Ozaukee Obituary
DEATH OF FORMER RESIDENT
News was received Friday morning that Mrs. Elizabeth Glassburn nee Libbie Sizer had
passed to her reward at nine o’clock at the home of her step-daughter, Mrs. M.H.
Dierks, at Ewing , Nebraska . Her death was due to a stroke.
She was born November 8, 1855 in the town of Farmington , Washington County and died
March 8, 1929 at the age of 73 and 4 months. She was the eldest daughter of
Julius and Ruth Sizer of the town of Saukville . The greater part of her marriage,
was spent in her hometown where she was a teacher in the county schools.
She was married Aug.4, 1892 at Neleigh , Neb. to L.P. Glassburn, who preceded her
in death 19 years ago.
She was a faithful member of the Methodist Church , being very active in the Sunday
School. She was a member of the Eastern Star.
She leaves 4 sisters, Clara, Mrs. W.B. Peffer of Ridgefield , Was; Lois, Mrs. J.
F. Maechtle of Cedarburg , Wis ; Laura, Mrs. W.C. large of Port Washington; Alice,
Mrs. James Pier of Burlington, Mich, also 5 stepchildren and a number of grandchildren,
4 great-grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.
(I can not verify the newspaper) - assume it was a Port Washington paper or Saukville.