Lake Maxinkuckee Its Intrigue History & Genealogy Culver, Marshall, Indiana

"Nannie" Nanette (Schnull ) Vonnegut



Mrs. Bernard Vonnegut Dies; Well Known Cottager
At Lake for 40 Years
Mrs. Bernard Vonnegut Passed Away Last Thursday Afternoon at Home In Indianapolis

Mrs. Bernard Vonnegut, 70 years of age, age died Thursday afternnon, October 17, at her home in Indianapolis.

Mrs. Vonnegut was one of the pioneer cottagers of Lake Maxinkuckee and had been coming here each summer for forty years. She was well known through out the summer colony and her sunny disposition made her a host of friends who join in mourning her departure.

Mrs. Vonnegut was born in Indianapolis, October 16, 1859, the daughter of "686-844_e_shore_vonnegut_row_schnull/schnull_family.htm" target=new>Henry Schnull. She attended the German-English School and Baptist Seminary in Indianapolis and St. Mary's-of-the-Wood's, Terre Haute.
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For many years she was an active member of the board of trustees of the Indinapolis Orphan's Home, and was a member of the All v Souls Unitarian Church.

Survivors are a sister, Mrs. Clemens Vonnegut , a brother Gustav Schnull; a daughter, Mrs. Irma Lindener of Hamburg, Germany; four grandchildren and many loving nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held Saturday morning at Indianapolis, with interment in the Crown Hill Cemetery.
Culver Citizen - 23 October 1929.

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