1903
Misc. Death and/or Burial Notices
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Obituary
Tribune January 6, 1903 Tues
ZIMMERMANN --- Dr. G. A., Monday morning, father of Walter, Amanda, Herbert,
Lilly, 619 Cleveland av. Funeral notice later.
Funeral Notice
Tribune January 7, 1903 Weds page 11
ZIMMERMANN, -- Rev. Dr. G. A. Zimmermann entered into rest Jan. 5 at his
residence, 619 Cleveland-av. The funeral will take place from St. John's
church, cor. Garfield-av. and Mohawk-st., Wednesday, July 7, where the
remains will lie in state from 11 to 1 o'clock. Interment Graceland
cemetery.
Obituary translated from a German Newspaper
Pastor Dr. G.A. Zimmermann (Gustav Adolph ZIMMERMANN, Rev.
Dr.)
"As for man, his days are as grass
As a flower of the field,so he flourisheth
For the wind passeth over it and it is gone " (Psalm103, v15,16)
"Thunder and lightning can strike, even from a cloudless sky."
Today, Chicago is still numbed by that thunderclap on the 5th of
January, and still the loving heart is unable to comprehend that Dr.
Zimmermann has died. As recently as New Year's morning he stood, the
intelligent preacher and beloved spiritual caretaker at the local evangelical
[Protestant] Johannes parish (church), the pride of Chicago's German
community, full of enthusiasm and vitality, and preached from his place of
honour about God's love and the eternal divine truths which our soul, born of
eternity, yearns for - on Thursday he was still wearing his priests'
vestments, and by Monday he was wrapped in a shroud - who can comprehend it?
Here, finite spirit, know an (the) infinite God! Here, son of the earth,
tremble before the omnipotence of your God! O human child, be prudent and ---
pious: soon you too will be at peace ---.
Dr. Gustav Adolph Zimmermann was born in Basel on the 20th of February,
1850. In Switzerland he achieved an outstanding high-school and academic
education: his major subjects were Theology and Philosophy. In 1869 he came
to America and entered the Melanchthon Seminary of the old Northwestern
Synod, at which institution he shortly afterwards became an assistant
teacher. After that he moved to Chicago and, working as an assistant preacher
at the St Paul's church he found in Joseph Hartmann, the former parish
pastor, his spiritual father and mentor. After a short time studying at
German Universities, and receiving his Doctorate at Berlin, he returned to
America to serve at the Markus Parish church in Buffalo, then worked as a
professor at the Elmhurst proseminary, and finally returned to Chicago in
1877. Here he founded the "Deutsche Warte" (German view-point), functioning
as its editor, and held various positions in the public school service,
ultimately that of Superintendent for Modern Language teaching.
The deceased was also especially well-versed in the field of world
history. Various examples of his works, especially those concerning the
French revolution, Napoleon and Bismarck, were widely disseminated. In
short Dr. Zimmermann, who was taken too soon, enjoyed a far-reaching
reputation as an educationalist, a philosopher, a preacher and a writer, and
his sudden departure will arouse grief and lamentation in the widest circles.
The deceased, whose well-educated faithful companion died four years
earlier, leaves behind four children, two sons and two daughters.
The ceremonial funeral took place on Wednesday, the 7th of January.
After a short funeral service in the house, led by Pastor em(eritus?) Philipp
Klein, the exquisitely adorned coffin was driven to the church. Thousands
awaited the wanderer "on his final path". When the coffin was opened for
the last time, not a single eye was without tears - between 11 a.m. and 1
p.m. the friends of the
deceased and members of the parish, numbering thousands, were once more able
to gaze upon the beloved features of their departed friend and spiritual
care-taker. At 1 p.m. the uplifting funeral service began in the Johannes
parish church. The altar service was taken by colleagues Pastor Philipp
Klein, Professor J. L"uder and [Pr"ases] K. Krafft. Pastor Gotthilf Lambrecht
from the local St. Peters church gave a deeply moving, heartrending sermon
based on Psalm 90,v1: "Lord God, thou art our refuge for ever". When the
last word of the
God-gifted preacher and friend of the deceased had died away, the children's
choir of the Johannes parish church, under the direction of Mr Theodor
Scheerer the well-proven parish organist, started to sing, and in the softest
pianissimo it sounded like angel song from above: "How peacefully they rest,
all the blessed ones".- The earthly remains of the deceased were laid to
rest by the side of his beloved wife in the "Graceland" cemetery. Pastor
Philipp Klein prayed at the graveside and gave the Lord's blessing.
But we, the colleagues and friends of the early departed, stand today at
his graveside and pray to God from the depths of our hearts: Heavenly Father,
send fortification and peace to the weeping children, the orphans! May our
ancient hearts' wish and prayer come to pass: to you, who have been a
faithful servant of the Lord, to you, genuine disciple of the true art and
sublime knowledge, may the merciful God grant eternal salvation by (his)
grace, through Christ our Lord!
C.F Weisse P(astor?)
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