Katherine and her husband Simon Pechan purchased 40 acres of land in Forest Prairie and later, he owned the West Hotel in Watkins, MN for several years around 1900, then his daughter Barbara and her husband Ernest Bahr ran the hotel for a while during Simon's last years. Their son-in-law Henry Zencius, (husband of their youngest daughter Regina), was the administrator of Katherine's estate when it went through probate court in 1912 after Simon's death.
Katherine and her husband Simon Pechan purchased 40 acres of land in Forest Prairie and later, he owned the West Hotel in Watkins, MN for several years around 1900, then his daughter Barbara and her husband Ernest Bahr ran the hotel for a while during Simon's last years. Their son-in-law Henry Zencius, (husband of their youngest daughter Regina), was the administrator of Katherine's estate when it went through probate court in 1912 after Simon's death.
Inscription
Meeker County, Minnesota Cemeteries, Compiled by Diane Rosenow, Volume 2, page 128:
Pechan, Katharina; b. 1 Apr 1832; d. 15 Juni
1894; see Simon; St Anthony Catholic-226.
Pechan, Simon; b. 24 Mai 1818; d. 8 Juni 1911; St
Anthony Catholic-226;
Hier Ruht
/O Merr Gib Deinen Die Ewige Ruhet/Und Das Ewige Licht
Leuchte Ihnen/
....Sie Ruhen In Frieden.
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Rough translation of inscription...
Here rests XXXX
Oh Lord (Merr="Herr") give the yours the everlasting rest (or peace)
and the everlasting light shines to the yours
They rest in peace.
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