Kasper Kohlhaas 1849-1934

KOHLHAAS, MALLINGER

Posted By: Geo Clinton (email)
Date: 8/2/2012 at 18:44:06

July 19, 1934 - Algona Upper Des Moines - Kasper Kohlhaas, beloved pioneer resident of Sherman township, died last Monday, July 16, at his home farm south of Irvington village about three miles. Mr. Kohlhaas, who was in his 86th year, had been troubled with his heart for some time, but his serious illness dated from the Fourth of July only.

Mr Kohlhaas was born in Sigourney, Iowa, May 20, 1849, and was educated in the public schools there. He came to Kossuth county with his brother, Henry and a sister, Mrs. John Geishecker in 1879 and the three settled in what was then Irvington township, all building homes exactly alike and in the same neighborhood. They were thrifty and substantial, and good farmers and stock raisers and their vast herds of cattle grazing on the prairies of southern Kossuth county were a familiar sight in those early days. The name Kohlhaas has always stood for honesty and dependability.

Kasper Kohlhaas was married to Eva Mallinger at Sigourney, Iowa, in 1882, and the couple have five surviving sons, Frank and Phil, well known Algona automobile dealers; and John in the hardware business in Algona; Henry J. lives on the old home farm; C.K. lives at Galbraith; and one daughter, Diana, is at home. Another daughter, Lizzie, died seventeen years ago.

Mrs. Kohlhaas survives her husband. The sons are all outstanding business men and have inherited the same characteristics for integrity and dependability which marked the life of their father. Such men as Kasper Kohlhass have made the state of Iowa the great state that it is. The funeral services in charge of Father Theobald were hold in the St. Joseph Catholic church July 20 at 9 o'clock a.m. and the burial was made in the St. Joe cemetery.