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Anna Caroline <I>Benke</I> Pietsch

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Anna Caroline Benke Pietsch

Birth
Germany
Death
27 Feb 1927 (aged 83)
Wanatah, La Porte County, Indiana, USA
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Wanatah, La Porte County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Anna Caroline Pietsch, age 83, of Wanatah, who died on Feb. 27, after a long illness, was born on Oct. 28, 1843 in Colmar Province, Posen, Germany.
At the age of 22, she came to this country and settled on a farm near Wanatah. On Nov. 19, 1865, she was married to Charles Pietsch. Her husband, one son, William and a daughter, Adeline, preceded her in death.
Mrs. Pietsch was a member of the Salem Evangelical Church and was a charter member of the Ladies Aid Society. She was also an honorary member of the auxiliary of the Grand Army of the Republic.
She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Adeline Heinke and Mrs. Adelida Zanger of Wanatah and Mrs. Emma Tromblee of Kouts; four sons, Charles of Wanatah and Henry, Theodore and Otto of Kouts; two adopted children, Laura and Edward Rosenbaum, niece and nephew respectively to the deceased woman; two brothers, William Benkie of LaCrosse and John Benkie of Kouts; 23 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and other relatives and friends.
Anna Caroline Pietsch, age 83, of Wanatah, who died on Feb. 27, after a long illness, was born on Oct. 28, 1843 in Colmar Province, Posen, Germany.
At the age of 22, she came to this country and settled on a farm near Wanatah. On Nov. 19, 1865, she was married to Charles Pietsch. Her husband, one son, William and a daughter, Adeline, preceded her in death.
Mrs. Pietsch was a member of the Salem Evangelical Church and was a charter member of the Ladies Aid Society. She was also an honorary member of the auxiliary of the Grand Army of the Republic.
She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Adeline Heinke and Mrs. Adelida Zanger of Wanatah and Mrs. Emma Tromblee of Kouts; four sons, Charles of Wanatah and Henry, Theodore and Otto of Kouts; two adopted children, Laura and Edward Rosenbaum, niece and nephew respectively to the deceased woman; two brothers, William Benkie of LaCrosse and John Benkie of Kouts; 23 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and other relatives and friends.

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ANNA CAROLINE BENKE
SEINE GATTIN
OCT.28.1843. - FEB.27.1927

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Wife of Carl F. Pietsch

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  • Maintained by: Sherri
  • Originally Created by: Tina
  • Added: Nov 20, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31577462/anna_caroline-pietsch: accessed ), memorial page for Anna Caroline Benke Pietsch (28 Oct 1843–27 Feb 1927), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31577462, citing Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Wanatah, La Porte County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by Sherri (contributor 47317779).