KUMSHER, Michael (1870-1956)

KUMSHER, LOY, CIPERA, ANDERSON

Posted By: Hancock Co Genealogical Society (email)
Date: 5/2/2015 at 17:59:52

Michael Kumsher Found Dead; Rites Are Incomplete

BRITT - Funeral arrangements are incomplete at the Boughton Funeral Home for Michael Kumsher, 86, retired farmer of the Britt vicinity.

Mr. Kumsher was found dead at his home Monday by his daughter, Clara Loy, Chicago, and his granddaughter, Mrs. John Steenlege, Britt. It is thought by county authorities that he died of a cerebral hemorrhage Saturday night.

Mr. Kimsher was born May 27, 1870, in Austria, the son of Joe and Anna Kumsher. He came to the United States at the age of 14, and lived on a farm near Calmar.

He was married on Jan. 28, 1902, to Stella Cipera, in St. Boniface Church in Garner. They farmed near Britt until 1931. Mrs. Kumsher died in 1943.

Survivors include three daughters, Miss Anna Kumsher, Britt; Mrs. Loy, Chicago; and Mrs. Lloyd Anderson, Kanawha; also two sons, Ed, Kanawha; and Michael, Jr., Britt; and one brother, Charles, St. Paul; 14 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

source: Mason City Globe Gazette, 16 Oct 1956, Page 2 , col 1-2