The Bureau County Republican from Princeton, Illinois

11 BUREAU CO UNTY REPUBLICAN Bureau County Republican bcrnew s.com ARNO H. STREIT Born: March 30, 1927 Died: April 1, 2021 PRINCETON Arno Helmut Streit, 94, passed away at his home on Thursday, April 1, 2021, surrounded by his loved ones. He passed away from a non- COVID-related illness. Arno was born in East Prussia, Germany, to the late Arthur and Minna (Parakenings) Streit on March 30, 1927. He attended and graduated from high school in Germany.He was a German paratrooper in World War II. He worked as a farmer in Germany, where he met the love of his life while working the fields. Irmgard Pick was walking by and saw Arno holding a kitten. They began their courtship, and Arno felt handholding was a must. They married on December 12, 1953, in Lelm, Germany.He responded to an ad for a job in the United States. The ad was placed by a local Princeton farmer, Paul Miller, who had run the ad in the German newspaper because he needed a farmhand that spoke German. Arno filled out his applica...