Funeral services were held Saturday for Mrs. Jacob Bauer, another of Rtzville's eary-day pioneers and the third woman to be married in Adams county. Daughter of a Congregational missionary who established the Frist German Congregation church here, Mrs. Bauer arrived in Ritzville in 1887 after making part of the trip from Nebraska in a covered wagon. Her late husband was manager of the Ritzville Trading company for 33 years. The couple lived in Ritzville until 1942 when they moved to Spokane.
Mrs. Bauer died August 24 at the Lynwood Sanitarium in Fort Blakely on Bainbridge Island. She had lived there since last January when she broker her hip and right leg in a fall and was forced to be hospitalized. The Rev. R. Kirschenman, pastor of the Philadelphia Congregation church, officiated at the funeral in the Danekas and Duncan funeral home parlors.
Mrs. Bauer, nee Barbara Koch, was born March 4, 1868 in Bruenthal, Russia, the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Johanes Koch. The family came to the United States in 1886 living in Nebraska until traveling on to Ritzville the following year.
Reverend Koch's assignment was to organize and build churches in new districts. Here he organized the First German Congregationa church which was constructed on the site of the present Zion Congregational church. Later he organized churches in Greeley, Colorado, Portland, Oregon and in several communities in California.
Barbara Koch was married July 12, 1888 to Jacob Bauer. They were the third couple married in Adams county and the second to be married in the old Marcellus school house which was built by Mr. Bauer and his father, Henry Bauer, Sr. The school house was located on the J. F. Rosenoff farm and served as the first rural school district in Adams county.
Mr. and Mrs. Bauer farmed for 10 years before moving to Ritzville in 1898 to engage in the hardware and implement business. Mr. Bauer manage the Trading Company for 33 years until his reitrement on May 1, 1937. In 1942 the Bauers moved to Spokane to live with a daughter, Mrs. Louise Ratz. Mr. Bauer died in June 1943. Mrs. Bauer continued to live with her daughter, moving with her to Indianola Beach at Kitsap in 1951. There she lived until her accident last January.------
Surviving children are Mrs. Ratz of Kitsap; Mrs. Ruby Kirkham of Spokane; Mrs Mildred MacDonald of Portland, Martin Bauer of Suquamish and Harold W. Bauer of Ritzville. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Marie Bauer of Portland, and Mrs. Emily Cyrstal of Berkely California, 16 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
Ritzville Journal Times September 3, 1953 Sue Gardner & gapwork90
Mrs. Bauer died August 24 at the Lynwood Sanitarium in Fort Blakely on Bainbridge Island. She had lived there since last January when she broker her hip and right leg in a fall and was forced to be hospitalized. The Rev. R. Kirschenman, pastor of the Philadelphia Congregation church, officiated at the funeral in the Danekas and Duncan funeral home parlors.
Mrs. Bauer, nee Barbara Koch, was born March 4, 1868 in Bruenthal, Russia, the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Johanes Koch. The family came to the United States in 1886 living in Nebraska until traveling on to Ritzville the following year.
Reverend Koch's assignment was to organize and build churches in new districts. Here he organized the First German Congregationa church which was constructed on the site of the present Zion Congregational church. Later he organized churches in Greeley, Colorado, Portland, Oregon and in several communities in California.
Barbara Koch was married July 12, 1888 to Jacob Bauer. They were the third couple married in Adams county and the second to be married in the old Marcellus school house which was built by Mr. Bauer and his father, Henry Bauer, Sr. The school house was located on the J. F. Rosenoff farm and served as the first rural school district in Adams county.
Mr. and Mrs. Bauer farmed for 10 years before moving to Ritzville in 1898 to engage in the hardware and implement business. Mr. Bauer manage the Trading Company for 33 years until his reitrement on May 1, 1937. In 1942 the Bauers moved to Spokane to live with a daughter, Mrs. Louise Ratz. Mr. Bauer died in June 1943. Mrs. Bauer continued to live with her daughter, moving with her to Indianola Beach at Kitsap in 1951. There she lived until her accident last January.------
Surviving children are Mrs. Ratz of Kitsap; Mrs. Ruby Kirkham of Spokane; Mrs Mildred MacDonald of Portland, Martin Bauer of Suquamish and Harold W. Bauer of Ritzville. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Marie Bauer of Portland, and Mrs. Emily Cyrstal of Berkely California, 16 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
Ritzville Journal Times September 3, 1953 Sue Gardner & gapwork90
Funeral services were held Saturday for Mrs. Jacob Bauer, another of Rtzville's eary-day pioneers and the third woman to be married in Adams county. Daughter of a Congregational missionary who established the Frist German Congregation church here, Mrs. Bauer arrived in Ritzville in 1887 after making part of the trip from Nebraska in a covered wagon. Her late husband was manager of the Ritzville Trading company for 33 years. The couple lived in Ritzville until 1942 when they moved to Spokane.
Mrs. Bauer died August 24 at the Lynwood Sanitarium in Fort Blakely on Bainbridge Island. She had lived there since last January when she broker her hip and right leg in a fall and was forced to be hospitalized. The Rev. R. Kirschenman, pastor of the Philadelphia Congregation church, officiated at the funeral in the Danekas and Duncan funeral home parlors.
Mrs. Bauer, nee Barbara Koch, was born March 4, 1868 in Bruenthal, Russia, the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Johanes Koch. The family came to the United States in 1886 living in Nebraska until traveling on to Ritzville the following year.
Reverend Koch's assignment was to organize and build churches in new districts. Here he organized the First German Congregationa church which was constructed on the site of the present Zion Congregational church. Later he organized churches in Greeley, Colorado, Portland, Oregon and in several communities in California.
Barbara Koch was married July 12, 1888 to Jacob Bauer. They were the third couple married in Adams county and the second to be married in the old Marcellus school house which was built by Mr. Bauer and his father, Henry Bauer, Sr. The school house was located on the J. F. Rosenoff farm and served as the first rural school district in Adams county.
Mr. and Mrs. Bauer farmed for 10 years before moving to Ritzville in 1898 to engage in the hardware and implement business. Mr. Bauer manage the Trading Company for 33 years until his reitrement on May 1, 1937. In 1942 the Bauers moved to Spokane to live with a daughter, Mrs. Louise Ratz. Mr. Bauer died in June 1943. Mrs. Bauer continued to live with her daughter, moving with her to Indianola Beach at Kitsap in 1951. There she lived until her accident last January.------
Surviving children are Mrs. Ratz of Kitsap; Mrs. Ruby Kirkham of Spokane; Mrs Mildred MacDonald of Portland, Martin Bauer of Suquamish and Harold W. Bauer of Ritzville. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Marie Bauer of Portland, and Mrs. Emily Cyrstal of Berkely California, 16 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
Ritzville Journal Times September 3, 1953 Sue Gardner & gapwork90
Mrs. Bauer died August 24 at the Lynwood Sanitarium in Fort Blakely on Bainbridge Island. She had lived there since last January when she broker her hip and right leg in a fall and was forced to be hospitalized. The Rev. R. Kirschenman, pastor of the Philadelphia Congregation church, officiated at the funeral in the Danekas and Duncan funeral home parlors.
Mrs. Bauer, nee Barbara Koch, was born March 4, 1868 in Bruenthal, Russia, the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Johanes Koch. The family came to the United States in 1886 living in Nebraska until traveling on to Ritzville the following year.
Reverend Koch's assignment was to organize and build churches in new districts. Here he organized the First German Congregationa church which was constructed on the site of the present Zion Congregational church. Later he organized churches in Greeley, Colorado, Portland, Oregon and in several communities in California.
Barbara Koch was married July 12, 1888 to Jacob Bauer. They were the third couple married in Adams county and the second to be married in the old Marcellus school house which was built by Mr. Bauer and his father, Henry Bauer, Sr. The school house was located on the J. F. Rosenoff farm and served as the first rural school district in Adams county.
Mr. and Mrs. Bauer farmed for 10 years before moving to Ritzville in 1898 to engage in the hardware and implement business. Mr. Bauer manage the Trading Company for 33 years until his reitrement on May 1, 1937. In 1942 the Bauers moved to Spokane to live with a daughter, Mrs. Louise Ratz. Mr. Bauer died in June 1943. Mrs. Bauer continued to live with her daughter, moving with her to Indianola Beach at Kitsap in 1951. There she lived until her accident last January.------
Surviving children are Mrs. Ratz of Kitsap; Mrs. Ruby Kirkham of Spokane; Mrs Mildred MacDonald of Portland, Martin Bauer of Suquamish and Harold W. Bauer of Ritzville. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Marie Bauer of Portland, and Mrs. Emily Cyrstal of Berkely California, 16 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
Ritzville Journal Times September 3, 1953 Sue Gardner & gapwork90
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