The Geneseo Republic
Geneseo Illinois
May 2 1930
Part II P11 C4

Frederick T. HAACK, 70, Geneseo Resident The Past 50 Years Is Dead

Frederick Theodore HAACK, resident of this city for the past 50 years passed away at his home, 418 South Spring street, at 4:30 o’clock Friday afternoon, April 25, 1930, at the age of 70 years, 4 months and 3 days. He had been in failing health the past eight months, suffering from heart trouble and complications.

Mr. HAACK was born in Grimmen Pommeron, Germany, and came to this county at the age of 21 years and since that time has lived continuously in Geneseo. He was united in marriage February 25, 1886, to Miss Albertina MASENGARB in this city. For many years he was employed at the local brick and tile works. He was a member of the Concordia Lutheran church and had many friends in this community.

Surviving are the widow, three sons, Herman of Geneseo, Carl of Detroit, and Albert of Peoria; one daughter, Mrs. Lee YOUNG of Munson township; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Herman EICHHORN of Geneseo; a stepson, William HAAGA of Denver, Colorado; nine grandchildren; a brother, Henry HAACK of East Moline; and a sister, Mrs. Herman NEHLS of this city.

Funeral services were held from the home Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock and from the Concordia Lutheran church at 2:30 o’clock with the Rev. H.J. ELLING in charge. Burial was in Oakwood cemetery. The pallbearers were Ed. KLAVOHN, William MIX, Bert TELL, August SCHUETZLER, August GOETZ and Henry FISCHER.

Friends and relatives from out of town who called at the home Sunday were as follows: Mr. and Mrs. William FREY and son Roy of East Peoria; Mr. and Mrs. Peter FREY, Mr. and Mrs. Fred FREY, and daughters; Mr. and Mrs. Fred BROWN and Mr. and Mrs. Richard BAILEY of Peoria; Mr. and Mrs. Burdette NASH of Galva; Frank HOLKE, Herman KRAMER, August BORST and Fred SMITTINGER of Rock Island; Mrs. Minnie ZWISSLER of Forest Park; William MASENGARB, Mr. and Mrs. William SANTEE and Mr. and Mrs. Fred OSLUND of Moline.

Those from out of town who attended the funeral services Monday afternoon were: C.F. HAACK of Detroit, Mich., Albert HAACK of Peoria: Mrs. August WEISS and Miss Lizzie WEISS of Calamus, Iowa, Fred WEISS and Mr. and Mrs. C. REYNOLDS of Grand Mound, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. H. SCHNABLE of Kansas City; Miss Frieda NEHLS and Mr. and Mrs. R. C. KOEHLER and son Wayne, of Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. James Ellingsworth and son, Duane, and Mr. and Mrs. MALLONE of Colona; Mrs. C. LOWE of Green River; Mrs. John BELOWSKI and family, Mr. and Mrs. Carl KRAMER, Mrs. Fred SMITHINGER and Herman KRAMER of Moline; Mr. and Mrs. Ed TAMME and Mr. and Mrs. Will ROHRBACH of Orion; Mr. and Mrs. George MASENGARB of Rockford; and Mrs. Frank COCHRAN of Peoria.


(transcribers notes: am trying to connect Frederick brother, Henry, as my 2nd great grandfather)

I was just researching my greatgrandfather when I ran across the obit in the republic. My great grandfather was Fredrick Haack the brother of Henry. What did you need to know? I have all of Fredrick's children and sponses. Thanks for the obit.

Do you have any info about his brother, Henry? My 2nd greatgrandfather was named Henry O. Haack and I believe he is the same Henry Haack that was institutionalized in Moline in 1899, where he lived until his death. I am just trying to either connect my Henry to this Frederick or connect to another Henry so I can move on to other possibilities. any insight would be wonderful!

Jill

I wish I could help you. You helped me with the obit. I kinda think Henry was the brother of Fredrick as Henry was in East Moline and in a hospital. I did have two living reatives that could answer our questions but one just died and the other one has memory problems. I'll try to research more. Sorry I wasn't more help.

I found a family renuion picture and in it was a picture of Fred the son of Henry and Paul Haack the son of Fred. Could this be a connection you are looking for?

YES!! I have Henry and Minnie having the following children: Anna, Frederick Carl, Minnie, Emma and Augusta. Anna was my Great Grandmother- (married Fred S. Davis). Frederick Carl had a son named Paul. I would LOVE a copy of that picture. So many Fredericks, Henrys and Minnies-drives me crazy. Are you sure the Henry in the asylum is Frederick Theodore's brother? Obviously they are related somehow if you have a photo...I believe I probably have a photo of Paul and his Dad Fred and just don't know it. Paul married a Dorothy and they had a son Laree-I tried to connect with him but no luck.

My picture is of the Haack family reunion and a number of people in it. Some of the relatives names are Weiss, Peters, Masengarb, Eichorn. Paul's wife's name was Dorothy. I'll try and send the picture. We may be "shirt tail "relatives.

you can try sending it to my email if you can't post it here:

BIGJIMFAMILY at yahoo.com

undo the caps- i just don't want tons of spam-who does!

The man on the far right is Fred and on the far left in back is Martin Weiss then Paul and his wife. Picture is old and not very clear but sometimes you and crop it at Walmarts

Thanks for the photo-can't really make out any faces but the couple with the little girl standing in front of them look familiar... thanks for the pic! I have posted quite a bit on my Haack line on rootsweb-obits and stuff. I also have the Oakwood cemetery book so would be happy to look them up for you.

Jill