Louise (Marshall) KASTLER

KASTLER, MARSHALL, BROWN, MOURLAM, CRAIG, CROVISIER, HILPIPRE, GASTER, CLAUDE

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 6/23/2009 at 20:07:59

Mrs. H. Kastler passed on last Friday morning. Woolstock lady attained age of 83 years, 11 months and 1 day before fatal illness.

Mrs. Henry Kastler died at the home of her son, John Kastler, in Woolstock Township, early last Friday morning. She has been a resident of Woolstock Township for 53 years, and until the time other fatal illness, made her home on her own farm. She came to Woolstock Township with her husband and settled on the old Kastler homestead, and for 58 years lived on the same farm. At that time there were but two houses between their own and Webster City. Mrs. Kastler was in every sense a pioneer. She was born in France and came to America when she was 17 years of age. Crossing the ocean and learning a new language and adopting new customs being her first bit of pioneering. The following very fitting obituary was read at the funeral services which were held at the French Church, which is located on the Kastler homestead.

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Louise Marshall, daughter of John and Madeline Marshall was born in Le Howald, Alsace Lorraine, France on May 5, 1844 and passed away at the home of her son, John Kastler, Friday morning at 6:35 AM April 6, 1928, having reached the age of 83 years, 11 months and 1 day. She is the last of a family of ten children. She spent her girlhood days in France and was baptized and confirmed in the French Lutheran Church in her early years, coming to America in the year 1867 to Somonauk, Illinois. She was united in marriage to Henry Kastler in Illinois on February 6, 1868, and moved to Iowa in 1870, locating East of Woolstock which place has always been their home. Twelve children were born of this marriage. Two children having preceded in death, one a son of eight years in 1880, and a daughter, Mrs. Nell Brown in April, 1922, Mr. Kastler having passed away in May, 1902. Mrs. Kastler leaves to mourn her passing ten children, George and John Kastler, Mrs. Emma Mourlam, Mrs. Anna Craig, all of Woolstock, Charles Kastler and Mrs. Mary Crovisier of Eagle Grove, Mrs. Carrie Gaster of Fort Dodge, Edward Kastler of St. Paul, Minnesota, Mrs. Ella Hilpipre of Elmore, Minnesota and Mrs. Lydia Claude of Sauk Center, Minnesota, also 47 grandchildren, besides 11 great-grandchildren and many other relatives and friends. Thus another long, useful life has come to a close, another pioneer gone. The Kastler home will long be remembered as one of hospitality in past years. Mr. and Mrs. Kastler both giving of their best to the community and their friends. All other children were present at the funeral.

There is no death, the stars go down, to rise upon some fairer shore, and bright n Heaven's jeweled crown, to shine forever more.