Albert Koberstein Sr., 95, retired rural mail carrier on Gaston Routes 1 and 2 and who had been a resident of Gaston since 1891, died Sunday evening, March 19 at the family residence in Cornelius. Funeral for Mr. Koberstein will be held at the Fuiten Mortuary Chapel of Forest Grove, Saturday, March 25 at 11 a.m. with the Rev Perry Wright, pastor of the Scoggins Valley Community Church, officiating. Burial will be at the Forest View Cemetery.
Mr. Koberstein was born in Elkton, S.D. on December 25, 1882, and spent several years at Kalispell, moving then with his family to Tigard and Gaston in 1891. They moved by wagon over Bald Peak to the small Gaston community on the shores of Wapato Lake. His father opened a blacksmith shop in the community.
Mr. Koberstein was married on Nov. 27, 1907 at Vancouver to Mildred LaFleur and they spent their early married years in Portland where he was a Portland mail carrier using horse and buggy. They moved to Gaston in 1912 and Mr. Koberstein was the mail carrier for Routes 1 and 2 for 34 years until his retirement.
Mr. Koberstein was a long time member of the Congregational Church at Gaston, having been a charter member and one of those helping to build the building. He had also been a long time member of the Knights of Pythias and IOOF lodges at Gaston. His wife died here In March 26, 1970. Since that time Mr. Koberstein had been making his home with his son, and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Koberstein Jr., first at Gaston and the last two years at Cornelius.
Surviving are children, Veta Hardebeck, Gaston; Mrs. Frank (Eileen) Hill of Plains, Montana, Mrs. Herman (Mildred Whitmore, Hillsboro; Mrs. Elmer (Alice) Barnes, Oxnard, Calif., Albert Koberstein Jr., Cornelius and Leonard Koberstein, Gaston; 21 grandchildren, 44 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren. Another son, Orin, died here in 1951.
Son of Louis Ludwig and Caroline Auguste (Hoffman) Koberstein - Husband of Mildred May (LaFleur) Koberstein - Married 11/27/1907 in Vancouver, Clark Co., Washington
Mr. Koberstein was born in Elkton, S.D. on December 25, 1882, and spent several years at Kalispell, moving then with his family to Tigard and Gaston in 1891. They moved by wagon over Bald Peak to the small Gaston community on the shores of Wapato Lake. His father opened a blacksmith shop in the community.
Mr. Koberstein was married on Nov. 27, 1907 at Vancouver to Mildred LaFleur and they spent their early married years in Portland where he was a Portland mail carrier using horse and buggy. They moved to Gaston in 1912 and Mr. Koberstein was the mail carrier for Routes 1 and 2 for 34 years until his retirement.
Mr. Koberstein was a long time member of the Congregational Church at Gaston, having been a charter member and one of those helping to build the building. He had also been a long time member of the Knights of Pythias and IOOF lodges at Gaston. His wife died here In March 26, 1970. Since that time Mr. Koberstein had been making his home with his son, and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Koberstein Jr., first at Gaston and the last two years at Cornelius.
Surviving are children, Veta Hardebeck, Gaston; Mrs. Frank (Eileen) Hill of Plains, Montana, Mrs. Herman (Mildred Whitmore, Hillsboro; Mrs. Elmer (Alice) Barnes, Oxnard, Calif., Albert Koberstein Jr., Cornelius and Leonard Koberstein, Gaston; 21 grandchildren, 44 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren. Another son, Orin, died here in 1951.
Son of Louis Ludwig and Caroline Auguste (Hoffman) Koberstein - Husband of Mildred May (LaFleur) Koberstein - Married 11/27/1907 in Vancouver, Clark Co., Washington
Albert Koberstein Sr., 95, retired rural mail carrier on Gaston Routes 1 and 2 and who had been a resident of Gaston since 1891, died Sunday evening, March 19 at the family residence in Cornelius. Funeral for Mr. Koberstein will be held at the Fuiten Mortuary Chapel of Forest Grove, Saturday, March 25 at 11 a.m. with the Rev Perry Wright, pastor of the Scoggins Valley Community Church, officiating. Burial will be at the Forest View Cemetery.
Mr. Koberstein was born in Elkton, S.D. on December 25, 1882, and spent several years at Kalispell, moving then with his family to Tigard and Gaston in 1891. They moved by wagon over Bald Peak to the small Gaston community on the shores of Wapato Lake. His father opened a blacksmith shop in the community.
Mr. Koberstein was married on Nov. 27, 1907 at Vancouver to Mildred LaFleur and they spent their early married years in Portland where he was a Portland mail carrier using horse and buggy. They moved to Gaston in 1912 and Mr. Koberstein was the mail carrier for Routes 1 and 2 for 34 years until his retirement.
Mr. Koberstein was a long time member of the Congregational Church at Gaston, having been a charter member and one of those helping to build the building. He had also been a long time member of the Knights of Pythias and IOOF lodges at Gaston. His wife died here In March 26, 1970. Since that time Mr. Koberstein had been making his home with his son, and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Koberstein Jr., first at Gaston and the last two years at Cornelius.
Surviving are children, Veta Hardebeck, Gaston; Mrs. Frank (Eileen) Hill of Plains, Montana, Mrs. Herman (Mildred Whitmore, Hillsboro; Mrs. Elmer (Alice) Barnes, Oxnard, Calif., Albert Koberstein Jr., Cornelius and Leonard Koberstein, Gaston; 21 grandchildren, 44 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren. Another son, Orin, died here in 1951.
Son of Louis Ludwig and Caroline Auguste (Hoffman) Koberstein - Husband of Mildred May (LaFleur) Koberstein - Married 11/27/1907 in Vancouver, Clark Co., Washington
Mr. Koberstein was born in Elkton, S.D. on December 25, 1882, and spent several years at Kalispell, moving then with his family to Tigard and Gaston in 1891. They moved by wagon over Bald Peak to the small Gaston community on the shores of Wapato Lake. His father opened a blacksmith shop in the community.
Mr. Koberstein was married on Nov. 27, 1907 at Vancouver to Mildred LaFleur and they spent their early married years in Portland where he was a Portland mail carrier using horse and buggy. They moved to Gaston in 1912 and Mr. Koberstein was the mail carrier for Routes 1 and 2 for 34 years until his retirement.
Mr. Koberstein was a long time member of the Congregational Church at Gaston, having been a charter member and one of those helping to build the building. He had also been a long time member of the Knights of Pythias and IOOF lodges at Gaston. His wife died here In March 26, 1970. Since that time Mr. Koberstein had been making his home with his son, and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Koberstein Jr., first at Gaston and the last two years at Cornelius.
Surviving are children, Veta Hardebeck, Gaston; Mrs. Frank (Eileen) Hill of Plains, Montana, Mrs. Herman (Mildred Whitmore, Hillsboro; Mrs. Elmer (Alice) Barnes, Oxnard, Calif., Albert Koberstein Jr., Cornelius and Leonard Koberstein, Gaston; 21 grandchildren, 44 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren. Another son, Orin, died here in 1951.
Son of Louis Ludwig and Caroline Auguste (Hoffman) Koberstein - Husband of Mildred May (LaFleur) Koberstein - Married 11/27/1907 in Vancouver, Clark Co., Washington
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