Mrs. William H. Fechtler, nee Katharine Brune was born to J. F. and Mary Brune, nee Pohlman, at Boeuf Creek, Missouri, on July 12, 1881. She was baptized during infancy in the name of the Triune God and on April 7, 1895, she became a communicant member of the Lutheran church by the solemn rite of confirmation.
When she was 18 years old she moved with her parents to Okarche, Okla. Here she met and was united in marriage with William H. Fechtler on December 14, 1904. In the year of 1906 the young couple came to the Oklahoma Panhandle, Homesteading on a farm 11 miles northeast of Guymon.
God blessed their marriage by the gift of two children, namely, son, Paul, and daughter, Lydia, now Mrs. Erich Wessler.
Mrs. Fechtler was a charter member of the Lutheran Church at Optima. When the Optima congregation disbanded, she became affiliated with Trinity Lutheran church, north of Guymon. She loved her church and was always active in it's behalf.
For more than a dozen years, she was in frail health and had submitted to several operations. Last week, she became ill, but it was thought at first that her illness was not serious. However, pneumonia developed, and on Tuesday afternoon at 2:20 o'clock the Lord called her home.
She leaves to mourn her death her bereaved husband; her son, Paul; her daughter, Lydia; her son-in-law, Erich Wessler; one sister and one brother preceded her in death. Also surviving her are six brother, namely, William Brune of Haven, Kansas; Julius, Gebhard, Paul and John of Cherokee, Oklahoma and Arthur Brune of Optima.
She reached the age of 57 years, 4 months and 3 days.
FUNERAL RITES HELD YESTERDAY FOR MRS. FECHTLER
Following brief services at the home, eleven miles northeast of Guymon, friends gathered at the St. John Lutheran church at Hooker yesterday to pay last respects to Mrs.William H. Fechtler who passed away at her home at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, November 15th.
Published in the Panhandle Herald, Guymon, Okla., Monday, November 21
When she was 18 years old she moved with her parents to Okarche, Okla. Here she met and was united in marriage with William H. Fechtler on December 14, 1904. In the year of 1906 the young couple came to the Oklahoma Panhandle, Homesteading on a farm 11 miles northeast of Guymon.
God blessed their marriage by the gift of two children, namely, son, Paul, and daughter, Lydia, now Mrs. Erich Wessler.
Mrs. Fechtler was a charter member of the Lutheran Church at Optima. When the Optima congregation disbanded, she became affiliated with Trinity Lutheran church, north of Guymon. She loved her church and was always active in it's behalf.
For more than a dozen years, she was in frail health and had submitted to several operations. Last week, she became ill, but it was thought at first that her illness was not serious. However, pneumonia developed, and on Tuesday afternoon at 2:20 o'clock the Lord called her home.
She leaves to mourn her death her bereaved husband; her son, Paul; her daughter, Lydia; her son-in-law, Erich Wessler; one sister and one brother preceded her in death. Also surviving her are six brother, namely, William Brune of Haven, Kansas; Julius, Gebhard, Paul and John of Cherokee, Oklahoma and Arthur Brune of Optima.
She reached the age of 57 years, 4 months and 3 days.
FUNERAL RITES HELD YESTERDAY FOR MRS. FECHTLER
Following brief services at the home, eleven miles northeast of Guymon, friends gathered at the St. John Lutheran church at Hooker yesterday to pay last respects to Mrs.William H. Fechtler who passed away at her home at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, November 15th.
Published in the Panhandle Herald, Guymon, Okla., Monday, November 21
Mrs. William H. Fechtler, nee Katharine Brune was born to J. F. and Mary Brune, nee Pohlman, at Boeuf Creek, Missouri, on July 12, 1881. She was baptized during infancy in the name of the Triune God and on April 7, 1895, she became a communicant member of the Lutheran church by the solemn rite of confirmation.
When she was 18 years old she moved with her parents to Okarche, Okla. Here she met and was united in marriage with William H. Fechtler on December 14, 1904. In the year of 1906 the young couple came to the Oklahoma Panhandle, Homesteading on a farm 11 miles northeast of Guymon.
God blessed their marriage by the gift of two children, namely, son, Paul, and daughter, Lydia, now Mrs. Erich Wessler.
Mrs. Fechtler was a charter member of the Lutheran Church at Optima. When the Optima congregation disbanded, she became affiliated with Trinity Lutheran church, north of Guymon. She loved her church and was always active in it's behalf.
For more than a dozen years, she was in frail health and had submitted to several operations. Last week, she became ill, but it was thought at first that her illness was not serious. However, pneumonia developed, and on Tuesday afternoon at 2:20 o'clock the Lord called her home.
She leaves to mourn her death her bereaved husband; her son, Paul; her daughter, Lydia; her son-in-law, Erich Wessler; one sister and one brother preceded her in death. Also surviving her are six brother, namely, William Brune of Haven, Kansas; Julius, Gebhard, Paul and John of Cherokee, Oklahoma and Arthur Brune of Optima.
She reached the age of 57 years, 4 months and 3 days.
FUNERAL RITES HELD YESTERDAY FOR MRS. FECHTLER
Following brief services at the home, eleven miles northeast of Guymon, friends gathered at the St. John Lutheran church at Hooker yesterday to pay last respects to Mrs.William H. Fechtler who passed away at her home at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, November 15th.
Published in the Panhandle Herald, Guymon, Okla., Monday, November 21
When she was 18 years old she moved with her parents to Okarche, Okla. Here she met and was united in marriage with William H. Fechtler on December 14, 1904. In the year of 1906 the young couple came to the Oklahoma Panhandle, Homesteading on a farm 11 miles northeast of Guymon.
God blessed their marriage by the gift of two children, namely, son, Paul, and daughter, Lydia, now Mrs. Erich Wessler.
Mrs. Fechtler was a charter member of the Lutheran Church at Optima. When the Optima congregation disbanded, she became affiliated with Trinity Lutheran church, north of Guymon. She loved her church and was always active in it's behalf.
For more than a dozen years, she was in frail health and had submitted to several operations. Last week, she became ill, but it was thought at first that her illness was not serious. However, pneumonia developed, and on Tuesday afternoon at 2:20 o'clock the Lord called her home.
She leaves to mourn her death her bereaved husband; her son, Paul; her daughter, Lydia; her son-in-law, Erich Wessler; one sister and one brother preceded her in death. Also surviving her are six brother, namely, William Brune of Haven, Kansas; Julius, Gebhard, Paul and John of Cherokee, Oklahoma and Arthur Brune of Optima.
She reached the age of 57 years, 4 months and 3 days.
FUNERAL RITES HELD YESTERDAY FOR MRS. FECHTLER
Following brief services at the home, eleven miles northeast of Guymon, friends gathered at the St. John Lutheran church at Hooker yesterday to pay last respects to Mrs.William H. Fechtler who passed away at her home at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, November 15th.
Published in the Panhandle Herald, Guymon, Okla., Monday, November 21
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