Former Ellis County Sheriff Joseph Doerfler, 88, a resident of the Hays Good Samaritan Center, died Wednesday, Dec. 22, at St. Anthony Hospital.
He was born April 2, 1894 at Munjor, the son of Phillip and Theresa Hauser Doerfler.
He married Agnes Staab; she died Dec. 2, 1972.
Survivors include four sons, Wilfred, Wooster, Ohio, Alfred, Ventura, Calif., Marvin, Trenton, Mich., and Harold, Hutchinson; seven daughters, Mrs. William (Lucille) Bieker Befort, Mrs. Eugene (Kathryn) Rohr, and Mrs. Richard (Annette) Seib, all of Hays, Mrs. Pete (Isabel) Gabel, Ellis, Mrs. Joe (Edna) Brown, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Sister M. Rachel, Milwaukee, Wis., and Mrs. E. N. (Mildred) Fitzgerald, Tujunga, Calif.; two half brothers, Jack Hertlein, Hays, Heinie Hertlein, Independence, Mo.; three half sisters, Mrs. Earl (Adeline) Wilkerson and Mrs. Eugene (Ida) Riedel, both of Hays, and Mrs. Josephine Lackey, Penrose, Colo.; 47 grandchildren, 59 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services were at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph Catholic Church; burial was in St. Joseph Cemetery.
Ellis County Star, 12/30/1982
Former Ellis County Sheriff Joseph Doerfler, 88, a resident of the Hays Good Samaritan Center, died Wednesday, Dec. 22, at St. Anthony Hospital.
He was born April 2, 1894 at Munjor, the son of Phillip and Theresa Hauser Doerfler.
He married Agnes Staab; she died Dec. 2, 1972.
Survivors include four sons, Wilfred, Wooster, Ohio, Alfred, Ventura, Calif., Marvin, Trenton, Mich., and Harold, Hutchinson; seven daughters, Mrs. William (Lucille) Bieker Befort, Mrs. Eugene (Kathryn) Rohr, and Mrs. Richard (Annette) Seib, all of Hays, Mrs. Pete (Isabel) Gabel, Ellis, Mrs. Joe (Edna) Brown, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Sister M. Rachel, Milwaukee, Wis., and Mrs. E. N. (Mildred) Fitzgerald, Tujunga, Calif.; two half brothers, Jack Hertlein, Hays, Heinie Hertlein, Independence, Mo.; three half sisters, Mrs. Earl (Adeline) Wilkerson and Mrs. Eugene (Ida) Riedel, both of Hays, and Mrs. Josephine Lackey, Penrose, Colo.; 47 grandchildren, 59 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services were at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph Catholic Church; burial was in St. Joseph Cemetery.
Ellis County Star, 12/30/1982
Family Members
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Lucille Pauline Doerfler Befort
1916–2009
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Isabel A. Doerfler Gabel
1918–1997
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Edna M. Doerfler Brown
1921–2014
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Sr Rachel Doerfler
1923–2020
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Mildred Josephine "Millie" Doerfler Fitzgerald
1925–2015
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Wilfred Joseph "Wif" Doerfler
1926–2020
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Alfred Raymond "Lefty" Doerfler
1929–2006
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Marvin Marcus "Moe" Doerfler
1932–2016
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Annette Louise "Nettie" Doerfler Seib
1933–2021
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