Martin Kirscher (1966)

KIRSCHER, SPATS, ECKSTEIN, DAUGHTERY

Posted By: Treva Patterson (email)
Date: 8/28/2006 at 17:51:18

Winterset Madisonian
1966

MARTIN KIRSCHER DIED THURSDAY

Retired Farmer and Local Business Man Was 79 Years of Age

Martin Kirscher of Winterset, a retired farmer and former Winterset business man, died Thursday, March 31, at Memorial hospital here. He was 79 years of age.

Mr. Kirscher was born at Booneville Sept. 5, 1886, a son of Frank and Barbara Spats Kirscher. Much of his life was spent in farming, but he also operated a meat market in Winterset for a number of years.

He was married July 3, 1928 to Josephine Mardis of Winterset at Brainard, Minn. She survives him.

Funeral services were held Sunday from the Wilson Funeral home in Winterset, conducted by the Rev. Everett K. Burham, pastor of the First Methodist church here. Burial was made in the Winterset cemetery.