Catherine was the youngest of Richard and Mattie's three girls. She went to nursing school in Waupun, Wisconsin but was forced to leave after having epilepsy. She married Augustus "Augie" Bahr and bought a farm near Waupun. Dad remembers having to pick rocks out of the field by hand. There were so many large ones that they would have broken any plow that was used. Augie moved them to the Memphis, TN, area as part of being part of a furniture company union. He then moved them to the Searcy, Arkansas, area after hearing about cheap farm land. They never had a successful farm.
In the late 1980's their farm burned and nothing was saved. Catherine barely escaped with a cat. She and Augie separated soon after. He had affairs, forged checks and went drinking while she tended the farm. He passed away in 1993.
When she and Mary visited us in Crystal Lake in the late 80s, grandma began cutting her meat for her at lunch, even though she could do it herself. Dad asked how she liked having her big sister around and she asked if she had to answer that.
She passed away at Byrd Haven nursing home in Searcy on September 17, 2008. Her ashes were scattered at Mary and Alfred Sippel's grave.
In the late 1980's their farm burned and nothing was saved. Catherine barely escaped with a cat. She and Augie separated soon after. He had affairs, forged checks and went drinking while she tended the farm. He passed away in 1993.
When she and Mary visited us in Crystal Lake in the late 80s, grandma began cutting her meat for her at lunch, even though she could do it herself. Dad asked how she liked having her big sister around and she asked if she had to answer that.
She passed away at Byrd Haven nursing home in Searcy on September 17, 2008. Her ashes were scattered at Mary and Alfred Sippel's grave.
Catherine was the youngest of Richard and Mattie's three girls. She went to nursing school in Waupun, Wisconsin but was forced to leave after having epilepsy. She married Augustus "Augie" Bahr and bought a farm near Waupun. Dad remembers having to pick rocks out of the field by hand. There were so many large ones that they would have broken any plow that was used. Augie moved them to the Memphis, TN, area as part of being part of a furniture company union. He then moved them to the Searcy, Arkansas, area after hearing about cheap farm land. They never had a successful farm.
In the late 1980's their farm burned and nothing was saved. Catherine barely escaped with a cat. She and Augie separated soon after. He had affairs, forged checks and went drinking while she tended the farm. He passed away in 1993.
When she and Mary visited us in Crystal Lake in the late 80s, grandma began cutting her meat for her at lunch, even though she could do it herself. Dad asked how she liked having her big sister around and she asked if she had to answer that.
She passed away at Byrd Haven nursing home in Searcy on September 17, 2008. Her ashes were scattered at Mary and Alfred Sippel's grave.
In the late 1980's their farm burned and nothing was saved. Catherine barely escaped with a cat. She and Augie separated soon after. He had affairs, forged checks and went drinking while she tended the farm. He passed away in 1993.
When she and Mary visited us in Crystal Lake in the late 80s, grandma began cutting her meat for her at lunch, even though she could do it herself. Dad asked how she liked having her big sister around and she asked if she had to answer that.
She passed away at Byrd Haven nursing home in Searcy on September 17, 2008. Her ashes were scattered at Mary and Alfred Sippel's grave.
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