Obit: Firnstahl, Barbara (1860 - 1935)

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Surnames: FIRNSTAHL WEIX LANG WELSCH ROLLER BUDDE UMHOEFER BARTIK FUECHT OSHSNER SCHMIDTBAUER SCHRAUFNAGEL MAUL BACHHUBER ROGAN CURTIS FRAWLEY

----Sources: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 14 Feb 1935

Firnstahl, Barbara (21 Aug. 1860 - 12 Feb. 1935)

Mrs. Paul Firnstahl quietly passed on to the distant shore Tuesday evening at 6:30 after a lingering illness of several years. Funeral services will be held Friday morning, February 15th, at 9:30 o’clock at St. Mary’s Catholic church, Rev. L. J. Lang officiating, and internment will be made in the Colby cemetery.

The deceased, whose maiden name was Barbara Weix, was born in Leroy, Dodge County, Wisconsin, Aug. 21, 1860, thus reaching the age of seventy-four years, five months and twenty-two days. She came to Colby in 1878 and was married to Paul Firnstahl in Colby on April 25, 1880. She is survived by her husband and five children, namely: Adeline and Lona of Wausau, Gorman of Seattle, Wash., Otto of Albana, Minn., and Isy of Colby. Three sisters and five brothers also mourn her death: Mrs. Anna Welsch, Mrs. Regina Roller and Mrs. John Budde, all of Beaver Dam, Mike Weix of Colby, Martin Weix of Leroy, Xavier Weix of Oconomowoc, Lawrence Weix of Colby and Mike Weix of Colby.

The deceased is numbered among the early settlers of this community, coming here when there were no roads and hardly a trail from Colby to their farm. She saw the land they owned cleared into a fine farm on which they lived until fifteen years ago when their son, Isy, purchased the place. Since that time, Mr. and Mrs. Firnstahl lived in the city of Colby.

She was a faithful member of St. Mary’s congregation and the Christian Mothers Society. Like all early pioneers, none ever entered her home without a warm welcome nor left without feeling the warmth of genuine hospitality. While she always enjoyed the hospitality of her friends, she always considered the welfare of her family the most important and no sacrifice was too great to administer to the needs or happiness of the members of her family.

----Sources: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 02/21/1935

Funeral services for Mrs. Paul Firnstahl were held at St. Mary’s church Friday morning, Rev. L. J. Lang officiating, and internment was made in the Colby cemetery. Pall bearers were the following nephews: Emil Umhoefer, Emil Weix, Dr. F. A. Weix, Ruddy Weix, Marcel Weix and Herbert Firnstahl. Out of town people here for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Bartik of Plainfield, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Firnstahl of Loyal, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Firnstahl of Chicago, Dr. and Mrs. F. F. Firnstahl of Wisconsin Rapids, Xavier Weix of Oconomowoc, Mr. John Welsch, Mrs. John Budde, Mrs. John Roller and son Boldwin, of Beaver Dam, John Fuecht, Martin Weix, Andrew Oshsner, George and Miss Margaret Oshsner, and Allie Schmidtbauer of Leroy, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Schraufnagel, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schraufnagel and Henry Schraufnagel of Glidden, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Maul of Owen, Emil Weix of Medford, Marcel Weix of Dorchester, Frank E. Bachhuber, Mrs. Gregory Umhoefer and son, Gregory, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Rogan, Mrs. Margaret Curtis and Dr. and Mrs. R. M. Frawley of Wausau.