Daughter of Clemens & Maria Elisabeth Bockhorst Houkomp.
Info Provided By: Laura Tasset Koehn
Spearville Centennial Build-Up
Clement Honkomp and Catherine Buttonboehmer (his daughter)
Clement Honkomp and his family left Germany in 1861, so his sons would not have to undergo compulsory military training.
Mr. Honkomp was 45 years of age when he and his wife Elizabeth, their two daughters, Catherine and Deana, and three sons, Henry, Clement, and Tony spent six weeks on the boat before reaching America. Two persons died on the boat and had to be buried at sea. They made their home in Covington, Kentucky. Mr. Honkomp and his sons took up the trade of making hand made cigars, and later ran a Cigar Store. The Music Box they had in the Cigar Store that played when a penny was dropped in the slot is now the prized possession of Richard Klenke, who is the youngest great grandchild of Clement Honkomp.
Sorrow came to the family when his wife Elizabeth became ill and died. In a short time, Deana married August Stuntebeck and they moved to a farm near Freeport, Minnesota. Next Catherine married Bernard Buttonboehmer, 1-17-1871, a young man who had also come from Germany. Their first child was born 11-20-1871, who only lived three years and died of cholera. Twins were born 12-11-72 and died two days later. Then on 11-18-1873, Marie Katrina Anglia was born, better known as Anna. Their first and only boy, Anton Clement was born 4-29-1875. About 8:00 p.m., October 10, 1876, Bernard Buttonboehmer met an untimely death by missing his step on a boat and drowned in the Ohio River at the age of 33, leaving his widow with two small children and expecting another child in three months.
Catherine had no choice but to accept her father's offer to come home and cook for him and her brothers. She also took in washings to help support her children. Bernadine was born Dec. 31, 1876. When she was two years old, her grandfather, Clement Honkomp, then 69 years of age, announced that he was going to Kansas to homestead. Catherine, with three small children felt she could not make it without her father, and she asked to go with him, to which he agreed. Her brothers, Henry and Tony, went to Joliet, Ill., and Clem went to Sedalia, Mo. Arrangements were soon made to ship what furniture they had, and supply of food. They traveled by train to Offerly, Kansas. They were working on the railroad between there and Dodge City. They were taken in lumber wagons across the prairie by a man, who worked for the railroad. They took shelter in an abandoned cave. A sod house had to be built on each claim because this was one of the requirements for obtaining ownership. They had to hand dig a well, and plant a certain number of trees. Their first Palm Sunday in Kansas they were given little cottonwood seedlings that were blessed, and they planted them. All of them grew, and Bernadine was able to tell her children which tree each had received as a Palm. They had several scares of Indians coming, but they never came. Antelopes and quail would come near the home for water. The adjoining claims are located one mile east and two miles south of Windthorst. They acquired a couple of cows through government help on a long term pay basis. This provided them with milk and butter, and many meals consisted of clabbered milk. Now we call it Yogurt. Water for the cattle had to be hand pumped. The children would herd the cows since there were no fences, and when Anna was old enough she did housework in Dodge City. A frame house was built on the Honkomp Claim, and it became one household again.
In 1902, Feb. 2nd to be exact, Anton, better known as Tony Buttonboehmer died of appendicitis, which was before they did appendectomies; he was 26 years old. This was a big blow to his mother Catherine. Bernadine was married to Henry Klenke, August 2, 1899, and her other daughter Anna left for Atchinson, Ks. In 1900 and became a Benedictine nun. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Klenke moved from their home a half mile south of Bellefont, Ks. to live with Mrs. Klenke's mother and grandfather. This did not work out, so they returned to the Bellefont place. Clement Honkomp died Sept. 27, 1908, at the age of 91. Following his death, Henry and Bernadine Klenke and their children, Katie, Mary, Josephine, George and Philomena moved back to live with their mother, and grandmother, Catherine. Three more children were born after the move to grandmother's home, Johann, Julia and Richard.
Grandmother Buttonboehmer passed away, October 13, 1925. We cherish the memory of the years we spent with her. Dad bought the Weiss home after they built a new house, and he moved it across the road from the church in Windthorst and next to the parochial school. She kept house for us during the school year. She had weathered a life of trial and hardship, and through it all, she had a heart of gold, a deep religious faith, and a sense of right and wrong. Her influence in teaching us our obligation to God, the value of mortification and self-denial during Lent, and respect for others, especially the elderly, has helped us in developing our philosophy of life, especially in meeting the ups and downs that beset us through life.
Henry and Bernadine Klenke and their family remained on the farm until their oldest son, George, who took over the farm, was married. Then they moved to Spearville and retired. The oldest daughter, Katie, was married to John Fox, who had two small daughters. Katie had two sons from previous marriages, Vernon VanNahmen, whose father died from the flu when Vernon was eight months old, and Ed Shean, whose father was killed by lightning when Ed was two years old. Mary remained single and was employed in the Mt. Carmel Hospital School of Nursing, Pittsburg, Ks. Josephine entered the Convent of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Wichita, Ks., now known as Sister Valeria. George left the farm in 1951; he, his wife Alice (Deister) and family moved to Eugene, Oregon. He had three boys, Robert, Donald and Martin, and two daughters, Anna Marie and Jane. Philomena married Anthony Kolbeck. They had three children: Maurice, Joann and Gary. Johanna is a nurse and presently employed at St. Joseph Hospital in Wichita. Julia died of lock-jaw at the age of twelve. Richard married Patricia Edicon, who died in 1962. They had seven children. He is married to Joann Stein, whose son Tom was eight years old when they were married. And they had Andrew, making nine children.
Henry Klenke was an invalid the last three and a half years of his life. He died in his home, June 18, 1937. Bernadine passed away Oct. 20, 1941, as the result of injuries from a car accident.
Sister Sophia (Anna Buttonboehmer) died in the spring of 1941 at the Mother House of the Benedictine Sisters in Atchison. And so ends the history of this pioneer family that helped to develop the prairie land in Ford County to a wheat-producing land by remaining faithful to God, never losing hope, and accepting the challenge of hard work in the face of many difficulties. -Sister Valeria Klenke
Info Provided By: Laura Tasset Koehn
Spearville Centennial Build-Up
Clement Honkomp and Catherine Buttonboehmer (his daughter)
Clement Honkomp and his family left Germany in 1861, so his sons would not have to undergo compulsory military training.
Mr. Honkomp was 45 years of age when he and his wife Elizabeth, their two daughters, Catherine and Deana, and three sons, Henry, Clement, and Tony spent six weeks on the boat before reaching America. Two persons died on the boat and had to be buried at sea. They made their home in Covington, Kentucky. Mr. Honkomp and his sons took up the trade of making hand made cigars, and later ran a Cigar Store. The Music Box they had in the Cigar Store that played when a penny was dropped in the slot is now the prized possession of Richard Klenke, who is the youngest great grandchild of Clement Honkomp.
Sorrow came to the family when his wife Elizabeth became ill and died. In a short time, Deana married August Stuntebeck and they moved to a farm near Freeport, Minnesota. Next Catherine married Bernard Buttonboehmer, 1-17-1871, a young man who had also come from Germany. Their first child was born 11-20-1871, who only lived three years and died of cholera. Twins were born 12-11-72 and died two days later. Then on 11-18-1873, Marie Katrina Anglia was born, better known as Anna. Their first and only boy, Anton Clement was born 4-29-1875. About 8:00 p.m., October 10, 1876, Bernard Buttonboehmer met an untimely death by missing his step on a boat and drowned in the Ohio River at the age of 33, leaving his widow with two small children and expecting another child in three months.
Catherine had no choice but to accept her father's offer to come home and cook for him and her brothers. She also took in washings to help support her children. Bernadine was born Dec. 31, 1876. When she was two years old, her grandfather, Clement Honkomp, then 69 years of age, announced that he was going to Kansas to homestead. Catherine, with three small children felt she could not make it without her father, and she asked to go with him, to which he agreed. Her brothers, Henry and Tony, went to Joliet, Ill., and Clem went to Sedalia, Mo. Arrangements were soon made to ship what furniture they had, and supply of food. They traveled by train to Offerly, Kansas. They were working on the railroad between there and Dodge City. They were taken in lumber wagons across the prairie by a man, who worked for the railroad. They took shelter in an abandoned cave. A sod house had to be built on each claim because this was one of the requirements for obtaining ownership. They had to hand dig a well, and plant a certain number of trees. Their first Palm Sunday in Kansas they were given little cottonwood seedlings that were blessed, and they planted them. All of them grew, and Bernadine was able to tell her children which tree each had received as a Palm. They had several scares of Indians coming, but they never came. Antelopes and quail would come near the home for water. The adjoining claims are located one mile east and two miles south of Windthorst. They acquired a couple of cows through government help on a long term pay basis. This provided them with milk and butter, and many meals consisted of clabbered milk. Now we call it Yogurt. Water for the cattle had to be hand pumped. The children would herd the cows since there were no fences, and when Anna was old enough she did housework in Dodge City. A frame house was built on the Honkomp Claim, and it became one household again.
In 1902, Feb. 2nd to be exact, Anton, better known as Tony Buttonboehmer died of appendicitis, which was before they did appendectomies; he was 26 years old. This was a big blow to his mother Catherine. Bernadine was married to Henry Klenke, August 2, 1899, and her other daughter Anna left for Atchinson, Ks. In 1900 and became a Benedictine nun. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Klenke moved from their home a half mile south of Bellefont, Ks. to live with Mrs. Klenke's mother and grandfather. This did not work out, so they returned to the Bellefont place. Clement Honkomp died Sept. 27, 1908, at the age of 91. Following his death, Henry and Bernadine Klenke and their children, Katie, Mary, Josephine, George and Philomena moved back to live with their mother, and grandmother, Catherine. Three more children were born after the move to grandmother's home, Johann, Julia and Richard.
Grandmother Buttonboehmer passed away, October 13, 1925. We cherish the memory of the years we spent with her. Dad bought the Weiss home after they built a new house, and he moved it across the road from the church in Windthorst and next to the parochial school. She kept house for us during the school year. She had weathered a life of trial and hardship, and through it all, she had a heart of gold, a deep religious faith, and a sense of right and wrong. Her influence in teaching us our obligation to God, the value of mortification and self-denial during Lent, and respect for others, especially the elderly, has helped us in developing our philosophy of life, especially in meeting the ups and downs that beset us through life.
Henry and Bernadine Klenke and their family remained on the farm until their oldest son, George, who took over the farm, was married. Then they moved to Spearville and retired. The oldest daughter, Katie, was married to John Fox, who had two small daughters. Katie had two sons from previous marriages, Vernon VanNahmen, whose father died from the flu when Vernon was eight months old, and Ed Shean, whose father was killed by lightning when Ed was two years old. Mary remained single and was employed in the Mt. Carmel Hospital School of Nursing, Pittsburg, Ks. Josephine entered the Convent of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Wichita, Ks., now known as Sister Valeria. George left the farm in 1951; he, his wife Alice (Deister) and family moved to Eugene, Oregon. He had three boys, Robert, Donald and Martin, and two daughters, Anna Marie and Jane. Philomena married Anthony Kolbeck. They had three children: Maurice, Joann and Gary. Johanna is a nurse and presently employed at St. Joseph Hospital in Wichita. Julia died of lock-jaw at the age of twelve. Richard married Patricia Edicon, who died in 1962. They had seven children. He is married to Joann Stein, whose son Tom was eight years old when they were married. And they had Andrew, making nine children.
Henry Klenke was an invalid the last three and a half years of his life. He died in his home, June 18, 1937. Bernadine passed away Oct. 20, 1941, as the result of injuries from a car accident.
Sister Sophia (Anna Buttonboehmer) died in the spring of 1941 at the Mother House of the Benedictine Sisters in Atchison. And so ends the history of this pioneer family that helped to develop the prairie land in Ford County to a wheat-producing land by remaining faithful to God, never losing hope, and accepting the challenge of hard work in the face of many difficulties. -Sister Valeria Klenke
Daughter of Clemens & Maria Elisabeth Bockhorst Houkomp.
Info Provided By: Laura Tasset Koehn
Spearville Centennial Build-Up
Clement Honkomp and Catherine Buttonboehmer (his daughter)
Clement Honkomp and his family left Germany in 1861, so his sons would not have to undergo compulsory military training.
Mr. Honkomp was 45 years of age when he and his wife Elizabeth, their two daughters, Catherine and Deana, and three sons, Henry, Clement, and Tony spent six weeks on the boat before reaching America. Two persons died on the boat and had to be buried at sea. They made their home in Covington, Kentucky. Mr. Honkomp and his sons took up the trade of making hand made cigars, and later ran a Cigar Store. The Music Box they had in the Cigar Store that played when a penny was dropped in the slot is now the prized possession of Richard Klenke, who is the youngest great grandchild of Clement Honkomp.
Sorrow came to the family when his wife Elizabeth became ill and died. In a short time, Deana married August Stuntebeck and they moved to a farm near Freeport, Minnesota. Next Catherine married Bernard Buttonboehmer, 1-17-1871, a young man who had also come from Germany. Their first child was born 11-20-1871, who only lived three years and died of cholera. Twins were born 12-11-72 and died two days later. Then on 11-18-1873, Marie Katrina Anglia was born, better known as Anna. Their first and only boy, Anton Clement was born 4-29-1875. About 8:00 p.m., October 10, 1876, Bernard Buttonboehmer met an untimely death by missing his step on a boat and drowned in the Ohio River at the age of 33, leaving his widow with two small children and expecting another child in three months.
Catherine had no choice but to accept her father's offer to come home and cook for him and her brothers. She also took in washings to help support her children. Bernadine was born Dec. 31, 1876. When she was two years old, her grandfather, Clement Honkomp, then 69 years of age, announced that he was going to Kansas to homestead. Catherine, with three small children felt she could not make it without her father, and she asked to go with him, to which he agreed. Her brothers, Henry and Tony, went to Joliet, Ill., and Clem went to Sedalia, Mo. Arrangements were soon made to ship what furniture they had, and supply of food. They traveled by train to Offerly, Kansas. They were working on the railroad between there and Dodge City. They were taken in lumber wagons across the prairie by a man, who worked for the railroad. They took shelter in an abandoned cave. A sod house had to be built on each claim because this was one of the requirements for obtaining ownership. They had to hand dig a well, and plant a certain number of trees. Their first Palm Sunday in Kansas they were given little cottonwood seedlings that were blessed, and they planted them. All of them grew, and Bernadine was able to tell her children which tree each had received as a Palm. They had several scares of Indians coming, but they never came. Antelopes and quail would come near the home for water. The adjoining claims are located one mile east and two miles south of Windthorst. They acquired a couple of cows through government help on a long term pay basis. This provided them with milk and butter, and many meals consisted of clabbered milk. Now we call it Yogurt. Water for the cattle had to be hand pumped. The children would herd the cows since there were no fences, and when Anna was old enough she did housework in Dodge City. A frame house was built on the Honkomp Claim, and it became one household again.
In 1902, Feb. 2nd to be exact, Anton, better known as Tony Buttonboehmer died of appendicitis, which was before they did appendectomies; he was 26 years old. This was a big blow to his mother Catherine. Bernadine was married to Henry Klenke, August 2, 1899, and her other daughter Anna left for Atchinson, Ks. In 1900 and became a Benedictine nun. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Klenke moved from their home a half mile south of Bellefont, Ks. to live with Mrs. Klenke's mother and grandfather. This did not work out, so they returned to the Bellefont place. Clement Honkomp died Sept. 27, 1908, at the age of 91. Following his death, Henry and Bernadine Klenke and their children, Katie, Mary, Josephine, George and Philomena moved back to live with their mother, and grandmother, Catherine. Three more children were born after the move to grandmother's home, Johann, Julia and Richard.
Grandmother Buttonboehmer passed away, October 13, 1925. We cherish the memory of the years we spent with her. Dad bought the Weiss home after they built a new house, and he moved it across the road from the church in Windthorst and next to the parochial school. She kept house for us during the school year. She had weathered a life of trial and hardship, and through it all, she had a heart of gold, a deep religious faith, and a sense of right and wrong. Her influence in teaching us our obligation to God, the value of mortification and self-denial during Lent, and respect for others, especially the elderly, has helped us in developing our philosophy of life, especially in meeting the ups and downs that beset us through life.
Henry and Bernadine Klenke and their family remained on the farm until their oldest son, George, who took over the farm, was married. Then they moved to Spearville and retired. The oldest daughter, Katie, was married to John Fox, who had two small daughters. Katie had two sons from previous marriages, Vernon VanNahmen, whose father died from the flu when Vernon was eight months old, and Ed Shean, whose father was killed by lightning when Ed was two years old. Mary remained single and was employed in the Mt. Carmel Hospital School of Nursing, Pittsburg, Ks. Josephine entered the Convent of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Wichita, Ks., now known as Sister Valeria. George left the farm in 1951; he, his wife Alice (Deister) and family moved to Eugene, Oregon. He had three boys, Robert, Donald and Martin, and two daughters, Anna Marie and Jane. Philomena married Anthony Kolbeck. They had three children: Maurice, Joann and Gary. Johanna is a nurse and presently employed at St. Joseph Hospital in Wichita. Julia died of lock-jaw at the age of twelve. Richard married Patricia Edicon, who died in 1962. They had seven children. He is married to Joann Stein, whose son Tom was eight years old when they were married. And they had Andrew, making nine children.
Henry Klenke was an invalid the last three and a half years of his life. He died in his home, June 18, 1937. Bernadine passed away Oct. 20, 1941, as the result of injuries from a car accident.
Sister Sophia (Anna Buttonboehmer) died in the spring of 1941 at the Mother House of the Benedictine Sisters in Atchison. And so ends the history of this pioneer family that helped to develop the prairie land in Ford County to a wheat-producing land by remaining faithful to God, never losing hope, and accepting the challenge of hard work in the face of many difficulties. -Sister Valeria Klenke
Info Provided By: Laura Tasset Koehn
Spearville Centennial Build-Up
Clement Honkomp and Catherine Buttonboehmer (his daughter)
Clement Honkomp and his family left Germany in 1861, so his sons would not have to undergo compulsory military training.
Mr. Honkomp was 45 years of age when he and his wife Elizabeth, their two daughters, Catherine and Deana, and three sons, Henry, Clement, and Tony spent six weeks on the boat before reaching America. Two persons died on the boat and had to be buried at sea. They made their home in Covington, Kentucky. Mr. Honkomp and his sons took up the trade of making hand made cigars, and later ran a Cigar Store. The Music Box they had in the Cigar Store that played when a penny was dropped in the slot is now the prized possession of Richard Klenke, who is the youngest great grandchild of Clement Honkomp.
Sorrow came to the family when his wife Elizabeth became ill and died. In a short time, Deana married August Stuntebeck and they moved to a farm near Freeport, Minnesota. Next Catherine married Bernard Buttonboehmer, 1-17-1871, a young man who had also come from Germany. Their first child was born 11-20-1871, who only lived three years and died of cholera. Twins were born 12-11-72 and died two days later. Then on 11-18-1873, Marie Katrina Anglia was born, better known as Anna. Their first and only boy, Anton Clement was born 4-29-1875. About 8:00 p.m., October 10, 1876, Bernard Buttonboehmer met an untimely death by missing his step on a boat and drowned in the Ohio River at the age of 33, leaving his widow with two small children and expecting another child in three months.
Catherine had no choice but to accept her father's offer to come home and cook for him and her brothers. She also took in washings to help support her children. Bernadine was born Dec. 31, 1876. When she was two years old, her grandfather, Clement Honkomp, then 69 years of age, announced that he was going to Kansas to homestead. Catherine, with three small children felt she could not make it without her father, and she asked to go with him, to which he agreed. Her brothers, Henry and Tony, went to Joliet, Ill., and Clem went to Sedalia, Mo. Arrangements were soon made to ship what furniture they had, and supply of food. They traveled by train to Offerly, Kansas. They were working on the railroad between there and Dodge City. They were taken in lumber wagons across the prairie by a man, who worked for the railroad. They took shelter in an abandoned cave. A sod house had to be built on each claim because this was one of the requirements for obtaining ownership. They had to hand dig a well, and plant a certain number of trees. Their first Palm Sunday in Kansas they were given little cottonwood seedlings that were blessed, and they planted them. All of them grew, and Bernadine was able to tell her children which tree each had received as a Palm. They had several scares of Indians coming, but they never came. Antelopes and quail would come near the home for water. The adjoining claims are located one mile east and two miles south of Windthorst. They acquired a couple of cows through government help on a long term pay basis. This provided them with milk and butter, and many meals consisted of clabbered milk. Now we call it Yogurt. Water for the cattle had to be hand pumped. The children would herd the cows since there were no fences, and when Anna was old enough she did housework in Dodge City. A frame house was built on the Honkomp Claim, and it became one household again.
In 1902, Feb. 2nd to be exact, Anton, better known as Tony Buttonboehmer died of appendicitis, which was before they did appendectomies; he was 26 years old. This was a big blow to his mother Catherine. Bernadine was married to Henry Klenke, August 2, 1899, and her other daughter Anna left for Atchinson, Ks. In 1900 and became a Benedictine nun. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Klenke moved from their home a half mile south of Bellefont, Ks. to live with Mrs. Klenke's mother and grandfather. This did not work out, so they returned to the Bellefont place. Clement Honkomp died Sept. 27, 1908, at the age of 91. Following his death, Henry and Bernadine Klenke and their children, Katie, Mary, Josephine, George and Philomena moved back to live with their mother, and grandmother, Catherine. Three more children were born after the move to grandmother's home, Johann, Julia and Richard.
Grandmother Buttonboehmer passed away, October 13, 1925. We cherish the memory of the years we spent with her. Dad bought the Weiss home after they built a new house, and he moved it across the road from the church in Windthorst and next to the parochial school. She kept house for us during the school year. She had weathered a life of trial and hardship, and through it all, she had a heart of gold, a deep religious faith, and a sense of right and wrong. Her influence in teaching us our obligation to God, the value of mortification and self-denial during Lent, and respect for others, especially the elderly, has helped us in developing our philosophy of life, especially in meeting the ups and downs that beset us through life.
Henry and Bernadine Klenke and their family remained on the farm until their oldest son, George, who took over the farm, was married. Then they moved to Spearville and retired. The oldest daughter, Katie, was married to John Fox, who had two small daughters. Katie had two sons from previous marriages, Vernon VanNahmen, whose father died from the flu when Vernon was eight months old, and Ed Shean, whose father was killed by lightning when Ed was two years old. Mary remained single and was employed in the Mt. Carmel Hospital School of Nursing, Pittsburg, Ks. Josephine entered the Convent of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Wichita, Ks., now known as Sister Valeria. George left the farm in 1951; he, his wife Alice (Deister) and family moved to Eugene, Oregon. He had three boys, Robert, Donald and Martin, and two daughters, Anna Marie and Jane. Philomena married Anthony Kolbeck. They had three children: Maurice, Joann and Gary. Johanna is a nurse and presently employed at St. Joseph Hospital in Wichita. Julia died of lock-jaw at the age of twelve. Richard married Patricia Edicon, who died in 1962. They had seven children. He is married to Joann Stein, whose son Tom was eight years old when they were married. And they had Andrew, making nine children.
Henry Klenke was an invalid the last three and a half years of his life. He died in his home, June 18, 1937. Bernadine passed away Oct. 20, 1941, as the result of injuries from a car accident.
Sister Sophia (Anna Buttonboehmer) died in the spring of 1941 at the Mother House of the Benedictine Sisters in Atchison. And so ends the history of this pioneer family that helped to develop the prairie land in Ford County to a wheat-producing land by remaining faithful to God, never losing hope, and accepting the challenge of hard work in the face of many difficulties. -Sister Valeria Klenke
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