Born in Bocksbrunn, Bavaria, Germany, Maria Barbara Schwab was the second oldest (daughter and child) of Johann Ernst Schwab and Maria Barbara Heinlein. The family emigrated c 1893. When she came to this country at 13 or 14, they put her in the 1st grade to learn English, so she quit school, but she taught herself to speak English completely without an accent.
She married John H. Figge on May 16, 1899 at her parent's ranch (Bruff Ranch) Huerfano Co., CO. She and John were the proprietors of a General Store in Westcliffe. She was supt. of Schools in Custer County at one time, and saw that her children went to College in spite of her husband's ideas! (He wanted to have his son's manage a chain of stores and did not want them to leave to go to college.)
She had five children Ernest Wilhelm Franz Figge, Frans Heinrich Johann Figge, Augusta Margaretha Figge, Harry Joshua Figge and Mary Elizabeth Figge. John Figge, her husband, died in 1938.
In 1948, while she was living with her son Harry in Colorado Springs, she went to the hospital where she was in an oxygen tent before she died.
She was predeceased by her husband John Figge, her son Ernest Figge, and her daughter Mary Figge Tinker. Surviving her were her son Dr. Frank H. J. Figge of Baltimore Maryland, her daughter Margaret Figge Burrowes of Keyport New Jersey, and her son Harry Figge of Colorado Springs, CO, and 10 grandchildren.
The obituary in the paper said:
"Many Honor Mrs. Maria B. Figge
Westcliffe July 1948
"Many friends from both Fremont and Custer Counties gathered at St. Paul Lutheran church [Canon City] Tuesday to pay respectful tribute to Mrs. Maria B. Figge, well-known resident of both counties.
"Services were held at the church at 10 a.m. with Rev. J. Bundschuh officiating. An abundance of lovely floral tributes were massed around the casket and in the front of the church.
"Mrs. John Ehmke sang " My Faith Looks Up To Thee" and Beautiful Savior" with Mrs. Margaret Bundschuh playing the piano accompaniment
"Casket bearers were Alvin Stroehlke, Herman Hansen, Harry Schulze, Otto Schulze, F. C. Kiesler and Oscar Heerwagen.
"After the services, Mrs. Figge's remains were taken by Holt mortuary to the cemetery in Silver Cliff for interment."
She died July 16, 1948 and was buried July 20, 1948.
Her youngest son Harry purchased a painting of the Good Shepherd for Canon City's St. Paul Church.
She married John H. Figge on May 16, 1899 at her parent's ranch (Bruff Ranch) Huerfano Co., CO. She and John were the proprietors of a General Store in Westcliffe. She was supt. of Schools in Custer County at one time, and saw that her children went to College in spite of her husband's ideas! (He wanted to have his son's manage a chain of stores and did not want them to leave to go to college.)
She had five children Ernest Wilhelm Franz Figge, Frans Heinrich Johann Figge, Augusta Margaretha Figge, Harry Joshua Figge and Mary Elizabeth Figge. John Figge, her husband, died in 1938.
In 1948, while she was living with her son Harry in Colorado Springs, she went to the hospital where she was in an oxygen tent before she died.
She was predeceased by her husband John Figge, her son Ernest Figge, and her daughter Mary Figge Tinker. Surviving her were her son Dr. Frank H. J. Figge of Baltimore Maryland, her daughter Margaret Figge Burrowes of Keyport New Jersey, and her son Harry Figge of Colorado Springs, CO, and 10 grandchildren.
The obituary in the paper said:
"Many Honor Mrs. Maria B. Figge
Westcliffe July 1948
"Many friends from both Fremont and Custer Counties gathered at St. Paul Lutheran church [Canon City] Tuesday to pay respectful tribute to Mrs. Maria B. Figge, well-known resident of both counties.
"Services were held at the church at 10 a.m. with Rev. J. Bundschuh officiating. An abundance of lovely floral tributes were massed around the casket and in the front of the church.
"Mrs. John Ehmke sang " My Faith Looks Up To Thee" and Beautiful Savior" with Mrs. Margaret Bundschuh playing the piano accompaniment
"Casket bearers were Alvin Stroehlke, Herman Hansen, Harry Schulze, Otto Schulze, F. C. Kiesler and Oscar Heerwagen.
"After the services, Mrs. Figge's remains were taken by Holt mortuary to the cemetery in Silver Cliff for interment."
She died July 16, 1948 and was buried July 20, 1948.
Her youngest son Harry purchased a painting of the Good Shepherd for Canon City's St. Paul Church.
Born in Bocksbrunn, Bavaria, Germany, Maria Barbara Schwab was the second oldest (daughter and child) of Johann Ernst Schwab and Maria Barbara Heinlein. The family emigrated c 1893. When she came to this country at 13 or 14, they put her in the 1st grade to learn English, so she quit school, but she taught herself to speak English completely without an accent.
She married John H. Figge on May 16, 1899 at her parent's ranch (Bruff Ranch) Huerfano Co., CO. She and John were the proprietors of a General Store in Westcliffe. She was supt. of Schools in Custer County at one time, and saw that her children went to College in spite of her husband's ideas! (He wanted to have his son's manage a chain of stores and did not want them to leave to go to college.)
She had five children Ernest Wilhelm Franz Figge, Frans Heinrich Johann Figge, Augusta Margaretha Figge, Harry Joshua Figge and Mary Elizabeth Figge. John Figge, her husband, died in 1938.
In 1948, while she was living with her son Harry in Colorado Springs, she went to the hospital where she was in an oxygen tent before she died.
She was predeceased by her husband John Figge, her son Ernest Figge, and her daughter Mary Figge Tinker. Surviving her were her son Dr. Frank H. J. Figge of Baltimore Maryland, her daughter Margaret Figge Burrowes of Keyport New Jersey, and her son Harry Figge of Colorado Springs, CO, and 10 grandchildren.
The obituary in the paper said:
"Many Honor Mrs. Maria B. Figge
Westcliffe July 1948
"Many friends from both Fremont and Custer Counties gathered at St. Paul Lutheran church [Canon City] Tuesday to pay respectful tribute to Mrs. Maria B. Figge, well-known resident of both counties.
"Services were held at the church at 10 a.m. with Rev. J. Bundschuh officiating. An abundance of lovely floral tributes were massed around the casket and in the front of the church.
"Mrs. John Ehmke sang " My Faith Looks Up To Thee" and Beautiful Savior" with Mrs. Margaret Bundschuh playing the piano accompaniment
"Casket bearers were Alvin Stroehlke, Herman Hansen, Harry Schulze, Otto Schulze, F. C. Kiesler and Oscar Heerwagen.
"After the services, Mrs. Figge's remains were taken by Holt mortuary to the cemetery in Silver Cliff for interment."
She died July 16, 1948 and was buried July 20, 1948.
Her youngest son Harry purchased a painting of the Good Shepherd for Canon City's St. Paul Church.
She married John H. Figge on May 16, 1899 at her parent's ranch (Bruff Ranch) Huerfano Co., CO. She and John were the proprietors of a General Store in Westcliffe. She was supt. of Schools in Custer County at one time, and saw that her children went to College in spite of her husband's ideas! (He wanted to have his son's manage a chain of stores and did not want them to leave to go to college.)
She had five children Ernest Wilhelm Franz Figge, Frans Heinrich Johann Figge, Augusta Margaretha Figge, Harry Joshua Figge and Mary Elizabeth Figge. John Figge, her husband, died in 1938.
In 1948, while she was living with her son Harry in Colorado Springs, she went to the hospital where she was in an oxygen tent before she died.
She was predeceased by her husband John Figge, her son Ernest Figge, and her daughter Mary Figge Tinker. Surviving her were her son Dr. Frank H. J. Figge of Baltimore Maryland, her daughter Margaret Figge Burrowes of Keyport New Jersey, and her son Harry Figge of Colorado Springs, CO, and 10 grandchildren.
The obituary in the paper said:
"Many Honor Mrs. Maria B. Figge
Westcliffe July 1948
"Many friends from both Fremont and Custer Counties gathered at St. Paul Lutheran church [Canon City] Tuesday to pay respectful tribute to Mrs. Maria B. Figge, well-known resident of both counties.
"Services were held at the church at 10 a.m. with Rev. J. Bundschuh officiating. An abundance of lovely floral tributes were massed around the casket and in the front of the church.
"Mrs. John Ehmke sang " My Faith Looks Up To Thee" and Beautiful Savior" with Mrs. Margaret Bundschuh playing the piano accompaniment
"Casket bearers were Alvin Stroehlke, Herman Hansen, Harry Schulze, Otto Schulze, F. C. Kiesler and Oscar Heerwagen.
"After the services, Mrs. Figge's remains were taken by Holt mortuary to the cemetery in Silver Cliff for interment."
She died July 16, 1948 and was buried July 20, 1948.
Her youngest son Harry purchased a painting of the Good Shepherd for Canon City's St. Paul Church.
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