Obit: Firnstahl, Catherine #2 (1868 - 1955)  

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Surnames: Firnstahl, Arndt, Meyers, Gries, Steinwand, Krause, Lamont, Leichtnam, Nieckrens, Wilkinson, Chapman, Cline, Fischer, Herman 
 

----Source: Abbotsford Tribune (Abbotsford, Clark County, Wis.) 01/13/1955 
 

Firnstahl, Catherine (7 Feb. 1868 - 4 Jan. 1955)  
 

Burial rites for Mrs. Michael Firnstahl, 86, a former resident of this area who died Jan. 4 at her home in Niles, Mich., were held at 9:30 a.m. Friday at the Lulloff Funeral Home at Colby. The burial took place in the Colby cemetery.  
 

Funeral services were held Thursday morning at St. Mary’s Catholic church in Niles. Pallbearers were Andrew Arndt, William Meyers, John Gries, A. M. Steinwand, Joe Krause and Angus Lamont.  
 

Mrs. Firnstahl, formerly Catherine Leichtnam, was born Feb. 7, 1868, at Abbotsford. She is survived by her husband, 89, Niles, Mich.; four daughters, Mrs. Frederic (Sylvia) Nieckrens, Chicago; Mrs. John (Minnie) Wilkinson, Evanston, Ill.; Mrs. Ray (Matilda) Chapman, Niles; and Mrs. Russell (Malena) Cline, Mishawaka, Ind.; a son, Urban Firnstahl, Niles; two sisters, Mrs. Betty Fischer, Chicago; and Mrs. Hermina Herman, Colby; two brothers, Albert and Edward Leichtnam, Abbotsford; 12 grand children and 16 great grand children.  
 

A son, Raymond, was a World War I casualty and another son, Edmund, died in February, 1954.  
 

Out of town relatives who attended the services at Colby were Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Nieckrens of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Urban Firnstahl of Niles, Mich., Mr. and Mrs. Earl Procknow of Athens and Mrs. Inga Firnstahl, Mrs. Sidney Lee and Karen, Michael and James Lee, all of Marshfield.