Obit: Kronberger, Augusta (1889 – 1967)

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Surnames: Kronberger, McGon, Braun

Source: The Loyal Tribune (Loyal, Clark County, WI) 14 Dec 1967

Kronberger, Augusta (19 Feb 1889 – 01 Dec 1967)

Services were held Monday, December 4, at Trinity Lutheran Church for Mrs. George (Augusta) Kronberger, 78, who died Friday, December 1, at 5 a.m. at Memorial Hospital, Neillsville. She had been a patient there for the past eleven weeks. Death was due to a heart condition.

The Rev. A. M. Moldenhauer officiated at the 2 p.m. service and burial was made in the Lutheran Cemetery. Myre Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

The former Augusta McGon was born February 19, 1889 on a ship while her parents were emigrating to this country from Germany. The family settled in St. Paul, Minnesota and while she was still a young child they moved to Fort Atkinson. After her marriage to George Kronberger the couple farmed in the town of York until 1962 when they moved to the city of Loyal. They were married on April 8, 1915 at Fort Atkinson.

Mrs. Kronberger was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.

Pallbearers were Walter Seeboldt, Joe Magadenz, Herman Noeldner, Albert Meyer, James Bertz, and Douglas Buddinger.

Mrs. Erwin Dux and Mrs. Verland Dux sang “The Old Rugged Cross” and “Nearer My God To Thee.” They were accompanied at the organ by Mrs. John A. Olsen.

Besides her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Mrs. (Agnes) Wesley Braun, Waukegan, Illinois; a sister, Mrs. John (Louise) Kronberger, Corning, California; nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by one brother and two sisters.