Obituary Record

Christina Margaretha (Schumacher) Harder
Died on 4/25/1924
Buried in Blair Cemetery

Two newspaper articles

#1 Published in the Enterprise May 1, 1924

MRS. JOSEPH HARDER

Christina Schumacher died at her home on west Lincoln Street of this city, after an illness of several weeks duration, on last Friday morning, April 25, 1924 at 7 o’clock A.M.

Deceased was born in Jamestadt, Germany, June 18, 1855 and with her parents came to America and to this county in 1873 where the family settled on a farm south of Kennard.

On December 31 of that year she was married to Joseph Harder and for thirty three years they continued to farm in the same locality. To this union seven children were born, five of who are still living. They are Mrs. Dora Japp, Mrs. Tena Wiese and Mrs. Anna Boock, all of this county; Mrs. Mary Wiese of Omega, Oklahoma and Henry Harder of Schleswig, Iowa.

Mrs. Harder was a woman who was held in high esteem by those who knew her and besides her family of children and grandchildren numbering twenty-two, leaves a large number of friends and neighbors who mourn her departure.

The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the home with Rev. Rasmussen, of Kennard, officiating, and interment was made in the Blair Cemetery where a host of friends followed her to her resting place beside her husband who had preceded her eleven years ago.

#2 Published in the Pilot April 30, 1924

Christina Harder died at her home on west Lincoln Street at an early hour last Friday morning of a kidney trouble following an attack of “flu”. The funeral was held at the house at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon, Rev. Joseph Rasmussen, of Kennard, officiating. The wealth of flowers and the large attendance at the funeral told something of the high esteem in which Mrs. Harder and her family is held in the community. Christina Margaretha Schumacher was born at Jamestadt, Germany, June 18th, 1855, so was nearing her 69th birthday. She came to this country with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schumacher, in the fall of 1873 and in December of that year she was united in marriage to Joseph Harder. They went to housekeeping on a homestead Mr. Harder had taken in the southern part of Washington County, where Rudolph Wiese now lives, and that was their home until they moved to Blair in the fall of 1906. Mr. Harder died January 25th, 1913, since which time she has lived alone most of the time, except for the frequent visits of her children and grandchildren. Seven children were born to them, two of whom died when 4 and 5 years of age. They are Dora, Mrs. Wm. Japp, of Kennard, Tena, Mrs. Rudolph Wiese, of Kennard, Henry Harder, of Schleswig, Ia., Mary, Mrs. Ed Wiese of Omega, Okla., and Mrs. Anna Boock, now of Blair, who husband died only a few weeks ago. There are 22 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Anna D. Wiese, of Kennard, and one brother, Henry Schumacher, of Omaha. The bereaved children and other relatives have the sincere sympathy of many friends.

Find A Grave Memorial# 115056460

Printed in the Washington County Enterprise on 5/1/1924


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