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MRS. MARIA ISAAK
Grandma Isaak as Mrs. Maria Isaak, 83, was so fondly called by her family circle and friends, was buried Saturday, May 24, following 4 o’clock services at the Zion Lutheran Church where the Rev. P.A. Hinrichs officiated. She had recovered so quickly from her broken hip suffered in September, but never recovered from her first stroke on May 9. Straubs took charge of the arrangements. Maria Mueller was born in September 1869, in Leipzig, South Russia, the daughter of Friedrich and Christina Mueller. She came to America when 13 and got employment in the family of a physician attached to the U.S. Indian service, eventually learning a bit of the Indian language. [Mueller surname also spelled Miller.] On Dec. 23, 1889, she married Solomon Isaak, farmer and merchant at Mercer County, N.D., though they spent most of their lives in Eureka. Fourteen children were born to the, four of whom preceded their mother in death. [The sons are:] Dr. R.H. Isaak, Eureka, S.D.; Dr. Otto Isaak, Tyndall, S.D.; Edwin Isaak, Brush Prairie, Wash. Seven daughters survive: Mrs. A.V. Pallviny, Portland, Ore.; Mrs. J.F. Mertz, Wishek, N.D.; Mrs. R.E. Nelson and Mrs. Otto Wenzel, Austin, Minn.; Mrs. L.M. Travaillie, San Francisco, Calif.; Mrs. Clyde Pike, Salem, Ore.; and Mrs. Jess Luxford, Sioux Falls, S.D. Other survivors include Mrs. Reva Isaak, Rockford, Ill.; 20 grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; as well as two brothers, John Miller of Dryden, Wash., and Sam Miller of Hazen, N.D.; and one sister, Mrs. Christ Lempke, New Leipzig, N.D. Pallbearers were: R.H. Stickel, Otto Dierenfeldt, Henry Ottmar, E.J. Serr, Harold Opp and Ed Schott. As a charter member of the Lutheran Ladies Aid, the Aid honored the deceased by attending her funeral as a group and later served supper to 150 guests in the church parlors. Quite representative of the type of woman who helped build the Dakota Territory, Grandma Isaak lived her long useful life by “The Book,” her daily companion. Always a jolly woman, she managed to build a closely knit family that has held family reunions almost every year despite their scattered locations. All ten arrived in time for the funeral and afterwards made plans for the next reunion in keeping with the wishes of their mother. ~Source: Unknown Dakota publication, May 1952
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