Obit for ALWIN, Mrs. Emma (Wilhelmina Strate) (b.1865 d.1949), Brown Co., MN
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New Ulm Journal - September 9, 1949
MRS. EMMA ALWIN DIES HERE AT 84
Funeral Services for Early Day Resident To Be Held Wednesday
  Mrs. Emma Alwin, 84, one of the pioneer residents of West Newton and 
Cottonwood townships, died at a New Ulm hospital Sunday at 2:45 p.m.  
She had been a patient there since Aug. 11.
  Funeral services will be at the Minnesota Valley Funeral home Wednesday 
at 1:45 p.m. and in the Methodist church at 2 p.m. Burial will be in the 
City cemetery.
  The body will be at the Minnesota Valley funeral home Tuesday afternoon 
and evening and until the funeral hour Wednesday.  Mrs. Alwin completed 
her 66th year as a member of the Methodist church in May. She was also a 
member of the Ladies Aid society for many years.
  Emma Wilhelmina Strate, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Strate, early 
residents of West Newton township, was born May 11, 1865.  She grew to
 womanhood on the Strate farm and was married to Rudolph E. Alwin in 
the West Newton Methodist church, Nov. 16, 1885.  Mr. and Mrs. Alwin 
took up their residence on the old Alwin farm on the banks of the 
Cottonwood river after marriage and resided there until 1917, when they 
retired and moved to New Ulm.  Mr. Alwin died in February 1935.
  Mr. and Mrs. Alwin were the parents of 10 children.  Two died in infancy.  
The surviving children are: Ervin C. Alwin, New Ulm; Miss Hilda Alwin, 
Minneapolis; Mrs. Roy (Esther) Jeffers, Minneapolis; Mrs. Herman (Alma) 
Kopiske, Olivia; Wesley Alwin, Minneapolis; Mrs. Lorne (Laura) Elliott, 
Los Angeles; Mrs. H. L. (Lillian) Peterson, Webster City, Iowa.  There 
are nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
  Three brothers, Fred Strate, Canada; William Strate, New Ulm, and 
Wilbur Strate, Clarkfield, and one sister, Mrs. Louis (Lena) Arhart, 
Gibbon, also survive.