Obituary Record

Auguste Sophie Adolphine (Kotsch) Garske
Died on 10/10/1917
Buried in Blair Cemetery

#1 Printed in the Oct. 10, 1917 Pilot, Blair, Nebraska

Mrs. A. F. Garske passed away at 7:15 o’clock this morning at the Blair Hospital of heart trouble. Her death wasn’t unexpected, for she had been in a very serious condition for several days. The funeral will be held at the family residence in the rear of the tailor shop at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon.

Auguste Sophie Adolphine Kotsch was born in Fuerstewalde, near Berlin, Germany, March 30th, 1847, and was, therefore, past sixty years of age. She was married to August F. Garske at Burlington, Wis., October 11th, 1868, the same year she came to America, so her death occurred within one day of the 49th anniversary of her wedding day.

They came to Blair in 1880 and have lived here ever since. Seven children were born to them, two having died in infancy. Those living are: Hattie, Mrs. Chris Frahm, Chas. A. Garske and Alma, Mrs. Gregg Ivison, All of Chicago, Helen, Mrs. Wm. Gibson, of Omaha, and Reinhold, of this city. There are five grandchildren. The entire community sympathizes with the bereaved husband and family in the loss of a loving wife and mother.

#2 Printed in the Oct. 12, 1917 Enterprise, Blair, Nebraska

Pioneer Passes Away

Mrs. August F. Garske died at her home in this city at 7:15 this morning, October 10, 1917.

Deceased was born in Fuersteuwalde, near Berlin, Germany, on March 30, 1847 and came to America in 1868 and was married on October 10 of the same year to Mr. August F. Garske in the town of Burlington, Wisconsin.

Shortly after their marriage they moved to this city, being one of the early settlers of the city.

Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Garske, five of whom are still living and were present at the time of her death. They are as follows: Mrs. Hattie Frahm, Chicago; Chas. Garske, Chicago; Mrs. Alma Ivison, Chicago; Reinhold Garske, Blair and Mrs. Helen Gibson, Omaha.

Mrs. Garske was a lady of refinement and culture and her many friends join in extending their sympathies to the bereaved husband and children in their hour of sorrow.

Forty-nine years of married life, passing away on her wedding anniversary, is a record that few attain and that her life was not spent in vain as proven by the kindly thoughts of friends and neighbors, the honorable upright lives of the children she has reared and the influence of her life on all those with whom she has come in contact.

The funeral services will be held at the residence on Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock.

~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library~~~

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