Katharine KAUFFMAN MARQUARDT 1835-1913

COGGESHALL, ELLIOTT, PRIESTLEY

Posted By: A. Cambon (email)
Date: 2/12/2012 at 15:38:18

PIONEER'S WIFE DIES PNEUMONIA

Mrs. Kate KAUFFMAN MARQUARDT, wife of George W. MARQUARDT (II), pioneer merchant banker and capitalist, died Sunday night at her home, 2120 Grand Avenue. Mrs. MARQUARDT's death follows a two weeks' illness of pneumonia brought on by a stroke of paralysis.
Five children, Will MARQUARDT, Grant MARQUARDT, Mrs. Effie ELLIOTT, Mrs. Lillian PRIESTLEY and Mrs. Della COGGESHALL survive her.
Mrs. MARQUARDT had been a member of the Methodist church for many years. Her husband, George W. MARQUARDT, has been retired for several years. He is the owner of the MARQUARDT block and connected with several Des Moines banks.

The Des Moines Daily News, June 16, 1913, page 3.