Alfred Froehly's Last Day, My Great Grandfather

Alfred Froehly, a laborer drowned in the Mississippi River along with his youngest son Larenz on May 24, 1912. The story goes that the two were fishing along the bank and Larenz fell into the water and the father tried in vain to save his son. According to the death certificate, the accident is said to have occured at 10 p.m. that evening.

The certificate also states that Alfred, 51 was buried at New Pickets cemetary on May 28. Alfred's father name was John and he was from Germany.
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Joseph was 18 at this time and had been working at the shoe factory. So now the Froehly household consisted of Lena, the mother, Joseph, Mary, and Clara.
More than likely, Joseph had met Della by this time as she was a forelady at the shoe factory.