Alice Franciska Rummler (1869 - 1961)

Born 25 Aug 1869 in Dubuque, Iowa, United States

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Died 26 Aug 1961 at age 92 in Winnetka, Cook, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Alice was born in 1869. She was the daughter of Joseph Rummler and Jenny Sittig.

The third child to be born in Dubuque was Alice, the quietest of the eight children and the only one to remain unmarried. As was expected of an unmarried woman in that time, she lived with her brothers or sisters and helped with the household and child-caring chores as need arose. Her nieces and nephews remember her as a friend and story teller. She is remembered as having said she was "never too busy to tell a story". Whenever one of them lost a tooth Alice assured them the "tooth fairy" would come during the night. In the morning a piece of candy was always under the pillow. she spent her last years with her sister Jenny in Winnetka and died August 26, 1961 which was the day after her ninty second birthday.

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See also:

• The RUMMLER STORY