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Kit Carson County Pioneers:

Herman Rentel, Frank Rentel, Flagler



In 1885 Sioux City, Julius and Annie Rentel are both 36, with Pauline 2 and newborn Annie.

Julius Rentel, 42, married Johanna Frisch in Woodbury County, Iowa on April 28, 1890.

In 1900 Woodbury County, Iowa, Julius Rentel born July 1848, married 10 years to Johanna July 1838, both in Germany,k have Poule 17 born in Kansas and Anna 15 in Iowa. Stepson Willie is 15, born in Iowa. Sons Frank Sept 1885 and Herman January 1887, Mary 8, Emma 6, Katie 5, and a baby daughter were all born in IOwa. Louis Rentel 46 and Minnie 37 are next household.

In 1910 Kit Carson County, Frank is 24, Herman 23, both farming, born in Iowa.
Herman claimed two quarters in sections 32 and 33, 7S 50W in 1913.

FRANK

Frank cash-claimed a quarter in 33, 7S 49W in 1912.

Frank Rentel, 36 born in Sioux City, Iowa to Julius Rentel and Anna Kellar, farming, married Lillian Anna Hunt, 24, of Sioiux City. on April 9, 1921 in Woodbury County, Iowa.

In 1925 Plymouth County, Iowa, Frank is 39, Lillian 27, with Dorothy 3 and Ruth 1.

In 1940 Woodbury County, Frank is 54, Lillian 42, Dorothy 18, Ruth 15, Tommy 13, and Roger 8.

Frank, 1885-1981, is buried in Sioux City # 143159459, with Lillian 1897-1985.

HERMAN

Herman is back in Woodbury County in 1920, 33, with Julius R. 72 and Katie 25 and Susie 20.

In 1930 Woodbury County, on the same page as Frank, Herman 42, and sister Marie 39 are farming, both born in Iowa.

Herman, born January 24, 1887 to Julius Rentel of Germany and Anna Keller of Switzerland, died October 3, 1932 in Sioiux City of an arm infetion. He was to be buried in Graceland.


LeMars Daily Sentinel, February 16, 1965

William Janicke Found Dead in Burning House
Gasoline Explodes Stove

The Two-Room House is where William Janicke made his home alone. Furniture, tools and other household articles in deep snow around the house. (Photo provided with the news article.) William Janicke, 78, longtime resident of Plymouth County, died of burns Monday afternoon when a pot-bellied stove exploded in his 2-room house. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Dr. Sherman Lindell, county medical examiner.

Mr. Janicke lived alone at 201 Seventh Ave. SW. A neighbor, W. E. Ebrecht, noticed smoke coming from the Janicke house and called firemen at 4:20 p.m. When firemen arrived they found the badly burned body on top of a cob pile on the west side of the room. Smoke poured from broken windows. Dr. Lindell said Mr. Janicke evidently was blown down by the explosion. Firemen reported the odor of gasoline soaked cobs. Firemen extinguished the flames in the house.

Mr. Janicke was a partial cripple and in recent years drove a self-propelled lawn mower for transportation around town.
He was a friend of the Herman and Clarence Lang families for many years and ate his noon meal with the family almost every day, Clarence Lang said. He added Mr. Janicke drove his mower to the Lang farm last Sunday for his daily visit and left about 4 o’clock. Mr. Lang reported he didn’t come Monday.
Mr. Janicke, known as “Johnnycake” by many, was a LeMars legend. Back in the 1940s, he would visit taverns and entertain customers with his glass-eating. He would not actually swallow the glass, Mr. Lang said, but would chew it up and then let it flow back into the beverage as he put the full glass to his lips. Many thought he had actually swallowed the glass.
Several years ago Mr. Janicke sustained a hip injury and since then has suffered from arthritis. He got around on two crutches, and drove his little vehicle to grocery stores and to neighbors for visits.
Mr. Janicke was born April 20, 1885, in Sioux City. He married Marie Johanna Onken Dec. 20, 1906, in LeMars. They farmed in Grant township until 1915, when he moved to Crystal Lake where he lived until 1927. He moved back to Plymouth County and farmed until retiring to LeMars in 1946.
Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. at Mauer Funeral Home. Burial was in LeMars Memorial Cemetery. Rev. L. L. Belk and Rev. Robert Floy officiated.

Survivors are a son, John Janicke, Grove City, Minn.; a daughter, Elsie Janicke, LeMars; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; three half-sisters, Mrs. Tony Meier, and Emma Jean Rentel, both of Sioux City, and Mrs. Earl Layson, Seattle, Wash.; a step-brother, Frank Rentel, Sioux City, and two step-sisters, Mrs. Pauline Svenosen and Mrs. Anna Howard, both of Sioux City. He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Richard; a half-sister, Marie Rentel, and a step-brother, Herman Rentel.

July 25, 1973 "Funeral services for Mrs. Earl Layson, 73, a former Sioux City resident who died Saturday in Seattle, Wash., will be Wednesday in Seattle. Burial will be in Seattle.
Mrs. Layson, the former Susan Rentel, was born March 14, 1900, in Sioux City. She lived here until her marriage June 23, 1937, to Mr. Layson, at which time they moved to Seattle.
Survivors include the widower; a daughter, Mrs. Ernest Hurt of Tulsa, Okla.; two grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Kate Meier, and a brother, Frank Rentel, both of Sioux City."


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