Pauline Kampa Balder (1891-1987) - Find a Grave Memorial

Pauline Kampa Balder

Birth

2 Dec 1891

Duelm, Benton County, Minnesota, USA

Death

25 May 1987 (aged 95)

Foley, Benton County, Minnesota, USA

Burial

Saint Lawrence Cemetery

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Pauline was baptized by Father Carl Pfeiffer at the St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Duelm, Benton Co., MN on 22 May 1891. Her godparents were Joseph Tishberek and Julia Halfman.

Pauline was living in Palmer Township, MN with

her parents and siblings at the time of the 1900 census.

At the time of the April 4, 1930 census, Pauline was 38 years

old and living with her husband Felix on their own farm

valued at $4,500 (approx. $45,000 in 2001 dollars) in

St. George Township. They did not own a radio. She stated

that they were married when she was 24 and he was 26 years old

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FOLEY--Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Lawrence Catholic Church, Duelm, for Pauline Balder, 95, who died Monday at Foley Nursing Center. The Rev. Robert Harren will officiate. Burial will be in the parish cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Thursday at Foley Funeral Home. Parish prayers will be at 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home in Foley.

Pauline Balder was born in Duelm to John and Johanna Kampa. She married Felix Balder Aug. 27, 1915, and lived in St. George Township, Benton County, all her life. She was a member of the Christian Mothers and St. Ann's Mission Group.

Survivors include a sister, Agnes, Crosby.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; seven sisters; and five brothers.

St. Cloud Times (St. Cloud, Minnesota)

27 May 1987, p 15