Charles J. "Carl" Schoenberg

Charles J. Schoenberg was born October 24, 1883 on the Schoenberg family farm in Section 9 of Spring Hill township in western Stearns County of Minnesota. Charles, frequently called Carl or Charley, was the first child of Martin and Katherine (Gerads) Schoenberg. He was named after his maternal grandfather: Charles "Carl" Gerads.

On June 30, 1908, when Carl was 24 years old, he married Mary Pung, the daughter of Hubert & Magdalena (Rieder) Pung, at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Spring Hill, Minn.

The couple farmed 3 miles north of Spring Hill, Minn - east of Highway 4 in Sections 9 & 10 of Spring Hill Township. They farmed this land until the early 1950s when their son, Hank and his wife, Lillian (Gerding) Schoenberg, purchased the farm from Hank's parents. The farm remains in the Schoenberg family today.

Carl & Mary Schoenberg had 11 children:

Magdalena "Lena" (1909-2003)
Edmund (1910–1989)
Irma (1912-1999)
Joseph (1913–2002)
Arthur W. (1914-1999)
Mary (1916-2004)
Apollonia "Bunny" (1918-2007)
Henry "Hank" (1919-1994)
Alice (1920-2013)
Armella (1922-1982)
Dorothy M. (1925-1968)

In June 1968, Carl and Mary Schoenberg marked their 60th wedding anniversary.

Charles Schoenberg died January 5, 1971 - less than 1 month after his wife, Mary, died on December 8, 1970. The couple is buried next to each other in St. Michael's Cemetery in Spring Hill.

Two of Carl and Mary's children, Lena Neubauer and Edmund Schoenberg, are buried with 1 - 2 rows of their parents.

Carl's parents, Martin & Katherine (Gerads) Schoenberg, are buried in Row 3 of St. Michael's Cemetery. His brother, Heinrich "Henry" Schoenberg, is buried next to his parents.

Click the spouse link below to view Mary (Pung) Schoenberg's memorial record or the link's to the children of Mary & Charles Schoenberg.

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