MRS. CATHERINE DEGER, A PIONEER WOMAN, DEAD.
Had Resided in Leavenworth County Forty-eight Years--She Was 83 Years of Age.
Mrs. Catharine (sic) Deger of Fairmount, widow of the late Fred Deger, and a pioneer of this county, died at her home near that place yesterday morning after an illness of considerable length due to the ravages of her years. Mrs. Deger would have been 83 years old on February 5th.
The deceased was a native of Baden, Germany, from which principality she came to Leavenworth in 1857 removing to the Fairmount township farm two years later.
The funeral will be held from the residence Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock, Rev. Owens of the Fairmount church officiating, and interment will be in Mount Muncie cemetery.
One son, L[awrence] E[dward] Deger and three daughters, Mesdames. Lizzie Robinson, Carrie Miller, and Kate Timberlake survive her.
From The Leavenworth Times, Tuesday Morning, January 9, 1906.
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The funeral services of the late Katherine Deger were held from the family residence Wednesday. A large number of friends and relatives gathered to pay the last tribute of respect to this aged woman whose deeds of loving kindness and gentle disposition had won for her the esteem of many. The servicess were conducted by the Rev. J. Owen of the M. E. church of Fairmount.
The pall bearers were Messrs. D. Van Tuyl, Sam Dickey, D. P. Harrod, F. M. Gable, Fred Drought, and D. Allen.
The floral offerings were costly and beautiful in design. Interment in Mount Muncie. Mrs. Deger's life bears a record of industry and usefulness, coming to this country in the pioneer days when privation, sickness and even famine were rife among the settlers. Hers was ever a willing hand stretched forth to help the needy. She was a thrifty house-wife. It was the rule of her life to have everything done in its proper time. She had the reward of seeing her children grow up in this way as the result of her early training.
The surviving children are: Mrs. [Charles F.] Miller of Leavenworth, Mrs. [P.] Robinson of Oklahoma, and Mrs. [James] {Katherine} Timberlake, with whom she lived. The one son, Larry E. Deger, in early life, drifted toward the golden west, at that time the great desideration of the fortune seeker. In later years he served as mayor of Dodge City; and the past eight years as postmaster at Velasko, Texas. Mr. Deger in speaking of his mother said, "She was the most shrewd business woman and financier of her age I ever knew," managing her own business affairs in a clear cool-headed manner since the death of her husband, up to the time of her fatal illness. Many a homeless one has found shelter beneath her roof. There were men and women there who past the prime of life, and whose hair was frosted o'er with silver bowed their heads and wept tears of genuine sorrow, saying "She was a mother to me."
From The Leavenworth Times, Thursday Morning, January 18, 1906.
Had Resided in Leavenworth County Forty-eight Years--She Was 83 Years of Age.
Mrs. Catharine (sic) Deger of Fairmount, widow of the late Fred Deger, and a pioneer of this county, died at her home near that place yesterday morning after an illness of considerable length due to the ravages of her years. Mrs. Deger would have been 83 years old on February 5th.
The deceased was a native of Baden, Germany, from which principality she came to Leavenworth in 1857 removing to the Fairmount township farm two years later.
The funeral will be held from the residence Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock, Rev. Owens of the Fairmount church officiating, and interment will be in Mount Muncie cemetery.
One son, L[awrence] E[dward] Deger and three daughters, Mesdames. Lizzie Robinson, Carrie Miller, and Kate Timberlake survive her.
From The Leavenworth Times, Tuesday Morning, January 9, 1906.
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The funeral services of the late Katherine Deger were held from the family residence Wednesday. A large number of friends and relatives gathered to pay the last tribute of respect to this aged woman whose deeds of loving kindness and gentle disposition had won for her the esteem of many. The servicess were conducted by the Rev. J. Owen of the M. E. church of Fairmount.
The pall bearers were Messrs. D. Van Tuyl, Sam Dickey, D. P. Harrod, F. M. Gable, Fred Drought, and D. Allen.
The floral offerings were costly and beautiful in design. Interment in Mount Muncie. Mrs. Deger's life bears a record of industry and usefulness, coming to this country in the pioneer days when privation, sickness and even famine were rife among the settlers. Hers was ever a willing hand stretched forth to help the needy. She was a thrifty house-wife. It was the rule of her life to have everything done in its proper time. She had the reward of seeing her children grow up in this way as the result of her early training.
The surviving children are: Mrs. [Charles F.] Miller of Leavenworth, Mrs. [P.] Robinson of Oklahoma, and Mrs. [James] {Katherine} Timberlake, with whom she lived. The one son, Larry E. Deger, in early life, drifted toward the golden west, at that time the great desideration of the fortune seeker. In later years he served as mayor of Dodge City; and the past eight years as postmaster at Velasko, Texas. Mr. Deger in speaking of his mother said, "She was the most shrewd business woman and financier of her age I ever knew," managing her own business affairs in a clear cool-headed manner since the death of her husband, up to the time of her fatal illness. Many a homeless one has found shelter beneath her roof. There were men and women there who past the prime of life, and whose hair was frosted o'er with silver bowed their heads and wept tears of genuine sorrow, saying "She was a mother to me."
From The Leavenworth Times, Thursday Morning, January 18, 1906.
MRS. CATHERINE DEGER, A PIONEER WOMAN, DEAD.
Had Resided in Leavenworth County Forty-eight Years--She Was 83 Years of Age.
Mrs. Catharine (sic) Deger of Fairmount, widow of the late Fred Deger, and a pioneer of this county, died at her home near that place yesterday morning after an illness of considerable length due to the ravages of her years. Mrs. Deger would have been 83 years old on February 5th.
The deceased was a native of Baden, Germany, from which principality she came to Leavenworth in 1857 removing to the Fairmount township farm two years later.
The funeral will be held from the residence Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock, Rev. Owens of the Fairmount church officiating, and interment will be in Mount Muncie cemetery.
One son, L[awrence] E[dward] Deger and three daughters, Mesdames. Lizzie Robinson, Carrie Miller, and Kate Timberlake survive her.
From The Leavenworth Times, Tuesday Morning, January 9, 1906.
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The funeral services of the late Katherine Deger were held from the family residence Wednesday. A large number of friends and relatives gathered to pay the last tribute of respect to this aged woman whose deeds of loving kindness and gentle disposition had won for her the esteem of many. The servicess were conducted by the Rev. J. Owen of the M. E. church of Fairmount.
The pall bearers were Messrs. D. Van Tuyl, Sam Dickey, D. P. Harrod, F. M. Gable, Fred Drought, and D. Allen.
The floral offerings were costly and beautiful in design. Interment in Mount Muncie. Mrs. Deger's life bears a record of industry and usefulness, coming to this country in the pioneer days when privation, sickness and even famine were rife among the settlers. Hers was ever a willing hand stretched forth to help the needy. She was a thrifty house-wife. It was the rule of her life to have everything done in its proper time. She had the reward of seeing her children grow up in this way as the result of her early training.
The surviving children are: Mrs. [Charles F.] Miller of Leavenworth, Mrs. [P.] Robinson of Oklahoma, and Mrs. [James] {Katherine} Timberlake, with whom she lived. The one son, Larry E. Deger, in early life, drifted toward the golden west, at that time the great desideration of the fortune seeker. In later years he served as mayor of Dodge City; and the past eight years as postmaster at Velasko, Texas. Mr. Deger in speaking of his mother said, "She was the most shrewd business woman and financier of her age I ever knew," managing her own business affairs in a clear cool-headed manner since the death of her husband, up to the time of her fatal illness. Many a homeless one has found shelter beneath her roof. There were men and women there who past the prime of life, and whose hair was frosted o'er with silver bowed their heads and wept tears of genuine sorrow, saying "She was a mother to me."
From The Leavenworth Times, Thursday Morning, January 18, 1906.
Had Resided in Leavenworth County Forty-eight Years--She Was 83 Years of Age.
Mrs. Catharine (sic) Deger of Fairmount, widow of the late Fred Deger, and a pioneer of this county, died at her home near that place yesterday morning after an illness of considerable length due to the ravages of her years. Mrs. Deger would have been 83 years old on February 5th.
The deceased was a native of Baden, Germany, from which principality she came to Leavenworth in 1857 removing to the Fairmount township farm two years later.
The funeral will be held from the residence Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock, Rev. Owens of the Fairmount church officiating, and interment will be in Mount Muncie cemetery.
One son, L[awrence] E[dward] Deger and three daughters, Mesdames. Lizzie Robinson, Carrie Miller, and Kate Timberlake survive her.
From The Leavenworth Times, Tuesday Morning, January 9, 1906.
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The funeral services of the late Katherine Deger were held from the family residence Wednesday. A large number of friends and relatives gathered to pay the last tribute of respect to this aged woman whose deeds of loving kindness and gentle disposition had won for her the esteem of many. The servicess were conducted by the Rev. J. Owen of the M. E. church of Fairmount.
The pall bearers were Messrs. D. Van Tuyl, Sam Dickey, D. P. Harrod, F. M. Gable, Fred Drought, and D. Allen.
The floral offerings were costly and beautiful in design. Interment in Mount Muncie. Mrs. Deger's life bears a record of industry and usefulness, coming to this country in the pioneer days when privation, sickness and even famine were rife among the settlers. Hers was ever a willing hand stretched forth to help the needy. She was a thrifty house-wife. It was the rule of her life to have everything done in its proper time. She had the reward of seeing her children grow up in this way as the result of her early training.
The surviving children are: Mrs. [Charles F.] Miller of Leavenworth, Mrs. [P.] Robinson of Oklahoma, and Mrs. [James] {Katherine} Timberlake, with whom she lived. The one son, Larry E. Deger, in early life, drifted toward the golden west, at that time the great desideration of the fortune seeker. In later years he served as mayor of Dodge City; and the past eight years as postmaster at Velasko, Texas. Mr. Deger in speaking of his mother said, "She was the most shrewd business woman and financier of her age I ever knew," managing her own business affairs in a clear cool-headed manner since the death of her husband, up to the time of her fatal illness. Many a homeless one has found shelter beneath her roof. There were men and women there who past the prime of life, and whose hair was frosted o'er with silver bowed their heads and wept tears of genuine sorrow, saying "She was a mother to me."
From The Leavenworth Times, Thursday Morning, January 18, 1906.
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