OBIT: Mrs. Rudolph Posch died at the home of a married daughter Mrs. F. D. Erickson in Chicago, Illinois on Tuesday July 23 1940. Mr. Posch was notified at once and left immediately by auto for Chicago, accompanied by his son Carl Posch. After a long, tiresome drive, they arrived in time for the funeral. She was buried on July 26th, according to the beautiful and comforting rites of the Catholic Church of which she had been a life-long and devout member. Interment was made in Chicago’s beautiful Oak Hill cemetery at the daughters’ request and a spot to be saved by her side for the burial of her father. Mr. Posch and son, Carl arrived home from their sad journey on Tuesday of this week, and Mr. Posch’s grieving heart is comforted by the many courtesies and evidence of sympathy that he received from those who had come to know Mrs. Posch during her sojourn in Chicago. His loved one sleeps in a beautiful burial ground near the permanent homes of their two daughters. Mrs. Posch was born in Haass Settlement, on the Francisco Creek in Medina County, on March 21, 1873. She was the daughter of Phillip Haass, Sr. and his second wife (nee Heiligmann). She was christened in the Catholic faith and later confirmed at Castroville. She grew to young womanhood on the Francisco and here on June 13, 1898, was happily married to Mr. Posch. Their married life was a happy and congenial one. They reared three children to be grown, namely: Rosa, now Mrs. F. D. Erickson of Chicago; Carl Posch of Odem, Texas; and Mary, now Mrs. E. Cook of Chicago. She had been a woman of robust strength until nearly four years ago she fell a victim to something like a creeping paralysis that, while causing her little physical pain, destroyed the use of her limbs and for the last few weeks she had been unable to feed herself. Owing to her growing helplessness, she had been taken to Chicago, where she could have the care of her daughters, and had been there a little over a year. Mr. Posch had visited her there a few months ago, and her condition was such that her death was not unexpected. Besides her husband and immediate family, she is survived by seven sisters and two brothers. The sisters are: Mrs. Willie Weber of Alpine, Texas; Mrs. Lydia Newsom of Mojave, California; Mrs. Minnie Eichhorn, Mrs. Rudolph Zinsmeister, Mrs. Louis Hoog, Miss Julia Haass and Mrs. D. F. Davis, all of San Antonio, Texas and the brothers are Adolph and Charles F. Haass, both of Hondo.
This writer joins in sympathy for those who mourn.