HALBACH, Anton "Tony" 1876-1949

HALBACH, KRAUSE, SIMON

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/8/2014 at 16:55:44

STACYVILLE, IOWA - Tony Halbach, 73, died at Mercy Hospital at Mason City Thursday of a heart attack.

He was the son of Michael and Mary Krause Halbach, born near Stacyville; spent his whole life in this community.

He leaves his wife; the former Gertrude Simon, whom he married January 23, 1907, and seven children: Priscilla, Cornelius and Ronald at home; Mrs. Marvin Heimer, Austin, Minnesota; Mrs. Walter Durben, Mrs. F. J. Brown and Mrs. Lawrence Klapperich, all of Stacyville; 19 grandchildren; three brothers: Pete, Charles City; Ernie and Nicolas, Stacyville; one sister, Mrs. Pete Theobold, Stacyville; three sisters: Frances, La Crosse, Wisconsin; Sister Juliana, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Mrs. Joe Brum, Stacyville; one brother, John, preceded him in death.

He was engaged in farming all his life. He was stricken Monday and taken to Mercy Hospital Tuesday. He was a Catholic and member of St. Joseph's society. He lived on the same farm the last 30 years. Funeral was Saturday.

Source: Waterloo Daily Courier, Sunday, December 11, 1949, Waterloo, Iowa (Credit: S. Bell)
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NOTES:

Birth: November 22, 1876,
Stacyville, Mitchell County, Iowa

Death: December 8, 1949,
Stacyville, Mitchell County, Iowa

Father: Michel Halbach (1848-1915)
Mother: Anna Mary Kraus Halbach (1852-1934)

Wife: Gertrude Simon Halbach (1884-1972)

Children:
Priscilla Magdalen Halbach (1907-2000)
Cornelius J. Halbach (1910-1962)
Ronald Peter Halbach (1912-1980)
Agatha Catherine Halbach Heimer (1914-2011)
Anna Mary Halbach Durben (1916-2012)
Elizabeth S. Halbach May (1921-2008)

(Credit: DM Scott)

Tombstone photo on GPP
 

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