Obit: Schober, Catherine (1869 - 1965)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Schober, Stiegler, Kohlnhofer, Miller, Ruuska, Paasch, Weber, Hartung

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) June 17, 1965

Schober, Catherine (11 September 1869 - June 1965)

Mrs. Catherine Schober, 95, of Milwaukee, a former Greenwood resident, died at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Miller, in Milwaukee.

Funeral services were held in Milwaukee, June 9 at 9 a.m. from Sacred Heart Church. The Rev. Weber officiated. Burial was made in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Greenwood at 3 p.m., with the Rev. Edward Hartung officiating.

Mrs. Schober was born Catherine Stiegler, September 11, 1869, in Germany. She came to America in 1890, and was married to John Schober. They farmed in Jackson County prior to coming to the Greenwood area. Mr. Schober died in 1921.

She is survived by four daughters: Mrs. Joe (Margaret) Kohlnhofer of Greenwood, Mrs. Marie Paasch and Mrs. Ed (Katherine) Miller of Milwaukee, and Mrs. Walter (Elizabeth) Ruuska of Hubert; three sons, Joe of Manitowish, and Casper and Tony of Loyal; 18 grandchildren, 44 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson.

Are people attending the services in Milwaukee were: Mrs. Joe Kohlnhofer of Greenwood and Mr. and Mrs. Casper Schober and Mr. and Mrs. Tony Schober of Loyal.  Milwaukee people attending graveside rites here were: Mr. and Mrs. Ed Miller and Mrs. Marie Paasch of Milwaukee, Joe Schober of Manitowish and other friends and relatives.