SCHARES, Mary (Kascht ) d: 1941

KASCHT, SCHARES, HUSTEDT

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Date: 5/10/2002 at 20:24:39

Jesup Citizen Herald 27 Feb. 1941

MRS MARY SCHARES, 81, DIES FOLLOWING LONG ILLNESS
Mrs. Mary Schares, former Gilbertville resident, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Peter C. Winninger in Waterloo at 4 p.m. Tuesday following a stroke and complications, incident to advanced age. She had been bedfast for 10 months.
Mary Kascht, daughter of William and Margaret Kascht, was born in Cook Co., IL, April 23, 1859. At the age of 10, with her parents she came to a farm east of Gilbertville.
On Oct. 15, 1879, she married Adam Schares who died 11 years ago. They lived on a farm in Spring Creek township 35 years, when they retired and moved to Gilbertville. Four years ago, Mrs. Schares sold her home in Gilbertville and moved to the residence of her daughter, Mrs. E. F. Mulvehill in Waterloo. for the past 10 months, she has lived with Mrs. Winninger.
Surviving are eight children--William and John, La Porte City; Herbert, Jesup; Mrs. J. P. Nemmers, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Sister Mary Camilla, St. Donatus, IA.; Mrs. E. F. Mulvehill, Mrs. Philip Friedl, and Mrs. Peter Winninger, Waterloo. she also leaves 48 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. A daughter, Ida, preceded her in death at the age of 8 years and four brothers and two sisters.
Funeral services will be conducted at St. Mary's Church at 9 a.m. Friday with Fr. Roman Schares, Ossian, IA, a nephew of Mrs. Schares, as celebrant of the mass, and Fr. William Cremer, of Gilbertville, and Fr. Clarence Piontkowski, pastor of St. Mary's Church, Waterloo, as deacon and sub-deacon, respectively. Burial will be in Gilbertville.