Waukesha Freeman, The | Waukesha, Wisconsin | Thursday, January 18, 1917 | Page 5
Sunday evening after a two weeks illness Mrs. August Keppen Bates fell quietly asleep to awake where pain and sufferings are over. Mrs. Bates had been feeling much better during the day and about 6 o'clock when members of the family spoke to her she did not answer. A doctor was summoned but life was extinct. Mrs. Bates, since the death of her husband several years ago, has lived at the old homestead a few miles north of the village near Spring Lake with her son, Herman. She was one of nature's gentlewomen, a good neighbor, a faithful friend and a kind and loving mother. She leaves two sons, Otto and Herman, and one daughter, Mrs. William Kober, of this village; several grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. L. Schultz, Forest Park, Ill, and Mrs. Amelia Seak, Calhoun; three brothers, Charles Keppen, this village, William and Fred of North Prairie. The funeral was held Wednesday at 12:30 from the house, Rev. Mr. Altenbern of the U. & U. church officiating. Mrs. O.E. Smith and Miss Sylvia Smith sang two hymns. Bearers were Charles Rust, William Hause, William Volmer, William Merry, Fred Jacobs, Albert Kaufulde. Interment in Genesee Cemetery.
Sunday evening after a two weeks illness Mrs. August Keppen Bates fell quietly asleep to awake where pain and sufferings are over. Mrs. Bates had been feeling much better during the day and about 6 o'clock when members of the family spoke to her she did not answer. A doctor was summoned but life was extinct. Mrs. Bates, since the death of her husband several years ago, has lived at the old homestead a few miles north of the village near Spring Lake with her son, Herman. She was one of nature's gentlewomen, a good neighbor, a faithful friend and a kind and loving mother. She leaves two sons, Otto and Herman, and one daughter, Mrs. William Kober, of this village; several grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. L. Schultz, Forest Park, Ill, and Mrs. Amelia Seak, Calhoun; three brothers, Charles Keppen, this village, William and Fred of North Prairie. The funeral was held Wednesday at 12:30 from the house, Rev. Mr. Altenbern of the U. & U. church officiating. Mrs. O.E. Smith and Miss Sylvia Smith sang two hymns. Bearers were Charles Rust, William Hause, William Volmer, William Merry, Fred Jacobs, Albert Kaufulde. Interment in Genesee Cemetery.
Waukesha Freeman, The | Waukesha, Wisconsin | Thursday, January 18, 1917 | Page 5
Sunday evening after a two weeks illness Mrs. August Keppen Bates fell quietly asleep to awake where pain and sufferings are over. Mrs. Bates had been feeling much better during the day and about 6 o'clock when members of the family spoke to her she did not answer. A doctor was summoned but life was extinct. Mrs. Bates, since the death of her husband several years ago, has lived at the old homestead a few miles north of the village near Spring Lake with her son, Herman. She was one of nature's gentlewomen, a good neighbor, a faithful friend and a kind and loving mother. She leaves two sons, Otto and Herman, and one daughter, Mrs. William Kober, of this village; several grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. L. Schultz, Forest Park, Ill, and Mrs. Amelia Seak, Calhoun; three brothers, Charles Keppen, this village, William and Fred of North Prairie. The funeral was held Wednesday at 12:30 from the house, Rev. Mr. Altenbern of the U. & U. church officiating. Mrs. O.E. Smith and Miss Sylvia Smith sang two hymns. Bearers were Charles Rust, William Hause, William Volmer, William Merry, Fred Jacobs, Albert Kaufulde. Interment in Genesee Cemetery.
Sunday evening after a two weeks illness Mrs. August Keppen Bates fell quietly asleep to awake where pain and sufferings are over. Mrs. Bates had been feeling much better during the day and about 6 o'clock when members of the family spoke to her she did not answer. A doctor was summoned but life was extinct. Mrs. Bates, since the death of her husband several years ago, has lived at the old homestead a few miles north of the village near Spring Lake with her son, Herman. She was one of nature's gentlewomen, a good neighbor, a faithful friend and a kind and loving mother. She leaves two sons, Otto and Herman, and one daughter, Mrs. William Kober, of this village; several grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. L. Schultz, Forest Park, Ill, and Mrs. Amelia Seak, Calhoun; three brothers, Charles Keppen, this village, William and Fred of North Prairie. The funeral was held Wednesday at 12:30 from the house, Rev. Mr. Altenbern of the U. & U. church officiating. Mrs. O.E. Smith and Miss Sylvia Smith sang two hymns. Bearers were Charles Rust, William Hause, William Volmer, William Merry, Fred Jacobs, Albert Kaufulde. Interment in Genesee Cemetery.
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