SCHARES, Adam 1855-1930

SCHARES, KASCHT, HEINEN

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Date: 5/10/2002 at 22:31:12

Waterloo Courier, 2-10-1930

ADAM SCHARES
Adam Schares, 74, pioneer resident of Gilbertville, IA, died at his home at 9:30 Monday. Death was attributed to bladder trouble and complications. He had been ill about three months.
Adam Schares was born on 10-15-1856 (?), in Prussia, Germany.. He moved to America in 1865 (?) and settled near Gilbertville, where he had lived nearly all his life.
The deceased was the father of Mrs. Phillip Friedl, 302 Commercial St., and was widely known in Waterloo.
The body was taken to the Hileman and Gindt Mortuary.

Waterloo Courier, 2-11-1930

ADAM H. SCHARES RITES THURSDAY

Resident of Black Hawk County 62 Years

Widely Known Farmer and Stock Raiser
Requiem Mass for Adam Schares, 74, Gilbertville, who died Monday morning will be celebrated at the Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception at Gilbertville at 9:30 a.m. Thursday. Rev. Fr. J. W. Cremer will officiate. Burial will be in the cemetery there.
Adam H. Schares, a native of Germany, came to Black Hawk Co., with his parents when he was a boy of twelve. They settled near Gilbertville, and he became a widely known farmer and stock raiser. He was born 10-15-1855.
He was married to Miss Mary Kascht of Lamont, IL, and last October, celebrated both his 74th birthday and his Golden Wedding Anniversary.
Mr. Schares spent 36 years of his life on a farm in Spring Creek Township, and moved to Gilbertville in 1915.
Surviving besides the widow, are five daughters: Mrs. Philip Friedl, 302 Commercial St., Mrs. E. F. Muirehil, 132 Harrison St., Mrs. Peter Winninger, 318 Iowa ST., Mrs. J. P. Nemmers, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Sister M. Camilla, Madison, Minn.; and three sons: William and John, on a farm near Gilbertville, and Herbert, Gilbertville. One daughter, Ida, died in 1904.
Two brothers, William and Jacob Schares, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Federspiel, living in Gilbertville, and a second sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Hermann, residing in Mitchell, South Dakota, also survive.