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Mrs. Joseph Bahl, 77 years old, 1308 Fort street, died this morning at St. Anthony's hospital. She had been in failing health the last three years and in recent weeks had declined rapidly. She was hospitalized yesterday.
Mrs. Bahl was born in Schoenchen, Russia, Dec. 30, 1874. She was the granddaughter of Anton Wasinger, one of the four original explorers from Russia who preceded the German-Russian immigration in the 1870s. Her maiden name was Anna Wasinger. She was the daughter of John Wasinger who homesteaded six miles east of Hays.
She was married to Joseph Bahl Feb. 15, 1898 in Hays. They have lived here ever since. The Bahl's had 15 children, seven of whom preceded Mrs. Bahl in death. Mrs. Bahl was a devout Catholic and was active in work at the St. Joseph's parish.
Survivors include her husband and the following children: Wendel and Agnes of the home; Sister Cordelia Marie, who is with the Order of O.L.V. Missionary Sisters of East Chicago, Ind.; Julius Bahl, Kennenick, Wash.; Mrs. Lucille, Weissbeck, Salem, Oregon; Mrs. Alice Brown, Los Angeles, Calif.; Charles Bahl, Victoria, and Richard Bahl, Inglewood, Calif.
Also surviving are three sisters and a brother: Mrs. George Rohr, Topeka; Mrs. Fred Sauer, La Crosse; Mrs. Agatha Reichert, Antonino and Frank Wasinger, Ness City, and a number of half-brothers and half-sisters.
The body will be at the Brock Funeral home until Monday morning when the funeral will be at 9 o'clock in St. Joseph's church. Burial will be at the St. Joseph's cemetery.
Hays Daily News, 15 February 1952, page 1
BANNING, Calif. - Mary Reichert Copeland, 88, died tuesday, Feb. 4, 1997, in Banning.
She was born May 6, 1908, in Schoenchen, Russia, to Isidore and Clara (Schreibvogel) Reichert.
Survivors include a stepbrother, Joseph Steinbock, Fort Collins, Colo.; a half brother, Frank Reichert, hays; a sister , Dorothy Kozlowski, Sacramento, Calif.; and a half sister, Barbara Reichert, Salina.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Copeland.
Services are at 10 a.m. Feb. 14 at the Most Precious Blood Catholic Church, Banning; burial in the Banning Cemetery.
Visitation is from 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Weaver Mortuary, Beaumont, Calif.
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Mrs. Anna Catherine Depperschmidt, of Liebenthal, died at her home Saturday, February 6th. Mrs. Depperschmidt was 97 years old, and was probably the oldest resident of Rush County.
Funeral services were held at St. Joseph's Catholic church in Lebenthal (sic), Monday morning, and were conducted by Fr. Hackenbroich.
The La Crosse Republican
Thursday, February 11, 1937, p. 1
DEATH CAME AT 96
Mrs. Katherine Ebel Depperschmidt, died at the home of her son, Frank, in Liebenthal, February 6, having led an active, useful christian life, and was buried in the Liebenthal Catholic Cemetery, February 8, with the sacred rites of the Catholic Church rendered. Rev. Father Hackenbroich was in charge.
She was born in Schoenchen, Russia, in Volga valley in May 1840, where she grew to womanhood, enduring all the hardships of early life in a primitive farming community.
She was united in marriage to Henry Depperschmidt in 1862 and in 1876, the family migrated to the United States with a colony of their neighbors, settling on a farm north of the village of Liebenthal, Rush County, where she has since resided. Eight children were born to this devoted couple, four of whom survive her, John of Grinell, Jacob of La Crosse, Frank of Liebenthal and Mrs. Mary Werth of Schoenchen. She is also survived by forty-four grand children, one-hundred and thirty-four great-grand children and a four great-great-grand children.
Grandma Depperschmidt's life was one of useful work, rearing and caring for her family amongst strangers in a foreign land, but the faith in her religion and the firm belief in a hereafter with Christ, was her guide and comfort.
She was followed to her earthly resting place by her numerous relatives and a host of friends.
The La Crosse Chieftain
Thursday, February 11, 1937, page 1
Alexander Depperschmidt of Liebenthal passed away at his home in Liebenthal Sunday morning at the age of 81 years.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday morning, at St. Joseph's church there and burial was made in St. Joseph's cemetery.
The Rush County News
Thursday, September 2, 1943, p. 1
One of the pioneers of Rush county, Henry Depperschmidt, passed to his reward Saturday, aged 80 years, 6 months and 3 days.
Henry Depperschmidt came from Russia and settled on a homestead in Big Timber township in 1876, one year after the first settlement by his friends and countrymen.
A stranger in a strange land, unfamiliar with the language, customs and usages of the new country, with very little to begin with by perseverence, economy and hard work he reared his family and builded a home for he and his good wife in their old age.
During his long and useful life he gained the friendship and respect of all who knew him.
One by one the older men are passing--those sturdy pioneers who developed the west making it a lovely place to dwell, making it possible for the new generation to live in plenty and affluence.
His widow, three sons, John, Jacob and Frank, and one daughter, Mrs. Carl Werth, survive him.
He was interred in the Catholic cemetery at Liebenthal, Sunday, Rev. Father Stollenwerk officiating, following to his final resting place by numerous friends.
The La Crosse Chieftain
Thursday, July 8, 1920, page 1
Alexander Lattegan Had Resided Here Since 1876
Alex Lattegan, a pioneer resident of Hays, died unexpectedly at his home Saturday night. While not in the best of health, his condition had not been regarded as serious by members of his family and death came while he was sitting in a chair at his home conversing with his wife and son, Joseph. The funeral was at 9 o'clock this morning from St. Joseph's Church.
Mr. Lattegan came to Hays in 1876 when 22 years old. He followed his trade as a painter and paper-hanger continuously until his death. At different periods in the early days of Hays the city was wholly dependent on his services for painting and paperhanging. Through all the years he was regarded as a finished workman and there hardly was a time even when little building and repair work was in progress about the city that he was not kept busy at his trade.
Alexander Lattegan was born at Panninskoy, Russia, March 19, 1854. He was married to Anna Kohl, June 23, 1875 and a year later Mr. and Mrs. Lattegan arrived in the United States and came to Kansas to make their home. There were twelve children six of whom are living. They are Mrs. P. R. Staab, Denver, Colo.; Mrs. N. W. Allison, Oakland, Calif.; Mrs. M. P. Cosgrove, Seabring, O.; Mrs. C. T. Torget, Kansas City Mo., Joseph Lattegan and Simon Lattegan of Hays. All the children except Mrs. Allison were here for the funeral.
The Ellis County News, 14 February 1924, page 1
ALEX LATTIGAN DEAD
Alex Lattigan, old resident of Hays, died at his home suddenly Saturday evening. He was out attending to his work Saturday afternoon, ate supper, went down town to shop, walked home and in an hour died from heart-failure. He came here many years ago, was noted as a painter and paper-hanger, raised an interesting family and built himself a nice home. But now it is all broke up by the suddenness of his death.
Hays Free Press, 12 February 1924, page 1
Emma Munsch, 93, died Friday, Feb. 2, 1996, at the Hays Good Samaritan Center where she had been a resident since 1993.
She was born Feb. 17, 1902, in Russia to Isadore and Clara (Schrifogel) Reichert.
She married Charley Munsch on Oct. 27, 1926, in Schoenchen. He died in June 1977. She was a homemaker and member of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church and the Altar Society Christian Mothers.
Survivors include three sons, Francis, Olathe, Jim, Hays, and Charlie, Cawker City; three daughters, Alice Dechant and Eileen Hoff, both of Hays, and Rosalita Flax, Ness City; two brothers, Frank Reichert, Hays, and Joe Stienbach, Denver; four sisters, Barbara Reichert, Salina, Sister Esther Marie Reichert, Concordia, Dorothy Klowski, California, and Mary Copeland, Manning, Calif.; 33 grandchildren; 37 great-granchildren; and 15 great-great-granchildren.
She was preceded in death by four sons, Severin, Eddie, Victor and Leonard, and two daughters, Helen Jarmon and Delores Deimert.
Services are at 10 a.m. Monday in the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church with Father Carl Kramer officiating; burial in the Our Lady, Help of Christians Cemetery, Antonino.
An Altar Society Christian Mothers rosary is at 4 p.m. and a parish vigil at 7:30 p.m., both Sunday in the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 20th and Pine.
Visitation is from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, from 2 to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and from 9 to 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.
The family suggests memorial contributions to the antonino Cemetery Association.
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Mary was born in Russia in 1862 and came to the U.S. in 1868, where her family settled near Schoenchen. She was married to Jacob Munsch at Munjor in 1878. They had 12 children.
She died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. John Pfannenstiel, LaCrosse, Kansas, Thursday, May 28, 1953. She was 91 years old. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Reidel in the Schoenchen Catholic Church, Saturday morning, May 30, 1953, with Pittman Funeral Home in charge. Burial was in Schoenchen Cemetery.
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The very sad news reached us this week that our old friend Jacob Muntch of Schoenchen had died at his home near Schoenchen shortly after he returned from Excelsior Springs, Mo., where he had been for some time seeking relief from a serious illness of eleven months duration. Mr. Muntsch was born in Schoenchen, Russia, October 10th, 1856, he came to the United States in August 1876 and settled on a farm in Rush County near the town of Schoenchen. In 1879 he was married to Miss Mary Bieker. Twelve children was the fruit of this happy union, six boys and six girls. Mr. Muntch was a very good man and neighbor, a loving husbnad and a kind and indulgent father. His death is a great loss to the community. The funeral was held from St. Anthonys church at Schoenchen Sunday afternoon. All the parishioners accompanied his remains to its last resting place. The News-Republican offers its sympathy to the bereaved widow and children.
Ellis County News-Republican
October 11, 1913, page 2
*VC Note: The spelling Muntch is as it appears in the original text; however, the correct spelling is Munsch.
Isidore Reichert, 57, Antonino, died Tuesday at his home. Mr. Reichert was born in Schoenchen, Russia, and came to the United States 27 years ago. He had lived in Antonino for seventeen years. Burial was today in Antonino.
The Hays Daily News, Thursday, October 14, 1937
Amelia Schoendaller was born in Catherine, Russia, on the 22nd day of July 1871, as the second child of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Upert (sic*). As a small child she came with her parents to the United States in 1876 arriving at Hays on the 16th day of September of that year. She was married to Michael Mauer of Hays on February 8th, 1891. She lived with him in a most happy union until March 30th 1896 when death separated them. Three children were born to them, who all survive. Margaret, Virginia and Michael.
After a widowhood of four years she was married to Frank Schoendaller on January 8, 1900. Seven children were born to the union who all survive her, viz: Mary, Albertina, Catherine, Helen, Simon, Peter and Luisa, the baby being only seven months old. Mrs. Schoendaller suffered for the last seven months from an ailment of the heart, which was very painful and frequently brought her to the point of death. During all the months of suffering she was always the patient gentle christian woman and mother. Her husband did all in his power to save her life but all their efforts proved unavailing. She knowing that the end was coming prepared herself to meet her God by receiving all the last rites of the Catholic church, of which she had been a lifelong and devoted member and thus prepared she delivered her soul into the hands of her maker on Sunday morning, eight minutes after twelve o'clock, surrounded by all her loved ones.
The funeral services were held from St. Joseph's Church, Rev. Fr. Stephen singing a solemn requiem highmass assisted by Rev. Fr. Cyrill as deacon, and Rev. Fr. Juilius as subdeacon. The funeral procession was one of the largest ever seen in Hays.
The News-Republican extends to the bereaved husband and children its most heartfelt sympathy.
Ellis County Republican
March 28, 1914
The newspaper also printed a German version of the obituary.
*VC note: The spelling Upert is as it appears in the original text; however, the correct spelling is Ubert.
Frank Schoendaller well-known farmer of Ellis County, died Friday at St. Anthony's Hospital after an illness of four weeks. Mr. Schoendaller, who was born at Schoenchen, Russia, came to the United States in 1876 and settled on a farm, near Liebenthal. In 1900 Mr. Schoendaller moved to Hays and lived here until his death. He is survived by twelve children, three step-children and 36 grandchildren. The funeral was Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at St. Joseph's church and burial was in the Catholic cemetery.
Ellis County News and Hays Free Press
May 6, 1926, page 1
FRANK SCHOENDALLER
Frank Schoendaller was born July 22, 1861 in the village of Schoenchen, government Samara, Russia. He came to the United States in 1876 with his parents, settling on a farm near Liebenthal, Russ County, Kansas. Miss Mary Elizabeth Depperschmidt was his first wife and to this union 6 children were born. Mrs. Schoendaller died in the San Lusi Valley, Colorado in 1897.
January 8, 1900 Mr. Schoendaller married Mrs. Amalia Mauer nee Urbert, widow of Michael Mauer, Seven children were born to this union. Mrs. Schoendaller died March 22, 1914.
Mr. and Mrs. Schoendaller moved to Hays in 1900 and he lived here until the time of his death on April 30, 1926.
Mr. Schoendaller is survived by five children by his first wife, Martha Kreuzer, Jacob Schoendaller, Elizabeth Bittel, Lucy Muntsch and Frank Munsch, Catherine Schoendaller, Helen Muntsch, and Simon Peter and Louise Schoendaller. Three step children, Margaret, Virginia, and Michale Mauer also survive. There are two brothers, Jacob and Henry Schoendaller and one sister, Martha Weber. There are 36 grandchildren. Funeral services were Sunday, May 2 from St. Joseph's church and burial in the Catholic cemetery.
Ellis County News and Hays Free Press
May 20, 1926
George Schoendaller, formerly of Liebenthal, in this county, died at the home of his brother in Hays City, on July 22, aged about 37 years. George was well known here and at one time was a candidate for register of deeds in this county. For the past five years he has made his home with his brother Frank, at Hays City.
La Crosse Chieftain
August 2, 1907, page 4
Jacob Schoendaller, age 90 years, passed away at his home in Liebenthal Sunday morning after an illness of about five weeks. Mr. Schoendaller has been a resident of Rush county for 67 years. He is survived by the following children, Adrew (sic) Schoendaller, John Schoendaller and Joe Schoendaller, of Liebenthal, and one daughter, Mrs. Lucy Schoenberger of Ellis, Kansas.
Funeral services were held in the Catholic church at Liebenthal Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock with Rev. Fr. Ulrich, in charge. Burial was made in the Liebenthal cemetery.
The Rush County News
Thursday, November 18, 1943, p. 1
One of the Early Residents of Ellis County
Anton Wasigner, 85, one of the early residents of Ellis county, died Friday at the home of a brother, Bal Wasinger, here. Mr. Wasinger is survived by four sons, P. A. Wasinger, Philip Wasinger, and John E. Wasinger, all of Hays, Charles Wasinger of Kansas City and a daughter, Mrs. Andrew Schoenfeldt, of Chicago. His father, Anton Wasinger, Sr., was connected with the early history of the coming of the German-Russian settlers to this country, as in 1874 he was one of the five explorers sent from Russia to investigate conditions here.
Rev. Fr. Marion officiated Sunday afternoon at funeral services for Anton Wasinger, Ellis county pioneer, at St. Joseph Church. Pallbearers were: Paul Wasinger, Joseph Bal, P. V. Gottschalk, John Roth, William Wasinger, and Fred Wolf.
Mr. Wasinger has been a resident of Ellis county for 55 years. In 1874, Anton Wasinger, Sr., came to this country from Russia with four other men to explore for purposes of future colonization. Two years later he brought his family and come here to settle near Schoenchen. His son, Anton, was then only a small boy. Later the family moved to Munjor and from there to Hays. A large crowd of Ellis county residents attended the services.
Ellis County Star
16 April 1931, page 1
John H. Wasinger died suddenly Saturday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Joseph Bahl. Mr. Wasinger who had lived in Ellis county more than 50 years would have been 74 years old in April. He was born at Schoenchen, Russia. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Katherine Wasinger and nineteen children. Funeral services were Monday morning at St. Joseph's church and burial was in the Catholic cemetery.
Ellis County News
February 17, 1927, p. 1
Mrs. Elizabeth Werth, 77, of Schoenchen and mother of Peter Werth of Hays, died Tuesday morning at Larned. She is survived by six other children, four other sons, Wendelin and Rudolph of Denver, Benjamin of Great Bend and Alfred of Salina, and two daughters, Mrs. Anna Schoendaller of Richmond, Calif., and Mrs. Ida Urban of Wichita.
Mrs. Werth's husband, Jacob C. Werth, died in 1915. Five children preceded her in death. She is also survived by thirty-five grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Thursday morning at 8 o'clock in St. Anthony's church at Schoenchen. The body will be at the Brock Funeral home until time for the services.
Ellis County News
May 28, 1953, page 1
John R. Werth died at his home on West Perry Tuesday, after a long illness. Mr. Werth was born in Schoenchen, Russia, in 1870, and came with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Werth, to America in 1874. They were among the first colonists from Russia to Ellis County and settled at Schoenchen where John Werth later purchased a farm and became one of the most successful farmers of the community.
In 1915 Mr. Werth with his wife and daughter, moved to Hays, where the family has since lived. Mr. Werth was one of the first men of Schoenchen to join the Knights of Columbus organization in this county and that order conducted memorial services for him last night at Schoenchen.
Mr. Werth is survived by his widow, Mrs. Dora Werth, and one daughter, Miss Sophia Werth. Funeral services were this morning at St. Anthony's church, Schoenchen, and burial was in the Schoenchen cemetery.
A number of persons from Hays and surrounding towns attended the funeral which was one of the largest in the history of the community.
The Ellis County News And The Hays Free PressNicodemus Zimmerman, 72, pioneer resident of Ellis county and one of the founders of Schoenchen, died Tuesday at 1 o'clock a.m. at St. Anthony's hospital, where he had been five days. Mr. Zimmerman came to Ellis county in 1877 from Russia and had lived here since.
Mr. Zimmerman is survived by his children, Mrs. Ignatius Weber, who lives in Colorado; Mrs. Frank P. Unrein, Hays; Mrs. Jacob Randa, Hays; Mrs. George Lambrecht, Mrs. Aloysius Werth, Frank Zim- (sic) of Schoenchen and George Zimmer (sic) of Quinter. His brothers, Benjamin Zimmerman, Anastas Zimmerman and John Zimmerman, all of Schoenchen, also survive. A 4th brother, Alex Zimmerman, died a little more than three months ago.
Funeral services were held this morning at Schoenchen at St. Anthony's church.--Ellis County News
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