Obit: Bauer, Catherine (1880 - 1969)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Bauer, Koestner, Miller

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 8/07/1969

Bauer, Catherine (5 October 1880 - 26 July 1969)

Mrs. Catherine Bauer, 88, of Medford, mother of Ralph Bauer of Neillsville, died July 26 at a hospital there. Funeral services were held July 29 from the Holy Rosary Catholic Church at Medford, with the Rev. Joseph Miller officiating.

Mrs. Bauer, the former Catherine Koestner, was born in Bavaria, October 5, 1880, and came to Little Black with her parents at the age of one. She was married to Frank Bauer on February 2, 1901, and they farmed in the Town of Medford for some years. Mr. Bauer was sheriff of Taylor County for 13 years. He died in February 1938.

They were the parents of 12 children, one who died in infancy. Present at the funeral were the seven daughters, four sons and most of the 42 grandchildren.

 

 


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