Mrs. Kath. Stiefvater Dies On Sunday
The village of St. Nazianz lost one of its oldest residents on Sunday when Mrs. Katherine Stiefvater, 86, passed away there at the home of her sister, Mrs. Susan Burkard, after a lingering illness.
A requiem mass was celebrated at 10 A. M, Wednesday at St. Gregory Churchat St. Nazianz by Rev. Fintan Holzknecht and burial was made in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Stiefvater, nee Katherine Platten, was born June 5, 1857, at Pine Grove, Brown county, and was married in September 1894. Her husband died in 1908.
Survivors are two sons, George of Milwaukee, and Edward of Mishawaka, Ind.; three step-daughters, Mrs. John Griesbach and Miss Mary Stiefvater of Manitowoc and Mrs. Ambrose Pfefferle of Appleton; four step-sons, Peter
Stiefvater of Springfield, Mo., Stephen of Valders, route one, Ben of Marytown and Richard of Glendive, Montana.; two brothers, John and Peter Platten of St. Nazianz and Adam of Loyal, two sisters, Mrs. Burkard and Mrs.
Gertrude Kellenbenz of St. Nazianz, 32 grandchildren and 26 great-grand-children.
Mrs. Stiefvater was a member of the Christian Mothers' Society and the Third Order of St. Francis.
(The ?? Journal, Thursday, December 30, 1943)
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Katherine nee Platten (June 5, 1857-Dec. 26, 1943
second wife of John [1852-1908] -married Sept. 4, 1894 at St. Gregory daughter of Peter Kastor Platten and Katharine Meyer -born Pine Grove, Brown County -died from "apoplexy, arteriosclerosis and senility")
Mrs. Kath. Stiefvater Dies On Sunday
The village of St. Nazianz lost one of its oldest residents on Sunday when Mrs. Katherine Stiefvater, 86, passed away there at the home of her sister, Mrs. Susan Burkard, after a lingering illness.
A requiem mass was celebrated at 10 A. M, Wednesday at St. Gregory Churchat St. Nazianz by Rev. Fintan Holzknecht and burial was made in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Stiefvater, nee Katherine Platten, was born June 5, 1857, at Pine Grove, Brown county, and was married in September 1894. Her husband died in 1908.
Survivors are two sons, George of Milwaukee, and Edward of Mishawaka, Ind.; three step-daughters, Mrs. John Griesbach and Miss Mary Stiefvater of Manitowoc and Mrs. Ambrose Pfefferle of Appleton; four step-sons, Peter
Stiefvater of Springfield, Mo., Stephen of Valders, route one, Ben of Marytown and Richard of Glendive, Montana.; two brothers, John and Peter Platten of St. Nazianz and Adam of Loyal, two sisters, Mrs. Burkard and Mrs.
Gertrude Kellenbenz of St. Nazianz, 32 grandchildren and 26 great-grand-children.
Mrs. Stiefvater was a member of the Christian Mothers' Society and the Third Order of St. Francis.
(The ?? Journal, Thursday, December 30, 1943)
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Katherine nee Platten (June 5, 1857-Dec. 26, 1943
second wife of John [1852-1908] -married Sept. 4, 1894 at St. Gregory daughter of Peter Kastor Platten and Katharine Meyer -born Pine Grove, Brown County -died from "apoplexy, arteriosclerosis and senility")
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