Herman Nigg returned from a visit to the business district in Mount Vernon to find his new wife slumping into unconsciousness in a rocking chair. Within a few days, Nellie died after a life of nearly 54 years, but she touched many along the way.
Nellie worked as a clerk in a clothing shop, according to the 1910 Census. She later worked for R & G Furniture Co.
On Feb. 20, 1917, she married Karl Schwenzer, who worked many years as a salesman at a department store. As of the 1920 Census, they lived at 130 Walnut Street in Mount Vernon, near Evansville, Ind. On June 9, 1924, Karl Schwenzer died. They had no children.
After Karl died, she rented a room in the home of Thomas and Julia Blesch in Mount Vernon. Nellie was active in Mount Vernon and worked as office manager in a paint store, DeFur & Son, for 15 years. When niece Betty (Myers) Taft moved to Louisville in about 1933, Nellie used to send her a monthly letter with a dime in each. "I still have one dime!!!" Betty wrote in a 2007 letter.
Nellie remarried Sept. 26, 1940 to Nigg, a wealthy Posey County farmer whose first wife had died two years before. But just about four months later, Nellie had a massive cerebral hemorrhage at her home at 428 E Fourth Street and died a few days later. She is buried at St. Joseph Cemetery in Evansville. Herman Nigg died May 21, 1943.
Obituary
Jan. 14, 1941, Mount Vernon Democrat:
Mrs. Nellie Walsh Schwenzer Nigg, wife of Herman Nigg, who had endeared herself to her adopted city of Mt. Vernon in almost a quarter century of activity in business, church and social circles, died at her home at 428 East Fourth street at 12:20 o'clock this morning. She would have been 54 years old on the coming February 12. Death came less than four months after her marriage to Mr. Nigg, prominent retired farmer. A cerebral hemorrhage was fatal.
Mrs. Nigg suffered the hemorrhage last Thursday afternoon at her home and was found lapsing into unconsciousness by her husband upon his return from a visit in the business district. She never regained consciousness.
Shortly after the death of her first husband, Karl P. Schwenzer, in 1924 she entered the employ of DeFur & Son and for fifteen years served capably and loyally as office manager of the firm, resigning prior to her marriage to Mr. Nigg last Sept. 26.
Funeral Rites Thursday
Requiem High mass will be conducted at St. Matthew Catholic church, of which the deceased was a member, a 8 o'clock Thursday morning. Rev. John J. Rapp, pastor of St. Matthew church, will be in charge. Burial will follow in St. Joseph cemetery at Evansville. The body will remain at the Short Funeral Home until removal to the church for the funeral rites and may be viewed there by friends.
Mrs. Nigg was a native of Evansville, one of nine childred on John and Bridget Walsh. She was educated in Assumption church parochial school and in Central High school in Evansville and entered upon a commercial career that proved successful. At the time of her marriage to Karl P. Schwenzer, of Mt. Vernon, in 1917, she was an employe (sic) of the R&G Furniture Co. She came to Mt. Vernon following her marriage and had resided here since.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. B.J. Gelhausen and Mrs. George W. Platz, and a brother, Paul R. Walsh, all of Evansville.
Nellie worked as a clerk in a clothing shop, according to the 1910 Census. She later worked for R & G Furniture Co.
On Feb. 20, 1917, she married Karl Schwenzer, who worked many years as a salesman at a department store. As of the 1920 Census, they lived at 130 Walnut Street in Mount Vernon, near Evansville, Ind. On June 9, 1924, Karl Schwenzer died. They had no children.
After Karl died, she rented a room in the home of Thomas and Julia Blesch in Mount Vernon. Nellie was active in Mount Vernon and worked as office manager in a paint store, DeFur & Son, for 15 years. When niece Betty (Myers) Taft moved to Louisville in about 1933, Nellie used to send her a monthly letter with a dime in each. "I still have one dime!!!" Betty wrote in a 2007 letter.
Nellie remarried Sept. 26, 1940 to Nigg, a wealthy Posey County farmer whose first wife had died two years before. But just about four months later, Nellie had a massive cerebral hemorrhage at her home at 428 E Fourth Street and died a few days later. She is buried at St. Joseph Cemetery in Evansville. Herman Nigg died May 21, 1943.
Obituary
Jan. 14, 1941, Mount Vernon Democrat:
Mrs. Nellie Walsh Schwenzer Nigg, wife of Herman Nigg, who had endeared herself to her adopted city of Mt. Vernon in almost a quarter century of activity in business, church and social circles, died at her home at 428 East Fourth street at 12:20 o'clock this morning. She would have been 54 years old on the coming February 12. Death came less than four months after her marriage to Mr. Nigg, prominent retired farmer. A cerebral hemorrhage was fatal.
Mrs. Nigg suffered the hemorrhage last Thursday afternoon at her home and was found lapsing into unconsciousness by her husband upon his return from a visit in the business district. She never regained consciousness.
Shortly after the death of her first husband, Karl P. Schwenzer, in 1924 she entered the employ of DeFur & Son and for fifteen years served capably and loyally as office manager of the firm, resigning prior to her marriage to Mr. Nigg last Sept. 26.
Funeral Rites Thursday
Requiem High mass will be conducted at St. Matthew Catholic church, of which the deceased was a member, a 8 o'clock Thursday morning. Rev. John J. Rapp, pastor of St. Matthew church, will be in charge. Burial will follow in St. Joseph cemetery at Evansville. The body will remain at the Short Funeral Home until removal to the church for the funeral rites and may be viewed there by friends.
Mrs. Nigg was a native of Evansville, one of nine childred on John and Bridget Walsh. She was educated in Assumption church parochial school and in Central High school in Evansville and entered upon a commercial career that proved successful. At the time of her marriage to Karl P. Schwenzer, of Mt. Vernon, in 1917, she was an employe (sic) of the R&G Furniture Co. She came to Mt. Vernon following her marriage and had resided here since.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. B.J. Gelhausen and Mrs. George W. Platz, and a brother, Paul R. Walsh, all of Evansville.
Herman Nigg returned from a visit to the business district in Mount Vernon to find his new wife slumping into unconsciousness in a rocking chair. Within a few days, Nellie died after a life of nearly 54 years, but she touched many along the way.
Nellie worked as a clerk in a clothing shop, according to the 1910 Census. She later worked for R & G Furniture Co.
On Feb. 20, 1917, she married Karl Schwenzer, who worked many years as a salesman at a department store. As of the 1920 Census, they lived at 130 Walnut Street in Mount Vernon, near Evansville, Ind. On June 9, 1924, Karl Schwenzer died. They had no children.
After Karl died, she rented a room in the home of Thomas and Julia Blesch in Mount Vernon. Nellie was active in Mount Vernon and worked as office manager in a paint store, DeFur & Son, for 15 years. When niece Betty (Myers) Taft moved to Louisville in about 1933, Nellie used to send her a monthly letter with a dime in each. "I still have one dime!!!" Betty wrote in a 2007 letter.
Nellie remarried Sept. 26, 1940 to Nigg, a wealthy Posey County farmer whose first wife had died two years before. But just about four months later, Nellie had a massive cerebral hemorrhage at her home at 428 E Fourth Street and died a few days later. She is buried at St. Joseph Cemetery in Evansville. Herman Nigg died May 21, 1943.
Obituary
Jan. 14, 1941, Mount Vernon Democrat:
Mrs. Nellie Walsh Schwenzer Nigg, wife of Herman Nigg, who had endeared herself to her adopted city of Mt. Vernon in almost a quarter century of activity in business, church and social circles, died at her home at 428 East Fourth street at 12:20 o'clock this morning. She would have been 54 years old on the coming February 12. Death came less than four months after her marriage to Mr. Nigg, prominent retired farmer. A cerebral hemorrhage was fatal.
Mrs. Nigg suffered the hemorrhage last Thursday afternoon at her home and was found lapsing into unconsciousness by her husband upon his return from a visit in the business district. She never regained consciousness.
Shortly after the death of her first husband, Karl P. Schwenzer, in 1924 she entered the employ of DeFur & Son and for fifteen years served capably and loyally as office manager of the firm, resigning prior to her marriage to Mr. Nigg last Sept. 26.
Funeral Rites Thursday
Requiem High mass will be conducted at St. Matthew Catholic church, of which the deceased was a member, a 8 o'clock Thursday morning. Rev. John J. Rapp, pastor of St. Matthew church, will be in charge. Burial will follow in St. Joseph cemetery at Evansville. The body will remain at the Short Funeral Home until removal to the church for the funeral rites and may be viewed there by friends.
Mrs. Nigg was a native of Evansville, one of nine childred on John and Bridget Walsh. She was educated in Assumption church parochial school and in Central High school in Evansville and entered upon a commercial career that proved successful. At the time of her marriage to Karl P. Schwenzer, of Mt. Vernon, in 1917, she was an employe (sic) of the R&G Furniture Co. She came to Mt. Vernon following her marriage and had resided here since.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. B.J. Gelhausen and Mrs. George W. Platz, and a brother, Paul R. Walsh, all of Evansville.
Nellie worked as a clerk in a clothing shop, according to the 1910 Census. She later worked for R & G Furniture Co.
On Feb. 20, 1917, she married Karl Schwenzer, who worked many years as a salesman at a department store. As of the 1920 Census, they lived at 130 Walnut Street in Mount Vernon, near Evansville, Ind. On June 9, 1924, Karl Schwenzer died. They had no children.
After Karl died, she rented a room in the home of Thomas and Julia Blesch in Mount Vernon. Nellie was active in Mount Vernon and worked as office manager in a paint store, DeFur & Son, for 15 years. When niece Betty (Myers) Taft moved to Louisville in about 1933, Nellie used to send her a monthly letter with a dime in each. "I still have one dime!!!" Betty wrote in a 2007 letter.
Nellie remarried Sept. 26, 1940 to Nigg, a wealthy Posey County farmer whose first wife had died two years before. But just about four months later, Nellie had a massive cerebral hemorrhage at her home at 428 E Fourth Street and died a few days later. She is buried at St. Joseph Cemetery in Evansville. Herman Nigg died May 21, 1943.
Obituary
Jan. 14, 1941, Mount Vernon Democrat:
Mrs. Nellie Walsh Schwenzer Nigg, wife of Herman Nigg, who had endeared herself to her adopted city of Mt. Vernon in almost a quarter century of activity in business, church and social circles, died at her home at 428 East Fourth street at 12:20 o'clock this morning. She would have been 54 years old on the coming February 12. Death came less than four months after her marriage to Mr. Nigg, prominent retired farmer. A cerebral hemorrhage was fatal.
Mrs. Nigg suffered the hemorrhage last Thursday afternoon at her home and was found lapsing into unconsciousness by her husband upon his return from a visit in the business district. She never regained consciousness.
Shortly after the death of her first husband, Karl P. Schwenzer, in 1924 she entered the employ of DeFur & Son and for fifteen years served capably and loyally as office manager of the firm, resigning prior to her marriage to Mr. Nigg last Sept. 26.
Funeral Rites Thursday
Requiem High mass will be conducted at St. Matthew Catholic church, of which the deceased was a member, a 8 o'clock Thursday morning. Rev. John J. Rapp, pastor of St. Matthew church, will be in charge. Burial will follow in St. Joseph cemetery at Evansville. The body will remain at the Short Funeral Home until removal to the church for the funeral rites and may be viewed there by friends.
Mrs. Nigg was a native of Evansville, one of nine childred on John and Bridget Walsh. She was educated in Assumption church parochial school and in Central High school in Evansville and entered upon a commercial career that proved successful. At the time of her marriage to Karl P. Schwenzer, of Mt. Vernon, in 1917, she was an employe (sic) of the R&G Furniture Co. She came to Mt. Vernon following her marriage and had resided here since.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. B.J. Gelhausen and Mrs. George W. Platz, and a brother, Paul R. Walsh, all of Evansville.
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