From Susan Gates Davis
 
 
South Bend 
Tribune, March 16, 1925, Page 5:
  John Wesley Straup
  John 
Wesley Straup, age 58, died Saturday night at his home in Humboldt, S. D.  
He was born in German township, this county, a son of the late D. B. 
Straup.  Surviving are his wife, Sadie Barner Straup; two sons, Dr. P. B. 
Straup and H.S. Straup, both of Sioux Falls, S. D.; three brothers, D. N. Straup 
and Dr. F. E. Straup, both of Salt Lake City, Utah, and R. I. Straup, of Lydick, 
Ind., and his stepmother, Mrs. Fiana Straup, of this city.  Funeral 
services and burial will take place Wednesday in 
Humboldt.