Obit: Apfelbeck, Mary Jane (1855 - 1929)
Transcriber: Stan
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APFELBECK SCHRAUFNAGLE THORNZILKE BRILL ----Source: Colby
Phonograph (Colby, Wis.) 06/06/1929 Apfelbeck, Mary
Jane (24 Feb 1855 - 3 JUN 1929) Mary Jane
Apfelbeck passed away at her home in Colby, Wis. Monday, June 3,
1929, at 1:15 p.m. at the age of seventy-four years, three months
and nine days, old age being the cause of her departure to the
heavenly goal. Impressive funeral services were held at the
catholic Church, Rev. Lachnit officiating, Thursday morning, June
6th, and interment made in the Colby Catholic Cemetery. The deceased was
born in Fond du Lac, Wis., Feb. 24, 1855, and was married to Joseph
Apfelbeck June 27, 1878, in Fond du Lac. Fifty years ago, she and
her husband came to this locality and homesteaded on a tract of
land in the town of Hull, Marathon Co., Wis., which was still a
vast wilderness, but by hard work and privations, built a fine
farm. Her husband died Nov. 12, 1925, and three children also
preceded her in death. The children still living are all of Colby,
namely: Mrs. Norbert Schraufnagle, Mrs. Rose Thorn, Frank, Peter,
Leo, Carl, Ben, Ernest and Albert. One sister, Mrs. Albert Zilke of
Fond du Lac, and one brother, John Brill of Milwaukee, also mourn
her departure. The deceased, the
mother of a large and gifted family, was a woman of strong
Christian character, and also never forgot the hospitable ways of
the early pioneer. None ever entered her home without a warm
welcome nor left without feeling the warmth of genuine hospitality,
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