Funeral services were conducted at Immaculate Conception Church in Union by Rev. Lawrence Rost at 9:00 p.m. [?] on March 11 for Mrs. Margaret Fees, who died at St. Francis Hospital on March 8, 1955, at the age of 86.

Mrs. Fees was born in Forte, Germany and came to this country when she was 16 years old. she was the daughter of John and Anna Schuster Habermann. On Jan. 18, 1888 she was married to Ferdinand Fees at St. Gertrude's Church at Krakow.

Mr. and Mrs. Fees made their home on a farm just outside the city limits of Union where she lived until her death. she was a member of the St. Clare Altar Society.

Surviving are five children: Mrs. Anna Klenke, John Fees and Edward Fees of Union; Mrs Frances Weber of Washington and Mrs. Mary Conley of St. Louis; three sons- in-law, three daughters-in-law; 19 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. Two sons died in infancy and one son, George, on Jan. 23, 1941 at the age of 40.

Those from out-of-town who attended the funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Fees were Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Weber, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Klenke and family, Albert Klenke, Mr. and Mrs. George Folkerts of Washington; Mr. and Mrs. James Conley and family, Mr. and Mrs. William Conley, George Schubert, Miss Alma Fluckinger, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Webb and family, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schackman and family, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Bolzenius and family, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bastel and Mrs. Les Pedrotti of St. Louis; Mrs. Wilma Huvendick, Tyler, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Straatman and family of Labadie; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dufner, Herman Dufner, Mrs. Charles Heberle, Mrs. Clara Dufner and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Faes of Hermann; Mr. and Mrs. Edw. LaBoube and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph LaBoube of Berger; Mr. and Mrs. Otto Schuster, Irvin Schuster and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Steinberg of Pacific.