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Simon Ganser Family Memorial
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Simon Ganser was a resident of North Fork Twp., Delaware
Co, Iowa on the farm he owned from 1869 until the day of his death 26 Feb
1890.
Simon, his wife Catharine and daughter Anna are buried in the
St. Paul's Roman Catholic Cemetery,
Worthington, Dubuque County |
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~ records were contributed
by Marge Ganser-Heibel. Interested researchers may contact Marge
Ganser-Heibel at her email address found in the
surname registry for Ganser.
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The Sacramental Registers of St. Paul's Roman Catholic
Church
Worthington, Delaware County, Iowa |
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| Translated by: Rev. Loras Otting ,
Director of the Archives and Historical Records |
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On
February 26, 1890, in the Year of the Lord, Simon Ganser
died in the Lord, fortified with the Last Sacraments at
the age of 68 years, whom I buried on February 28 in St.
Paul’s Cemetery.
Rev. J. B. Zigrang
Gravestone photo note
and source: Simon Ganser stone was cleaned and
photographed by Cheryl Moonen Nov 2012 for Marge Ganser.
Photos were submitted to Dubuque IAGenWeb by Marge
Ganser Dec 2012. |
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Catharine (Grün) Ganser
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Dyersville
Commercial Newspaper, Sept 25 1903
A GOOD LADY GONE
Mrs. Catharine Ganser Dies After a Long Spell of Sickness at
Worthington.
Mrs. Catharine Ganser died at the home of her son near
Worthington last week Thursday at ten o'clock, am after
many months of sickness.
Mrs.
Ganser was born at Mettendorf, Germany, July 26, 1820
and was a little over eighty-three years old at the time
of her demise. Her name before marriage was Miss
Catharine (Grün) and in 1855 came to New York
state where in 1856 she was united in marriage to Mr.
Simon Ganser at Swormville in Erie County NY.
They
resided in New York until 1869 when the family moved to
Iowa and settled near Worthington. Her husband died
February 26 1890 and since that time made her home with
her son.
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The
deceased was a thoroughly Christian lady. a devoted wife
and mother and her neighborly disposition won her a host
of friends.
She is
survived by one daughter, Miss Anna Ganser, who for many
years has been the housekeeper for Very Rev. Father Heer
of Dyersville and one son, Nicholaus Ganser on the farm
near Worthington. The bereaved children have the
sympathy of all.
The funeral
took place last Saturday and was attended by friends
from far and near. The pallbearers were Messrs: John
Jaeger, Charles House, S. Page, Sebastian Jaeger, H.
Klostermann and George Rubner.
Requiem Mass
services were held in St. Paul's Church with Rev. Father
Friedmann officiating after which burial took place in
the cemetery near by. May she rest in peace. |
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Anna Ganser
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Telegraph Herald
Sept 2, 1942
Miss Anna Ganser
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Miss Anna Ganser, 84, died at the St. Francis Home
for the Aged, at 9:40 o'clock Wednesday morning
following an illness extending over a period of
several years. The body is at the Didesch Funeral
Home, from where the funeral will be held to St.
Paul's Cemetery at Worthington, Iowa. Miss Ganser was
born in Buffalo, NY on Aug. 10, 1858 and came to
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child. She had resided here since. She was
a
housekeeper for many years for the late Right
Reverend Monsignor George W. Heer at
Worthington, Centralia, Dyersville, and St.
Mary's Church in Dubuque. Surviving are a
niece and several nephews in Leola, SD. Preceding her
in death were her parents and one brother.
[submitter NOTE: Anna was actually born in
Clarence, Erie NY ... information is from her church
baptism record). Anna was buried at St Paul's
Cemetery, Worthington, Dodge Twp., Dubuque Co. with
her parents, Simon and Catharine (Grün) Ganser.
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