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Louise <I>Prueter</I> Staeffler

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Louise Prueter Staeffler

Birth
Germany
Death
4 Apr 1932 (aged 89)
Kiel, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Rockville, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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Picture: Louise Staeffler with her brother, Louis Preuter


LOUISE STAEFFLER

Old Resident Passes Away
Mrs. Staeffler, 89, Dies at Home of Daughter Here Monday Mrs. Louisa Staeffler passed away on April 4 at 9:45 in the morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George Lindner. Mrs. Staeffler was born in Malbendorf, Meklenburg, Germany on January 2, 1843 and at the age of 22 came to America, arriving on Christmas day at New York. It took them eight weeks to cross the ocean.
From Milwaukee the trip was made by sleigh to Pitchville, now Howards Grove. The following year on July 11 she was married to Fred Staeffler of Schleswig. The marriage was performed at the Town Rhine church. They lived on a farm in Schleswig until 1873 and then moved to a farm in Town Meeme, residing there until 1896 when they moved to Kiel. Mr. Staeffier died August 13, 1914. After this Mrs. Staeffler divided her time between her children in Iowa and here.
Two children passed away in infancy and one son Joseph in 1916. The surviving children are: Mrs. Fred (Albertina) Kuester of Fort Lupton, Colorado; Mrs. John (Leona) Selk; Mrs. Henry (Minnie) Kusel: and Mrs. Charles (Emma)Burmeister of Dysart, Iowa; Mrs. Julius (Katie) Schulz of Platte, South Dakota; Mrs. Herman (Mary) Prueter, Mrs.George (Louisa) Lindner and Mrs. William (Erna) Burgdorf of Kiel; Charles of Applelon; Gustave of Luverne, Minnesota; and Robert of Edgerton, Minn. Also three brothers Herman Prueter, Sr. of Kiel, Carl Prueter of Plymouth and LouisProcter of Baileys Harbor. Fifty-four grandchildren and sixty—three great-grandchildren also survive.
Picture: Louise Staeffler with her brother, Louis Preuter


LOUISE STAEFFLER

Old Resident Passes Away
Mrs. Staeffler, 89, Dies at Home of Daughter Here Monday Mrs. Louisa Staeffler passed away on April 4 at 9:45 in the morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George Lindner. Mrs. Staeffler was born in Malbendorf, Meklenburg, Germany on January 2, 1843 and at the age of 22 came to America, arriving on Christmas day at New York. It took them eight weeks to cross the ocean.
From Milwaukee the trip was made by sleigh to Pitchville, now Howards Grove. The following year on July 11 she was married to Fred Staeffler of Schleswig. The marriage was performed at the Town Rhine church. They lived on a farm in Schleswig until 1873 and then moved to a farm in Town Meeme, residing there until 1896 when they moved to Kiel. Mr. Staeffier died August 13, 1914. After this Mrs. Staeffler divided her time between her children in Iowa and here.
Two children passed away in infancy and one son Joseph in 1916. The surviving children are: Mrs. Fred (Albertina) Kuester of Fort Lupton, Colorado; Mrs. John (Leona) Selk; Mrs. Henry (Minnie) Kusel: and Mrs. Charles (Emma)Burmeister of Dysart, Iowa; Mrs. Julius (Katie) Schulz of Platte, South Dakota; Mrs. Herman (Mary) Prueter, Mrs.George (Louisa) Lindner and Mrs. William (Erna) Burgdorf of Kiel; Charles of Applelon; Gustave of Luverne, Minnesota; and Robert of Edgerton, Minn. Also three brothers Herman Prueter, Sr. of Kiel, Carl Prueter of Plymouth and LouisProcter of Baileys Harbor. Fifty-four grandchildren and sixty—three great-grandchildren also survive.


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