Obit: Jeras, Katherine (1876 - 1962)

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Surnames: Jeras, Hemler, Klarich, Ceferin, Trotar, Sylvester

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) February 1, 1962

Jeras, Katherine (24 April 1876 - 27 January 1962)

Mrs. Katherine Jeras, 85, North Riverside, Ill., and formerly of Willard, died January 27 at the home of her son, Anton Jeras, in Milwaukee where she had been the last 19 days.

Mrs. Jeras, nee Katherine Hemler, was born April 24, 1876, in Yugoslavia. She was married in Germany to Valentine Jeras.  He died October 28, 1944.  The Jeras family came to Springfield, Ill., from Europe, where they lived, before settling on a farm in Willard. She continued to live on the farm until 1956, when she went to North Riverside, Ill, where she lived with a daughter, Mrs. Frank Trotar.

She is survived by four sons, Valentine of Kansas City, Mo.; Joseph of Lyons, Ill.; Frank of Fontana, Calif., and Anton of Milwaukee; three daughters, Mrs. Victor (Johanna) Klarich of Peoria, Ill.; Mrs. Victor (Mary) Ceferin of La Grange, Ill., and Mrs. Frank (Catherine) Trotar of North Riverside, Ill.  Eighteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren also survive.

Funeral services were held Wednesday from Holy Family Church in Willard. Burial was made in the Holy Family Cemetery. The Rev. Mirko Sylvester officiated.