Charlotte (Olschlagel) Latza/Lesser Payk
Born Charlotte Olschlagel Olshefke, Olsheski in Germany; various spellings of last name. I don't know why, perhaps some name changes as were common then. Perhaps error which also was common, but there you have it.
..Married Johann Latza in Germany. Came to America on the ship Rhine without spouse (deceased) through Baltimore Harbor with three of her children. Meeting son, August who is already in Summerhill, Pa., Cambria County. Changed last name along the way from Latza to Lesser (son Fred, did not change last name). She lived in Pennsylvania; in Ehrenfeld and in Johnstown on Linden Avenue (Moxham) in Cambria County and in Windburne in Clearfield County, in that order. Remarried in later years to widower, Fred Payk. She was originally German Lutheran by faith.
Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1948
Charlotte Latza Immigration 1913 Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States Female 48 birth: 1865 Germany ship: Rhein Meeting son August in Summerhill, Pa.
Fred Payk is buried with first wife, Regina in same cemetery. Charlotte was known most of her life and to her family as Charlotte Latza or Charlotte Lesser. She was Uma to her grandchildren.
She died at Phiipsburg State Hospital, Philipsburg, Pa.
...by Joanne, great granddaughter.
The Progress
Clearfield, Pennsylvania
Thu, Sep 11, 1958 – Page 7
...MUNSON--Mrs. Charlotte Payke, 93, a resident of Munson, died yesterday at 11 a.m. at the home of the Rev. Henry Rieger after a six-week's illness.
...Mrs. Payk had been making her home with the Rieger
family for the past ten years.
...She was born January 9, 1865 in Germany and came to the
United States in 1913. She was first married to John Latza
and then to Frederick Payk, both of whom preceded her in death. (Also preceded in death by her only daughter, Emma Augusta Yeskulka-Boerstler)
Surviving are three sons: Fred Latza, Pittsburgh: John
Latza (Lesser), Johnstown; and Charles Latza (Lesser), Chicago, Ill. Other survivors are 19 grandchildren: 22 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
(preceded in death by daughter Emma and sons August and Harry)
Mrs. Payk was a member of the Forest Evangelical United
Brethren Church.
Friends will be received at the William Strange Home for funerals from Friday at 7 P.M. until time of services which will be announced later.
MRS. CHARLOTTE PAYK
MUNSON- Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. from the William Strange Home for funerals in Morrisdale for Mrs. Charlotte Payk, Munson resident who died at the home of Rev. Henry Rieger Wednesday .
Interment will follow in the E.U.B. Church Cemetery at Forest.
Friends will be received at the funeral home from 7 o'clock tonight until time of service tomorrow.
Rev. Rieger will officiate.
Clipped from The Progress, 12 Sep 1958, Fri, Page 6
Born Charlotte Olschlagel Olshefke, Olsheski in Germany; various spellings of last name. I don't know why, perhaps some name changes as were common then. Perhaps error which also was common, but there you have it.
..Married Johann Latza in Germany. Came to America on the ship Rhine without spouse (deceased) through Baltimore Harbor with three of her children. Meeting son, August who is already in Summerhill, Pa., Cambria County. Changed last name along the way from Latza to Lesser (son Fred, did not change last name). She lived in Pennsylvania; in Ehrenfeld and in Johnstown on Linden Avenue (Moxham) in Cambria County and in Windburne in Clearfield County, in that order. Remarried in later years to widower, Fred Payk. She was originally German Lutheran by faith.
Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1948
Charlotte Latza Immigration 1913 Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States Female 48 birth: 1865 Germany ship: Rhein Meeting son August in Summerhill, Pa.
Fred Payk is buried with first wife, Regina in same cemetery. Charlotte was known most of her life and to her family as Charlotte Latza or Charlotte Lesser. She was Uma to her grandchildren.
She died at Phiipsburg State Hospital, Philipsburg, Pa.
...by Joanne, great granddaughter.
The Progress
Clearfield, Pennsylvania
Thu, Sep 11, 1958 – Page 7
...MUNSON--Mrs. Charlotte Payke, 93, a resident of Munson, died yesterday at 11 a.m. at the home of the Rev. Henry Rieger after a six-week's illness.
...Mrs. Payk had been making her home with the Rieger
family for the past ten years.
...She was born January 9, 1865 in Germany and came to the
United States in 1913. She was first married to John Latza
and then to Frederick Payk, both of whom preceded her in death. (Also preceded in death by her only daughter, Emma Augusta Yeskulka-Boerstler)
Surviving are three sons: Fred Latza, Pittsburgh: John
Latza (Lesser), Johnstown; and Charles Latza (Lesser), Chicago, Ill. Other survivors are 19 grandchildren: 22 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
(preceded in death by daughter Emma and sons August and Harry)
Mrs. Payk was a member of the Forest Evangelical United
Brethren Church.
Friends will be received at the William Strange Home for funerals from Friday at 7 P.M. until time of services which will be announced later.
MRS. CHARLOTTE PAYK
MUNSON- Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. from the William Strange Home for funerals in Morrisdale for Mrs. Charlotte Payk, Munson resident who died at the home of Rev. Henry Rieger Wednesday .
Interment will follow in the E.U.B. Church Cemetery at Forest.
Friends will be received at the funeral home from 7 o'clock tonight until time of service tomorrow.
Rev. Rieger will officiate.
Clipped from The Progress, 12 Sep 1958, Fri, Page 6
Charlotte (Olschlagel) Latza/Lesser Payk
Born Charlotte Olschlagel Olshefke, Olsheski in Germany; various spellings of last name. I don't know why, perhaps some name changes as were common then. Perhaps error which also was common, but there you have it.
..Married Johann Latza in Germany. Came to America on the ship Rhine without spouse (deceased) through Baltimore Harbor with three of her children. Meeting son, August who is already in Summerhill, Pa., Cambria County. Changed last name along the way from Latza to Lesser (son Fred, did not change last name). She lived in Pennsylvania; in Ehrenfeld and in Johnstown on Linden Avenue (Moxham) in Cambria County and in Windburne in Clearfield County, in that order. Remarried in later years to widower, Fred Payk. She was originally German Lutheran by faith.
Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1948
Charlotte Latza Immigration 1913 Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States Female 48 birth: 1865 Germany ship: Rhein Meeting son August in Summerhill, Pa.
Fred Payk is buried with first wife, Regina in same cemetery. Charlotte was known most of her life and to her family as Charlotte Latza or Charlotte Lesser. She was Uma to her grandchildren.
She died at Phiipsburg State Hospital, Philipsburg, Pa.
...by Joanne, great granddaughter.
The Progress
Clearfield, Pennsylvania
Thu, Sep 11, 1958 – Page 7
...MUNSON--Mrs. Charlotte Payke, 93, a resident of Munson, died yesterday at 11 a.m. at the home of the Rev. Henry Rieger after a six-week's illness.
...Mrs. Payk had been making her home with the Rieger
family for the past ten years.
...She was born January 9, 1865 in Germany and came to the
United States in 1913. She was first married to John Latza
and then to Frederick Payk, both of whom preceded her in death. (Also preceded in death by her only daughter, Emma Augusta Yeskulka-Boerstler)
Surviving are three sons: Fred Latza, Pittsburgh: John
Latza (Lesser), Johnstown; and Charles Latza (Lesser), Chicago, Ill. Other survivors are 19 grandchildren: 22 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
(preceded in death by daughter Emma and sons August and Harry)
Mrs. Payk was a member of the Forest Evangelical United
Brethren Church.
Friends will be received at the William Strange Home for funerals from Friday at 7 P.M. until time of services which will be announced later.
MRS. CHARLOTTE PAYK
MUNSON- Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. from the William Strange Home for funerals in Morrisdale for Mrs. Charlotte Payk, Munson resident who died at the home of Rev. Henry Rieger Wednesday .
Interment will follow in the E.U.B. Church Cemetery at Forest.
Friends will be received at the funeral home from 7 o'clock tonight until time of service tomorrow.
Rev. Rieger will officiate.
Clipped from The Progress, 12 Sep 1958, Fri, Page 6
Born Charlotte Olschlagel Olshefke, Olsheski in Germany; various spellings of last name. I don't know why, perhaps some name changes as were common then. Perhaps error which also was common, but there you have it.
..Married Johann Latza in Germany. Came to America on the ship Rhine without spouse (deceased) through Baltimore Harbor with three of her children. Meeting son, August who is already in Summerhill, Pa., Cambria County. Changed last name along the way from Latza to Lesser (son Fred, did not change last name). She lived in Pennsylvania; in Ehrenfeld and in Johnstown on Linden Avenue (Moxham) in Cambria County and in Windburne in Clearfield County, in that order. Remarried in later years to widower, Fred Payk. She was originally German Lutheran by faith.
Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Lists, 1820-1948
Charlotte Latza Immigration 1913 Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States Female 48 birth: 1865 Germany ship: Rhein Meeting son August in Summerhill, Pa.
Fred Payk is buried with first wife, Regina in same cemetery. Charlotte was known most of her life and to her family as Charlotte Latza or Charlotte Lesser. She was Uma to her grandchildren.
She died at Phiipsburg State Hospital, Philipsburg, Pa.
...by Joanne, great granddaughter.
The Progress
Clearfield, Pennsylvania
Thu, Sep 11, 1958 – Page 7
...MUNSON--Mrs. Charlotte Payke, 93, a resident of Munson, died yesterday at 11 a.m. at the home of the Rev. Henry Rieger after a six-week's illness.
...Mrs. Payk had been making her home with the Rieger
family for the past ten years.
...She was born January 9, 1865 in Germany and came to the
United States in 1913. She was first married to John Latza
and then to Frederick Payk, both of whom preceded her in death. (Also preceded in death by her only daughter, Emma Augusta Yeskulka-Boerstler)
Surviving are three sons: Fred Latza, Pittsburgh: John
Latza (Lesser), Johnstown; and Charles Latza (Lesser), Chicago, Ill. Other survivors are 19 grandchildren: 22 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
(preceded in death by daughter Emma and sons August and Harry)
Mrs. Payk was a member of the Forest Evangelical United
Brethren Church.
Friends will be received at the William Strange Home for funerals from Friday at 7 P.M. until time of services which will be announced later.
MRS. CHARLOTTE PAYK
MUNSON- Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. from the William Strange Home for funerals in Morrisdale for Mrs. Charlotte Payk, Munson resident who died at the home of Rev. Henry Rieger Wednesday .
Interment will follow in the E.U.B. Church Cemetery at Forest.
Friends will be received at the funeral home from 7 o'clock tonight until time of service tomorrow.
Rev. Rieger will officiate.
Clipped from The Progress, 12 Sep 1958, Fri, Page 6
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