.
Deceased. who was aged 65,years, was
born at Birdwood, S.A. In the year
1892 deceased and his brother, Mr. M.
A. Pietsch, of Dimboola, came to Vic-
toria and took up land at Kewell,
where he resided until his death. In
1894 he,wss married to Miss Anna E.
Zadow, of Palmer, S.A. (who survives
him). He was one of the original
members of the Kewell Lutheran con-
gregation and a devout member until
his death. He was also one of the
founders of the Kewell private school,
holding office in this circle for many
years. Last Friday afternoon he re-
turned with his daughter and son-in-
law (Mr. and Mrs. W. Schneider) from
a three weeks' holiday at the seaside
and acquaintances in the Western dis-
trict seemingly in the best of health
and spirits, but the unexpected hap-
pened about 10 minutes after his re-
tirement to bed, when he suddenly
passed away. He leaves a widow and
nine children, all of whom are living,
as follow: Otto P. Pietsch (Kewell),
Ruby (Mrs. H. G. Schultz, Coromby),
Rev. Edwin J. Pietsch (Queensland),
Erma (Mrs. W. Schneider, Ailsa),
Freda: (Mrs. J. Priebbinow, Q'land.),
Olga (Mrs O. Schwarz, Katyil); Har-
old A ,Pietsch (Kewell): Doris (Rev.
Mrs. Koch, Queensland); Louis A. .
Pietsch (Kewell). Deceased also leaves
two brothers and three sisters living
and 20 grandclildren; while two bro-
thers and one sister predeceased him.
Deep sympathy has been extended to
the bereaved. The funeral took place
on Sunday afternoon, Pastor Mattiske
officiating at the homestead, assisted
by the Rev. J. Darsow at the graveside.