His hand was badly injured after being caught in a hay rope pulley. He was going to be operated on when he got to be school age, but he died before the operation took place. He died at age 6 due to diphtheria. He had a little white casket at the house. He was wrapped in cloth that was soaked in stinky brown stuff (a disinfectant) to kill germs. His parents could not go to the cemetery because of the contagious disease. His sister Lizzie went to the cemetery to see where he was buried.
In 1998, a new tombstone replaced the old one. The death date on the stone is incorrect and was actually December 18, 1909.
His hand was badly injured after being caught in a hay rope pulley. He was going to be operated on when he got to be school age, but he died before the operation took place. He died at age 6 due to diphtheria. He had a little white casket at the house. He was wrapped in cloth that was soaked in stinky brown stuff (a disinfectant) to kill germs. His parents could not go to the cemetery because of the contagious disease. His sister Lizzie went to the cemetery to see where he was buried.
In 1998, a new tombstone replaced the old one. The death date on the stone is incorrect and was actually December 18, 1909.
Family Members
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Margaret Frances "Maggie" Lehner Bindl
1890–1965
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Anna Barbara Lehner Ringelstetter Nachreiner
1892–1968
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Elizabeth C. "Lizzie" Lehner Brei
1894–1964
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Mary Barbara Lehner Ringelstetter
1896–1973
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Joseph John "Joe" Lehner
1897–1984
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Aloysius Bartholomew "Alois" Lehner
1899–1975
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Catherine Theresa "Katie" Lehner Prem
1906–1993
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