Elizabeth's older son, had this beautiful new monument erected for her in 2009.
Elizabeth was born in Foieni, Hungary in 1904. Her birth town is now located in Satu Mare, Romania, due to political changes over the course of the 20th century.
Not speaking English, she moved to the US after WWII as a widow with three children (ages 14, 10 and 3). Supporting herself and her family as a waitress at the Skyline Restaurant in Tallahassee, Florida, she bought a house and her three children had remarkable educations (one son graduated from West Point, another son from the Naval Academy in Annapolis and her daughter received her Masters Degree & taught Modern Languages at Clemson University.)
As of this writing, she is survived by three children and five grandchildren.
April 21, 2010
Elizabeth was born in Foieni, Hungary in 1904. Her birth town is now located in Satu Mare, Romania, due to political changes over the course of the 20th century.
Not speaking English, she moved to the US after WWII as a widow with three children (ages 14, 10 and 3). Supporting herself and her family as a waitress at the Skyline Restaurant in Tallahassee, Florida, she bought a house and her three children had remarkable educations (one son graduated from West Point, another son from the Naval Academy in Annapolis and her daughter received her Masters Degree & taught Modern Languages at Clemson University.)
As of this writing, she is survived by three children and five grandchildren.
April 21, 2010
Elizabeth's older son, had this beautiful new monument erected for her in 2009.
Elizabeth was born in Foieni, Hungary in 1904. Her birth town is now located in Satu Mare, Romania, due to political changes over the course of the 20th century.
Not speaking English, she moved to the US after WWII as a widow with three children (ages 14, 10 and 3). Supporting herself and her family as a waitress at the Skyline Restaurant in Tallahassee, Florida, she bought a house and her three children had remarkable educations (one son graduated from West Point, another son from the Naval Academy in Annapolis and her daughter received her Masters Degree & taught Modern Languages at Clemson University.)
As of this writing, she is survived by three children and five grandchildren.
April 21, 2010
Elizabeth was born in Foieni, Hungary in 1904. Her birth town is now located in Satu Mare, Romania, due to political changes over the course of the 20th century.
Not speaking English, she moved to the US after WWII as a widow with three children (ages 14, 10 and 3). Supporting herself and her family as a waitress at the Skyline Restaurant in Tallahassee, Florida, she bought a house and her three children had remarkable educations (one son graduated from West Point, another son from the Naval Academy in Annapolis and her daughter received her Masters Degree & taught Modern Languages at Clemson University.)
As of this writing, she is survived by three children and five grandchildren.
April 21, 2010
Inscription
The Poem on the headstone reads in German as follows:
"Geboren im fernen Banat
Der Tod sie ereilet hat
So allein im fremden Land
Sie segne Gottes Hand"
English Translation:
"Born in the distant Banat
Death has overtaken her
So alone in a new land
May God's hand bless her."
Gravesite Details
When her husband, Peter Wagner, died in Germany after WWII, his good friend, Hans Bentz (a Catholic priest) composed the poem. Peter Wagner's grave in Furstenzell is no longer there, but Elizabeth's daughter remembered the poem.
