August Fred Albert KIRCHGATTER

KIRCHGATTER, RUNGE

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 3/29/2011 at 11:46:00

August Fred Albert KIRCHGATTER
22 December 1867 -- 11 May 1956

A. KIRCHGATTER DIES; FUNERAL TO BE MONDAY

Nora Springs, IA -- Funeral Services for August Kirchgatter, 88, will be conducted Monday at 2 pm at St. Luke's Lutheran church here. The Rev. Amedee Fredett will officiate. The Sheckler Funeral Home will be in charge with burial in the Grafton cemetery. Mr. Kirchgatter died Friday night at the Pringle Nursing home here. He had been a patient since August 3. A Nora Springs resident for 40 years, Mr. Kirchgatter came here from Mason City. He had previously lived in Grafton. He was born December 22, 1867 in Watertown, Wisconsin, the son of August and Ricka Kirchgatter. He is the surviving member of a family of nine brothers and sisters. He married Ida Kirchgatter on December 11, 1890. A son, Leo, and his wife preceded him in death. She died February 25, 1943. Surviving are three sons: Frank Kirchgatter and Emil (Ole) Kirchgatter both of Carpenter and Will Kirchgatter, Clear Lake; a daughter, Mrs. Max (Emma ) Runge, Nora Springs; 14 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren.

Mason City Globe Gazette - Iowa
May 12, 1956

[married Corwith, Iowa]