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DEATH OF BEULAH MAN MAY HIKE N.D. ROAD TOLL

BEULAH—John Maas, 84, a resident of the Joachim Memorial Home here, died in a Bismarck hospital at 4:45 p.m. Saturday as a result of complications following injuries received when he was struck by a car on a Beulah street July 2.

Whether the death will be listed as a traffic fatality awaits a finding of the Mercer County coroner, based upon a medical report of the autopsy which he is expected to receive within a week. Mr. Maas had suffered a broken hip.

Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday from St. Peter’s Lutheran Church north of Hazen, where Mr. Maas was a member. The Rev. G.F. Bush will officiate and burial will be made in St. Peter’s Cemetery.

Mr. Maas was born in South Russia Nov. 27, 1871, the son of Martin and Louisa Durr Maas. He came to the United States in 1893 and lived for a year at Parkston, S.D. In 1894 he homesteaded 12 miles north of Hazen, where he farmed until two years ago when he moved to Beulah.

He married Katherina Kruckenberg Dec. 12, 1897. After her death in 1909, he married Maria Reith Kruckenberg, who died in 1931.

He is survived by four sons, Fred, Bernhard, Reinhold and William Maas, all of Hazen; 25 grandchildren; and 20 great grandchildren.

A daughter, three brothers and a sister also preceded him in death.

Six grandsons will serve as active pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Emanuel Ziemann Sr., Adolph Oster, William Rasch, Albert Miller, Fred Adolph and John Wegerle.

Funeral arrangements are in charge of the Aarthun Funeral Home of Beulah and Hazen.

~Source: The Bismarck Tribune, July 17, 1956