Jacob Bauer, 80, one of Ritzville's outstanding business leaders for more than a third of a century, died last Friday morning in Spokane at the home of his daughter, Mrs. H. J. Ratz, following an illness of several years.
He was one of the founders of the Ritzville Trading company and managed that institution from its beginning in 1904 until 1937, when he retired because of ill health. However, he remained an active interest in the business by serving on the board of directors until 1942. His many friend and business associates paid a final tribute to him at funeral services Sunday afternoon at the Philadelphia Congregational church. The Rev. R. Kirschenmann officiated. Burial was in the Ritzville cemetery.
In addition to managing the city's largest business institution for 33 years, Mr. Bauer took an active part in civic affairs. he served on the city council and on the school board and was a life-long member of the chamber of commerce. He also served one term as county assessor in 1897-1898, before he entered the business world. Mr. Bauer was one of the charter emembers of the Northwest Hardware and Implement Dealers association, an organization composed of representatives from all parts of the Inland Empire, and he served on the group's board of direcotrs for many years.
His career as a businessman begain in 1898 when he went into the hardware business with H. A. Bier. This firm consolidated with the Ritzville Hardware company in 1900 and the business continued under that name with Mr. Bauer as manager until 1904, when the Ritzville Hardware Co., and A. T. Kendrick Co., and the Lind Hardware Co., were incorporated under the new name of the Ritzville Trading Co. He was elected manager of the new firm and remained in that capacity until May 1, 1937, when he reitred because of his health. In 1939 he underwent a serious operation, which was followed two years later by a second, from which he never fully recovered.
Jacob was born in Kolk, Russia, Jan. 10, 1863. With his parents he came to the United States in 1876. After farming near Hastins, Neb., and later near Culbertson, Neb., for six years, the family decided to mover farther west. They traveled by train to Ogden, Utah, which was the end of the railway. From there the journey was by by covered wagon to Walla Walla, in what was then Washington territory. The party remained in Walla Walla for two years, then migrated to Ritzville. The Bauer family arrived here April 20, 1884 and immediately filed for a homestead.
On July 12, 1888, Mr. Bauer was married to Barbara Koch, the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Johaness Koch. The couple engaged in farming for 10 years and in the sping of 1898 Mr. Bauer and his family left the farm and moved to Ritzville, where he entered business.
Mr. and Mrs. Bauer celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1938 with a banquet at the Desert hotel, at which all of their children were present One of the highlights of the joyous occasion was the re-enactment of the wedding just as it had taken place in a small school house near Ritzville. They were the third couple to be married in Adams county.
Six children were born to this union and all but one are still living. Arthur, the youngest child died in 1908. Besides his widow, Mr. Bauer is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Mildred MacDonald of Portland, Oregon, Mrs. Louise Ratz of Spokane and Mrs. Ruby Kirkham of Saginaw, Mich.; two sons, Martin and Harold of Ritzville; two sisters, Mrs. Henry Oestreich of Ritzville and Mrs. Anton Neidt of San Francisco; 16 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.
Ritzville Journal Times Juen 24, 1942 Sue Gardner & gapwork90
He was one of the founders of the Ritzville Trading company and managed that institution from its beginning in 1904 until 1937, when he retired because of ill health. However, he remained an active interest in the business by serving on the board of directors until 1942. His many friend and business associates paid a final tribute to him at funeral services Sunday afternoon at the Philadelphia Congregational church. The Rev. R. Kirschenmann officiated. Burial was in the Ritzville cemetery.
In addition to managing the city's largest business institution for 33 years, Mr. Bauer took an active part in civic affairs. he served on the city council and on the school board and was a life-long member of the chamber of commerce. He also served one term as county assessor in 1897-1898, before he entered the business world. Mr. Bauer was one of the charter emembers of the Northwest Hardware and Implement Dealers association, an organization composed of representatives from all parts of the Inland Empire, and he served on the group's board of direcotrs for many years.
His career as a businessman begain in 1898 when he went into the hardware business with H. A. Bier. This firm consolidated with the Ritzville Hardware company in 1900 and the business continued under that name with Mr. Bauer as manager until 1904, when the Ritzville Hardware Co., and A. T. Kendrick Co., and the Lind Hardware Co., were incorporated under the new name of the Ritzville Trading Co. He was elected manager of the new firm and remained in that capacity until May 1, 1937, when he reitred because of his health. In 1939 he underwent a serious operation, which was followed two years later by a second, from which he never fully recovered.
Jacob was born in Kolk, Russia, Jan. 10, 1863. With his parents he came to the United States in 1876. After farming near Hastins, Neb., and later near Culbertson, Neb., for six years, the family decided to mover farther west. They traveled by train to Ogden, Utah, which was the end of the railway. From there the journey was by by covered wagon to Walla Walla, in what was then Washington territory. The party remained in Walla Walla for two years, then migrated to Ritzville. The Bauer family arrived here April 20, 1884 and immediately filed for a homestead.
On July 12, 1888, Mr. Bauer was married to Barbara Koch, the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Johaness Koch. The couple engaged in farming for 10 years and in the sping of 1898 Mr. Bauer and his family left the farm and moved to Ritzville, where he entered business.
Mr. and Mrs. Bauer celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1938 with a banquet at the Desert hotel, at which all of their children were present One of the highlights of the joyous occasion was the re-enactment of the wedding just as it had taken place in a small school house near Ritzville. They were the third couple to be married in Adams county.
Six children were born to this union and all but one are still living. Arthur, the youngest child died in 1908. Besides his widow, Mr. Bauer is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Mildred MacDonald of Portland, Oregon, Mrs. Louise Ratz of Spokane and Mrs. Ruby Kirkham of Saginaw, Mich.; two sons, Martin and Harold of Ritzville; two sisters, Mrs. Henry Oestreich of Ritzville and Mrs. Anton Neidt of San Francisco; 16 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.
Ritzville Journal Times Juen 24, 1942 Sue Gardner & gapwork90
Jacob Bauer, 80, one of Ritzville's outstanding business leaders for more than a third of a century, died last Friday morning in Spokane at the home of his daughter, Mrs. H. J. Ratz, following an illness of several years.
He was one of the founders of the Ritzville Trading company and managed that institution from its beginning in 1904 until 1937, when he retired because of ill health. However, he remained an active interest in the business by serving on the board of directors until 1942. His many friend and business associates paid a final tribute to him at funeral services Sunday afternoon at the Philadelphia Congregational church. The Rev. R. Kirschenmann officiated. Burial was in the Ritzville cemetery.
In addition to managing the city's largest business institution for 33 years, Mr. Bauer took an active part in civic affairs. he served on the city council and on the school board and was a life-long member of the chamber of commerce. He also served one term as county assessor in 1897-1898, before he entered the business world. Mr. Bauer was one of the charter emembers of the Northwest Hardware and Implement Dealers association, an organization composed of representatives from all parts of the Inland Empire, and he served on the group's board of direcotrs for many years.
His career as a businessman begain in 1898 when he went into the hardware business with H. A. Bier. This firm consolidated with the Ritzville Hardware company in 1900 and the business continued under that name with Mr. Bauer as manager until 1904, when the Ritzville Hardware Co., and A. T. Kendrick Co., and the Lind Hardware Co., were incorporated under the new name of the Ritzville Trading Co. He was elected manager of the new firm and remained in that capacity until May 1, 1937, when he reitred because of his health. In 1939 he underwent a serious operation, which was followed two years later by a second, from which he never fully recovered.
Jacob was born in Kolk, Russia, Jan. 10, 1863. With his parents he came to the United States in 1876. After farming near Hastins, Neb., and later near Culbertson, Neb., for six years, the family decided to mover farther west. They traveled by train to Ogden, Utah, which was the end of the railway. From there the journey was by by covered wagon to Walla Walla, in what was then Washington territory. The party remained in Walla Walla for two years, then migrated to Ritzville. The Bauer family arrived here April 20, 1884 and immediately filed for a homestead.
On July 12, 1888, Mr. Bauer was married to Barbara Koch, the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Johaness Koch. The couple engaged in farming for 10 years and in the sping of 1898 Mr. Bauer and his family left the farm and moved to Ritzville, where he entered business.
Mr. and Mrs. Bauer celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1938 with a banquet at the Desert hotel, at which all of their children were present One of the highlights of the joyous occasion was the re-enactment of the wedding just as it had taken place in a small school house near Ritzville. They were the third couple to be married in Adams county.
Six children were born to this union and all but one are still living. Arthur, the youngest child died in 1908. Besides his widow, Mr. Bauer is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Mildred MacDonald of Portland, Oregon, Mrs. Louise Ratz of Spokane and Mrs. Ruby Kirkham of Saginaw, Mich.; two sons, Martin and Harold of Ritzville; two sisters, Mrs. Henry Oestreich of Ritzville and Mrs. Anton Neidt of San Francisco; 16 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.
Ritzville Journal Times Juen 24, 1942 Sue Gardner & gapwork90
He was one of the founders of the Ritzville Trading company and managed that institution from its beginning in 1904 until 1937, when he retired because of ill health. However, he remained an active interest in the business by serving on the board of directors until 1942. His many friend and business associates paid a final tribute to him at funeral services Sunday afternoon at the Philadelphia Congregational church. The Rev. R. Kirschenmann officiated. Burial was in the Ritzville cemetery.
In addition to managing the city's largest business institution for 33 years, Mr. Bauer took an active part in civic affairs. he served on the city council and on the school board and was a life-long member of the chamber of commerce. He also served one term as county assessor in 1897-1898, before he entered the business world. Mr. Bauer was one of the charter emembers of the Northwest Hardware and Implement Dealers association, an organization composed of representatives from all parts of the Inland Empire, and he served on the group's board of direcotrs for many years.
His career as a businessman begain in 1898 when he went into the hardware business with H. A. Bier. This firm consolidated with the Ritzville Hardware company in 1900 and the business continued under that name with Mr. Bauer as manager until 1904, when the Ritzville Hardware Co., and A. T. Kendrick Co., and the Lind Hardware Co., were incorporated under the new name of the Ritzville Trading Co. He was elected manager of the new firm and remained in that capacity until May 1, 1937, when he reitred because of his health. In 1939 he underwent a serious operation, which was followed two years later by a second, from which he never fully recovered.
Jacob was born in Kolk, Russia, Jan. 10, 1863. With his parents he came to the United States in 1876. After farming near Hastins, Neb., and later near Culbertson, Neb., for six years, the family decided to mover farther west. They traveled by train to Ogden, Utah, which was the end of the railway. From there the journey was by by covered wagon to Walla Walla, in what was then Washington territory. The party remained in Walla Walla for two years, then migrated to Ritzville. The Bauer family arrived here April 20, 1884 and immediately filed for a homestead.
On July 12, 1888, Mr. Bauer was married to Barbara Koch, the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Johaness Koch. The couple engaged in farming for 10 years and in the sping of 1898 Mr. Bauer and his family left the farm and moved to Ritzville, where he entered business.
Mr. and Mrs. Bauer celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1938 with a banquet at the Desert hotel, at which all of their children were present One of the highlights of the joyous occasion was the re-enactment of the wedding just as it had taken place in a small school house near Ritzville. They were the third couple to be married in Adams county.
Six children were born to this union and all but one are still living. Arthur, the youngest child died in 1908. Besides his widow, Mr. Bauer is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Mildred MacDonald of Portland, Oregon, Mrs. Louise Ratz of Spokane and Mrs. Ruby Kirkham of Saginaw, Mich.; two sons, Martin and Harold of Ritzville; two sisters, Mrs. Henry Oestreich of Ritzville and Mrs. Anton Neidt of San Francisco; 16 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.
Ritzville Journal Times Juen 24, 1942 Sue Gardner & gapwork90
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