Katherine was a daughter of Andreas and Katharine (Dinkel) Windholz. She was born near the Volga River in Herzog, Russia in 1872.

On October 21, 1890 she married Alexander B. Brungardt. They had 14 children. Three of their four first-born children died before reaching two and half years old. They were Michael, Anthony and Adolph. Catherine, b. 1893, became Sister Frederica. In January 1899 their fifth child, a son named Adolph, was born. Following Adolph came Balthazar 'Bill', Mary Helen, Anna Matilda 'Tillie', Leoba Felicitas 'Lee', Ida Mae, Fredoline 'Fred', Joseph E., Daniel A., and Alexia 'Lex'. All survived well into adulthood.

After Katherine's husband Alexander died suddenly in 1916 she raised her children with the help of extended family members. During her advanced age she lived a few months with each of her children, giving grandchildren and grandma the opportunity to know each other and bond.

She died in the Concordia Hospital where her daughter, a nun, was administrator.

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Mrs. Catherine Brungardt, a former Victoria resident died yesterday at a Concordia hospital at the age of 92. She had been living in a Concordia rest home the past four years.

Born in Russia, she came to this county at the age of three and except for the past four years spent her entire life in the Victoria community.

Her husband, A. B., and three sons preceded her in death.

Survivors include a son, Adolph, Omaha; six daughters, Sr. Frederica, CSJ, El Paso, Texas; Mrs. Alphonse Weigel, Mrs. Francis Wiesner, Mrs. A. J. Dreiling, all of Hays; Mrs. John Lederhos, Denver; Mrs. Vail Miller, Colorado Springs; two sisters, Mrs. Clara Goetz, Hays; Mrs. Maleline Denning, Chicago; two brothers, John Windholz, Hays; Joseph Windholz, Victoria; 34 grandchildren.

She was a member of the Third Order of St. Francis and Christion Mothers.

Services will be at 9 a.m. Monday at St. Fidelis Church, Victoria. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call at Cline's Mortuary, Victoria, after 7 o'clock this evening until service time.

Hays Daily News, 10/15/1965