Jefferson City News Tribune, October 2002
Leona Catherine Ortbals, 94, Jefferson City, died Oct. 14, 2002,
at St. Joseph's Home for the Aged. She was born Dec. 26, 1907, in St.
Elizabeth, a daughter of Henry and Margaret Eicholz Bax. She was married
Sept. 25, 1933, in St. Elizabeth, to Victor Henry Ortbals, who died Jan. 18,
1989.
A former St. Elizabeth resident, she was a member of St.
Lawrence Church, St. Elizabeth. She served as church organist for St.
Lawrence Church and St. Anthony of Padua Church. She was a member of St.
Ann's Sodality in St. Elizabeth and St. Anthony. She worked for Langenberg
Hat Factory, St. Elizabeth.
Survivors include: four sons, Edgar Ortbals, Quincy, Ill.,
Marvin Ortbals, Claremore, Okla., Robert Ortbals, Lohman, and James Ortbals,
Jefferson City; three daughters, Mildred Jurgensmeyer, Tipton, Helen
Stuckenschneider, Arnold, and Joan Egbert, Columbia; two brothers, Raymond
Bax, Wellsville, and Arthur Bax, Burbank, Calif.; 28 grandchildren; and 27
great-grandchildren. One daughter, Mary Ortbals, died April 25, 1949. One
son, Donald Ortbals, died Oct. 4, 1993.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at St. Lawrence Church. The
Rev. M. Christopher Smith will officiate. Burial will be in St. Lawrence
Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Thursday at Rekus Funeral Home,
St. Elizabeth, with a prayer service at 7 p.m.
Leona Catherine Ortbals, 94, Jefferson City, died Oct. 14, 2002,
at St. Joseph's Home for the Aged. She was born Dec. 26, 1907, in St.
Elizabeth, a daughter of Henry and Margaret Eicholz Bax. She was married
Sept. 25, 1933, in St. Elizabeth, to Victor Henry Ortbals, who died Jan. 18,
1989.
A former St. Elizabeth resident, she was a member of St.
Lawrence Church, St. Elizabeth. She served as church organist for St.
Lawrence Church and St. Anthony of Padua Church. She was a member of St.
Ann's Sodality in St. Elizabeth and St. Anthony. She worked for Langenberg
Hat Factory, St. Elizabeth.
Survivors include: four sons, Edgar Ortbals, Quincy, Ill.,
Marvin Ortbals, Claremore, Okla., Robert Ortbals, Lohman, and James Ortbals,
Jefferson City; three daughters, Mildred Jurgensmeyer, Tipton, Helen
Stuckenschneider, Arnold, and Joan Egbert, Columbia; two brothers, Raymond
Bax, Wellsville, and Arthur Bax, Burbank, Calif.; 28 grandchildren; and 27
great-grandchildren. One daughter, Mary Ortbals, died April 25, 1949. One
son, Donald Ortbals, died Oct. 4, 1993.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at St. Lawrence Church. The
Rev. M. Christopher Smith will officiate. Burial will be in St. Lawrence
Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Thursday at Rekus Funeral Home,
St. Elizabeth, with a prayer service at 7 p.m.
Jefferson City News Tribune, October 2002
Leona Catherine Ortbals, 94, Jefferson City, died Oct. 14, 2002,
at St. Joseph's Home for the Aged. She was born Dec. 26, 1907, in St.
Elizabeth, a daughter of Henry and Margaret Eicholz Bax. She was married
Sept. 25, 1933, in St. Elizabeth, to Victor Henry Ortbals, who died Jan. 18,
1989.
A former St. Elizabeth resident, she was a member of St.
Lawrence Church, St. Elizabeth. She served as church organist for St.
Lawrence Church and St. Anthony of Padua Church. She was a member of St.
Ann's Sodality in St. Elizabeth and St. Anthony. She worked for Langenberg
Hat Factory, St. Elizabeth.
Survivors include: four sons, Edgar Ortbals, Quincy, Ill.,
Marvin Ortbals, Claremore, Okla., Robert Ortbals, Lohman, and James Ortbals,
Jefferson City; three daughters, Mildred Jurgensmeyer, Tipton, Helen
Stuckenschneider, Arnold, and Joan Egbert, Columbia; two brothers, Raymond
Bax, Wellsville, and Arthur Bax, Burbank, Calif.; 28 grandchildren; and 27
great-grandchildren. One daughter, Mary Ortbals, died April 25, 1949. One
son, Donald Ortbals, died Oct. 4, 1993.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at St. Lawrence Church. The
Rev. M. Christopher Smith will officiate. Burial will be in St. Lawrence
Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Thursday at Rekus Funeral Home,
St. Elizabeth, with a prayer service at 7 p.m.
Leona Catherine Ortbals, 94, Jefferson City, died Oct. 14, 2002,
at St. Joseph's Home for the Aged. She was born Dec. 26, 1907, in St.
Elizabeth, a daughter of Henry and Margaret Eicholz Bax. She was married
Sept. 25, 1933, in St. Elizabeth, to Victor Henry Ortbals, who died Jan. 18,
1989.
A former St. Elizabeth resident, she was a member of St.
Lawrence Church, St. Elizabeth. She served as church organist for St.
Lawrence Church and St. Anthony of Padua Church. She was a member of St.
Ann's Sodality in St. Elizabeth and St. Anthony. She worked for Langenberg
Hat Factory, St. Elizabeth.
Survivors include: four sons, Edgar Ortbals, Quincy, Ill.,
Marvin Ortbals, Claremore, Okla., Robert Ortbals, Lohman, and James Ortbals,
Jefferson City; three daughters, Mildred Jurgensmeyer, Tipton, Helen
Stuckenschneider, Arnold, and Joan Egbert, Columbia; two brothers, Raymond
Bax, Wellsville, and Arthur Bax, Burbank, Calif.; 28 grandchildren; and 27
great-grandchildren. One daughter, Mary Ortbals, died April 25, 1949. One
son, Donald Ortbals, died Oct. 4, 1993.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at St. Lawrence Church. The
Rev. M. Christopher Smith will officiate. Burial will be in St. Lawrence
Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Thursday at Rekus Funeral Home,
St. Elizabeth, with a prayer service at 7 p.m.
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