Surnames: Bandow, Beschta, Sterzinger, Hoffman, Schilling, Kilty, Helmes, Boden

----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 05/19/1949

Bandow, Mary (3 Jan. 1876 - 15 May 1949)

Mrs. Mary Bandow died Sunday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at the Marshfield, Wisconsin Hospital at the age of 73 years. Funeral services are being held this Thursday morning at St. Mary’s Catholic church, Rev. N. B. Beschta officiating, and burial will be made in the Colby (Colby, Clark Co. Wis.) Cemetery. Pall bearers are Ambrose Sterzinger, William Sterzinger, Robert Sterzinger, Albert Hoffman, Carl Schilling and Lyle Kilty.

Mrs. Bandow, nee Mary Helmes, was born in Calumet, Mich., January 3, 1876. She moved to Colby with her parents when two years of age and lived here most of her life. On May 16, 1899, she married Wm. Bandow in Colby, Wis. Her husband died in March, 1929.

Mrs. Bandow is survived by two sons and two daughters - Rev. Ambrose Bandow of Neenah, Clement Bandow of Rockford, Ill., Mrs. Fred Boden of Milwaukee and Mrs. Melvin Kilty of Edgar. Also surviving is a brother, Kasper Helmes.